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Post by cassandra jane on Oct 13, 2022 17:02:02 GMT -5
Does anybody know what the “There won’t be any fake” comment means He’s very sarcastic and rude a lot of the time because he can’t handle anyone else having a voice or possessing something that might be relevant.
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Post by sparky58 on Oct 13, 2022 18:05:38 GMT -5
I contacted the man I purchased the tintype just now. He says it wasn’t represented as Billy the Kid. He came to the conclusion after he purchased it. He posted it on a BTK Facebook page previously. He said it went viral. I’m guessing if anyone did the facial recognition work, they didn’t share it with him. Likely no one did the facial recognition work.
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Post by tboor74 on Oct 14, 2022 4:20:06 GMT -5
Very interesting. On the original tintype it's obvious Billy has an unusually prominent philtrum (lines under nose down to mouth), the individual in this pic has the same feature.
Hmmm
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Post by tboor74 on Oct 14, 2022 4:25:06 GMT -5
Does anybody know what the “There won’t be any fake” comment means He’s very sarcastic and rude a lot of the time because he can’t handle anyone else having a voice or possessing something that might be relevant. Speculation it's in response to issues of a ̶t̶i̶n̶y̶ ̶p̶e̶e̶p̶e̶e̶ fear of debate. Obviously this is a joke. No offence meant. Back to the pic, the angle of the right ear sticking out from the head (as in BTK's right ear)) is almost exact too.
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Post by leeb on Oct 14, 2022 4:37:19 GMT -5
If the vendor thought this was BTK then why would he sell it unless there was some big numbers involved? Why has it never surfaced before? And why hasn't it been referred to experts?.
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Post by tboor74 on Oct 14, 2022 4:55:16 GMT -5
That is a stumbling block, if there was any chance of it being BTK, why did the last fella sell it on?
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Post by cassandra jane on Oct 14, 2022 5:00:41 GMT -5
That is a stumbling block, if there was any chance of it being BTK, why did the last fella sell it on? Might just be a case of not caring or Billy not being “his” historical figure.
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Post by tboor74 on Oct 14, 2022 5:05:42 GMT -5
True
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Post by leeb on Oct 14, 2022 5:12:36 GMT -5
That is a stumbling block, if there was any chance of it being BTK, why did the last fella sell it on? Might just be a case of not caring or Billy not being “his” historical figure. Doubt that the numbers are to big.
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Post by RonBk on Oct 14, 2022 11:20:08 GMT -5
Isn't it odd the seller claimed it went viral, yet no one here on the board seem to have noticed it previously?
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Post by MissyS on Oct 14, 2022 11:48:58 GMT -5
Here are the pics. I’m not very good on these forums. Please have patience. Thanks for your help. I’m glad this photo was shared, looking very close to the front of the young man’s shirt in sparky58’s photo it looks to me to have remnants of a pattern design like the pattern on the front of Billy the Kid’s shirt in his famous photo. I believe it was supposed to have been a rope and anchor across the front bib of his shirt. In the possible Billy’s shirt in sparky58’s photo it looks to have a faintly outline of what looks like a possible design also. If it is the same design, what are the odds of that? The emblem on the shirt may have faded possibly by many washings, back in the day clothing was scrubbed using washboards this could have caused the emblem to fade on the front of the shirt perhaps, and it may have had an anchor type design on the shirt like the shirt in the Dedrick photo had?
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Post by leeb on Oct 14, 2022 12:02:34 GMT -5
Does the tintype have rounded or pointed corners?
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Post by leeb on Oct 14, 2022 12:25:45 GMT -5
That's a doctored copy of the original no doubt. After the original sold alot of so called tintypes surfaced from China!
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Post by sparky58 on Oct 14, 2022 15:49:16 GMT -5
I will try to attempt to answer why he would sell it. Sorry I was at my 9 to 5. I did the facial recognition work. He didn’t see the facial recognition work I did. I don’t know if he did any facial recognition work. He took it to a BTK Facebook page. I would assume there were a couple of moron blowhards like in this case that decided to poo poo on his parade. His opinion likely became that it probably isn’t Billy the Kid so he dumped it. If you can’t tell, I don’t care who he told me it is or who he thinks it is. I’m capable. Chinese fake? Really?
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Post by sparky58 on Oct 14, 2022 15:57:07 GMT -5
I’m sitting here laughing reading through trying to catch up on these negatives comments. Then you guys got the nerve to ask why he would sell it. These forums are the chance for people to dump on you. It’s a shame these forums are taken as gospel nowadays and all it is some blowhard making himself try to feel right in the head. Is it a good guess he heard a bunch of negative stuff. Anybody looking in the mirror right now?
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