tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post9162447140109837081..comments2024-03-25T10:03:00.731-07:00Comments on Bob Boze Bell's Big Bad Book of Bad Diary Entries: The Brutal Truth About Most Billy WannabesBob Boze Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-90241388234007813392017-11-29T07:44:35.295-07:002017-11-29T07:44:35.295-07:00It is always more fun when the guy is 50-100 feet ...It is always more fun when the guy is 50-100 feet away from the camera. I sold a tin on eBay and the guy who purchased it swears it is BTK. He has spent months sending me reasons why trying to convince me. I have told him point blank that I don't care and it isn't him.Michael "Manhat10ite" Lehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02373268638709839308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-6905304000944573622017-11-28T05:53:14.140-07:002017-11-28T05:53:14.140-07:00Nicely put and justified. Provenance, real provena...Nicely put and justified. Provenance, real provenance, is the key. Similarity in appearance is just that. Thank you for putting this well reasoned discussion together to try to provide at least some focus the conversation about the never ending trail of look alike images. Jeremy Rowehttp://vintagephoto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-18624689656049140662017-11-20T12:30:07.680-07:002017-11-20T12:30:07.680-07:00Poor John Escapule. Eternally famous for the wrong...Poor John Escapule. Eternally famous for the wrong reasons :)Emm Sandbomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-11060978234155150252017-11-19T12:00:42.166-07:002017-11-19T12:00:42.166-07:00The story of this photo is now an international ph...The story of this photo is now an international phenomenon. Check out this post from Irish Central:<br />https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/billy-the-kid-pat-garrett-picture-bought-for-10-is-worth-millions-say-expertsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04440270137153670277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-49177975610351880122017-11-19T11:56:11.143-07:002017-11-19T11:56:11.143-07:00The legendary American outlaws Billy the Kid and P...The legendary American outlaws Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett are still box-office stars on the international stage. Irish Central picked up the story on the front page of their blog yesterday: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/billy-the-kid-pat-garrett-picture-bought-for-10-is-worth-millions-say-experts<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04440270137153670277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-25441392022129458042017-11-07T09:45:33.936-07:002017-11-07T09:45:33.936-07:00I have a photo showing Billy the Kid (age 120), al...I have a photo showing Billy the Kid (age 120), along with Elvis, serving breakfast at a diner in the Ozarks in 1979, if you're interested. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588854092378622836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-11621282200779808252017-11-06T14:54:35.330-07:002017-11-06T14:54:35.330-07:00This is a fascinating subject BBB. Your daily whip...This is a fascinating subject BBB. Your daily whip out of Billy is really good. When it comes to Billy The Kid photos and artifacts everyone heads to True West Magazine for help. Where else should people go for help? Who is the foremost expert on Billy The Kid and photography? Who is the top expert in facial recognition computer technology in relation to Old West photography? Maybe some more Jim Brakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04548170557487362869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-71409142612414619342017-11-06T13:32:33.059-07:002017-11-06T13:32:33.059-07:00regarding, Billy, I've heard of a theory that ...regarding, Billy, I've heard of a theory that he made a deal with garrett and went south - some say thay have dug upa a list of passengers that drowned when Lusitania was sunk in 1916 and that among those was a certain William Bonney, 55-year old cattle merchant from Noglaes, Mexico; IF (and it's a very, very big IF) he really struck a deal with garret and someone else was buried in his Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052393185248991815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-67122242949068070392017-11-05T10:56:14.579-07:002017-11-05T10:56:14.579-07:00Yes, true, but the problem is proving it. That is ...Yes, true, but the problem is proving it. That is the holy grail of collecting. Now I have seen a collector buy a questionable photograph of Billy the Kid that the collector did not believe was actually him, but he bought the photo (for $1,300) just because he liked the photo and thought "this may not be Billy but this is how I would like to think he looked." So there's THAT.Bob Boze Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-38562230625591491982017-11-05T10:23:50.703-07:002017-11-05T10:23:50.703-07:00You know, SOME of the photos must end up being rea...You know, SOME of the photos must end up being real...there is no way that ONLY the known ones are real. The possibility of uncovering new examples is slim but not unheard of. Tons of tin types abound in junk shops, drawers, photo albums families still hold on to. It can only be said that, now, the hunt is on! Too much money is at stake. Once, a few years ago, a photo of a known western celebrityMartin knife Chiefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-19186367806657480222017-11-05T00:53:10.529-07:002017-11-05T00:53:10.529-07:00Several different Etta Place photos appeared last ...Several different Etta Place photos appeared last month, two of which were accompanied by what the owners said was the very same brooch she wore in the 1901 DeYoung portrait. (Apparently brooches breed spontaneously, like mushrooms.) None of the women in the photos looked anything like Place nor did the photos have any discernible provenance. By the way, one of the co-executive producers of thedbuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582259980995501347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-67840380888794788072017-11-04T22:13:47.105-07:002017-11-04T22:13:47.105-07:00I am amazed at the number of people who can't ...I am amazed at the number of people who can't tell one face from another. We have the known photo of Billy, and people keep coming up with other photos that look nothing like him! No wonder police lineups are notoriously unreliable. It's really sad that people are so inept at it. GoldLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646605267231256844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-83813698949003376402017-11-04T16:21:26.988-07:002017-11-04T16:21:26.988-07:00"Doc Holliday" photos show up in my emai..."Doc Holliday" photos show up in my email all the time. When I quote a fee for my analysis and make it clear that I cannot prove but can only fail to disprove their hypothetical identification, they back away.Mary Doria Russellhttp://www.marydoriarussell.comnoreply@blogger.com