Dec 11, 2014 - Sale 2370

Sale 2370 - Lot 131

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(AMERICAN MUG SHOTS)
Group of 100 mug shots of suspected criminals, all men, each featuring a photograph of the subject, as well as typed or handwritten notations, each on a police department or criminal investigation mount; includes a man arrested for stealing salad dressing, as well as forging W.P.A. checks, stealing chickens, burglars, gamblers, and murderes. The men hail from New York State, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Reno, and Philadelphia, among other locales. Silver prints, each approximately 3x4 1/2 inches (7.6x11.4 cm.), or slightly smaller, each with various notations, typed or in ink, usually including the suspect's name, a date, the alleged crime, a location, and additional identifying features, many also with a Bureau Criminal Identification & Investigation or alternate hand stamp; each with the subject's finger prints on verso; approximately 30 on Bertillon mounts from Ohio State, but often without the measurements filled in. 1920s-40s

Additional Details

From the Collection of Mark Michaelson.