{
  "id": 14288543,
  "title": "California man paid $2 for old photos; one was later insured for $5 million",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/california-man-paid-2-for-old-photos-one-was-later-insured-for-5",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T20:24:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-2010-a-california-man-paid-2-for-three-old-photographs-at-a-junk-shop-five-years-later-experts-said-one-showed-billy-the-kid-playing-croquet-and-had-it-insured-for-5-million/articleshow/134897133.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Randy Guijarro discovered an old photograph believed to include Billy the Kid in 2010, purchased for just $2. This photograph has been appraised at $5 million and may confirm its authenticity. After extensive research, experts linked the image to Billy the Kid’s social life during the late summer of 1878. The image also represents a more human side of the infamous outlaw.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}