True West Best of the West 2018 Art and Collectibles

The original owner of this only known photograph of outlaw Billy the Kid, rustler buddy Dan Dedrick, told his nephew Frank Upham that the Kid had this photo taken of him outside Beaver Smith’s Saloon in Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory, in 1879 or 1880. The tintype stayed in the Upham family until 2011, when the hammer fell at $2 million on Bill Koch’s bid at Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction. — Courtesy William Koch Collectio