Randy Guijarro never thought that the photo he bought for a cheap price could be worth millions of dollars when investigated further.<br /><br />One person's trash can be another person's treasure, perhaps this expression can explain this one incident. Randy Guijarro never thought that a photo he bought for 2 dollars or equivalent to Rp. 27 thousand turned out to be a rare item with a selling price of millions of dollars.<br /><br />Randy believes that the owner of the photo no longer wants it so he sells it at a memorabilia shop in Fresno County, California. The man was initially interested in seeing old photos at the shop, then decided to take home three photos by paying Rp. 27 thousand.<br /><br />Initially Randy did not see anything strange in the picture. After he examined the photo more closely using a magnifying glass, Randy was sure that one of the photos showed Billy the Kid, along with four of his members.<br /><br />The discovery really made Randy disbelieve. If his assumption was correct, he could make a lot of money from the photo. Therefore, Randy invited his wife, Linda, to prove the truth of the photo.<br /><br />"When I saw a guy wearing a hat, I was like, 'Wow, he looks like, who does he look like? Because I know Billy the Kid, I immediately knew it was him and what he looked like,'" Randy said, recounting his surprise when he saw the photo, citing a National Geographic interview.<br /><br />Do Research for 5 Years<br /><br />Billy the Kid was a well-known criminal. However, his real name was Henry McCarty. In the photo, he and his gang, The Regulator, are seen playing croquet at a Lincoln County, New Mexico, wedding in 1878.<br /><br />The photo was authenticated by the San Francisco company, Kagin. At first, the party was skeptical about the photo.<br /><br />"When we first saw the photo, we were skeptical because the photo of Billy the Kid was considered a Holy Grail for the American West," said David McCarthy, a numismatist, someone who studies and collects antiques.<br /><br />Of course, to get the authentication, Rendy and Linda went through many processes for five years. Both of them did research, read, and traveled to many places.<br /><br />Until finally they found the right research team to solve their problems to collect data and the truth of the photo.<br /><br />After getting authentication, the husband and wife put their photos through an auction house about photos of Billy the Kid, and insured the photos up to $ 5 million or equivalent to Rp. 68 billion.<br /><br />From this, Randy hopes that his experience can inspire many people and other treasure hunters to check the items around them.
