Dec 11, 2014 - Sale 2370

Sale 2370 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(CRIME--NEW YORK)
Group of approximately 100 early mug shots from New York City, depicting a variety of characters, many arrested for burglary, theft, swindling, forgery, and pickpocketing, all including a New York City arresting officer. Albumen prints mounted to carte-de-visite-sized cards, each approximately 3 1/2x2 inches (8.9x5.1 cm.), all but 4 with the printed name, identifying number, alias, crime, age, residencey, marriage status, reading/writing abilities, and physical description, as well as a second stamped number, on verso; 4 with a printed form filled out in ink; several cards with cello tape repairs. 1896