BILLY GOES BIG

The sale sent shockwaves throughout the Western collectibles community. No photograph of an outlaw had ever brought this kind of money ($80,000 is the top bid we know about). Suddenly, everyone seemed to come out of the woodwork with alleged photographs of minor characters (Sam Bass!). As renowned Old West photograph collector Bob McCubbin put it, “They have been coming by the truckload.” Brian Lebel, the man who brought the Billy the Kid tintype to the auction block last June at his Old W