Oct 02, 2001 - Sale 1907

Sale 1907 - Lot 23

Price Realized: $ 2,760
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(CRIME)
"Briganti della Sicilia." Albumen print, 10x7 3/4 inches, with notations "From Palermo 1879," in ink, on mount recto. Circa 1879
Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details



An early photograph of heads of the now famous crime organization, the Mafia, which actually originated in Sicily. This composite photograph consists of cartes-de-visite portraits "from life" and post-mortems of Mafiosi positioned around their "capos" (chiefs), Tito Nicolo and Antonio Leone.