WEEKLY TRANSMISSION N°20
THURSDAY 19 MAY 2016 BILLY AND THE KIDS
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PWT 20-2016 CONTENTS : Three American Tintypes, 1860s 1870s Gun Contol for Chilren illustrated Updates on the Billy-the-Kid Tintype National Geographic Movie
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The e-bulletin presents articles as well as selections of books, albums, photographs and ancient documents as they have been handed down to the actual owners by their creators and by amateurs from past generations. The physical descriptions, attributions, origins, and printing dates of the books and photographs have been carefully ascertained by collations and through close analysis of comparable works. When items are for sale, the prices are in Euros, and Paypal is accepted.
N°20 : Billy and the Kids
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AMERICAN TINTYPIST. Sheriff, American West, 1870s. Full plate hand-colored tintype, 230x180 mm, upper angles cut. 900 euros
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AMERICAN TINTYPIST. American west, 1860s or 1870s. Quarter plate hand-colored tintype, 80x60mm mm, angles cut. 600 euros
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AMERICAN TINTYPIST. Confederate Soldier, CSA, c. 1867. Full plate tintype, 215x170 mm, upper angles cut. Proposed by Garry Edwards : garymedwards@mac.com 1.200 euros
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RUSSIAN PHOTOGRAPHER. Young Kossacks, 1909. Vintage carbon print, 110x70 mm, on paper mount. 100 euros
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AGENCE PARISIENNE DU NEW YORK TIMES. Soldats de plomb éthiopiens, Paris, 1935. Vintage silver print, 180x245 mm, agency stamp, verso. 100 euros
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PARIS MATCH PHOTOGRAPHER. Children, Israel, May 1957. Vintage silver print, 253x205 mm, agency and date stamps, verso. 300 euros
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Alleged Billy-the-Kid Tintype
« … Since the National Geographic program, «Billy the Kid: New Evidence» was broadcast last October, historians have established that there was no schoolhouse at the place and time the image was allegedly taken. The building in back of the croquet players is a wooden schoolhouse. The schoolhouse at that place was built in 1935 (and of adobe, not wood), more than 50 years after Billy died. Thus, no one knows where the tintype was taken. Moreover, the Geographic employed a forensic expert to do a facial recognition analysis comparison between the boy in the croquet tintype and the authentic Billy tintype. He said said that even though the croquet boy’s face was « troublesome » and « blurry, » he thought there was a match, but — and this was a huge « but » — he added that if he were testifying in court, meaning under oath, he would « deny » there was a match. « Deny » was his word. With that one word he demolished the National Geographic’s argument… » More on: https://plantureux.fr/16-01-2016-update-about-billy-the-kid-alleged-tintype-and-national-geographic-release/
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