California man paid $2 for an old photo. Then experts discovered what was hiding in it

TOM HOOD

Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2026 5:33 pm

Chris Pugh (via Cleveland.com)

A kiosk at the Arizona Pioneers Home Cemetery, shown here in this April 27, 2006 photo, shows the name of John Miller, the man who claimed to be William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, and was buried at the Prescott, Ariz., cemetery in 1937. A rare 1878 photograph believed to show Billy the Kid playing croquet was recently purchased with two other photographs for just $2 before being appraised and insured for $5 million. (AP Photo/Tom Hood)

A $2 stop at a California antique shop turned into the find of a lifetime for one man.

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