A photograph of Billy the Kid sold for $2.3 million in Denver this weekend, smashing the pre-auction expected price of $400,000. It is one of the most expensive pieces ever sold from the old West. Billy the Kid’s (real name William McCarty) mother, Catherine McCarty, came from Ireland, as did his father . The tintype was taken in either 1879 or 1880 in New Mexico. It shows Billy posing with a shotgun, and is is the only authenticated picture of him. Read More »
A photograph of Billy the Kid sold for $2.3 million in Denver this weekend, smashing the pre-auction expected price of $400,000.
It is one of the most expensive pieces ever sold from the old West. Billy the Kid’s (real name William McCarty) mother, Catherine McCarty, came from Ireland, as did his father .
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It was an unlikely — and coveted — find: a thick United States government file discovered on the backseat of a New York City taxi, its pages containing mug shots, criminal associates and favorite hangouts of over 800 Mafia members during the 1950s and early 1960s. Such notorious figures as Carlo "Don Carlo" Gambino, Meyer Lansky and Salvatore "Lucky Luciano" Lucania each had their own entries. Nearly 20 years after it was found inside the yellow cab by a passenger, the 3-inch thick, three-ring binder stamped "Mafia" and "United States Treasury Department Bureau of Narcotics" was sold at Bonhams New York on Wednesday for $10,980. Read More »
It was an unlikely — and coveted — find: a thick United States government file discovered on the backseat of a New York City taxi, its pages containing mug shots, criminal associates and favorite hangouts of over 800 Mafia members during the 1950s and early 1960s. Such notorious figures as Carlo "Don Carlo" Gambino, Meyer Lansky and Salvatore "Lucky Luciano" Lucania each had their own entries.
Nearly 20 years after it was found inside the yellow cab by a passenger, the 3-inch thick, three-ring binder stamped "Mafia" and "United States Treasury Department Bureau of Narcotics" was sold at Bonhams New York on Wednesday for $10,980.
For military surplus store owner Jerome Oxman's 96th birthday, he will personally conduct tours at his museum, a collection of rare and sometimes expensive items he bought at auctions. Read More »
Who knew self-storage yards could be the setting for two TV series? “Auction Hunters” and “Storage Wars” debuted in late 2010 and both have been renewed for second seasons. Both shows focus on a dark side of the business, the auctions of property inside a unit when the renter hasn’t paid their bills. It’s the legal way the self-storage owner can recoup their loss. Read More »
Who knew self-storage yards could be the setting for two TV series?
“Auction Hunters” and “Storage Wars” debuted in late 2010 and both have been renewed for second seasons. Both shows focus on a dark side of the business, the auctions of property inside a unit when the renter hasn’t paid their bills. It’s the legal way the self-storage owner can recoup their loss.