Dec 11, 2014 - Sale 2370

Sale 2370 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CRIME--ALCATRAZ)
Pair of mugshots of the most famous criminals to escape from Alcatraz, including Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole, who succesfully made their escape in 1937; and a Wanted by the FBI Poster for Clarence Anglin, the third man to escape from the prison (in 1962). Silver prints, 3x3 3/4 inches (7.6x9.5 cm.), each with typewritten caption information, on the original Office of the Chief of Police, Hall of Justice, San Francisco, California mimeographed sheets, dated December 17, 1937. 1937; 1962

Additional Details

with--Gardner, Roy. Hellcatraz, The Rock of Despair. Illustrated. 8vo, photo-pictorial wrappers, worn. First edition, signed by Gardner. Np, nd. and--Mug shot of Alvin Karpis (a.k.a. George Haller), the longest serving inmate at Alcatraz. Silver print, 3x5 inches (7.6x12.7 cm.), with caption information on verso. 1930s.

From the Collection of John Binder.