Feb 11, 2010 - Sale 2202

Sale 2202 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 2,880
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
HAUPTMANN, BRUNO RICHARD. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "To my good counsel / Egbert Rosencrans / sincerely / Bruno Richard Hauptmann," image showing him seated with hands in his lap and smiling sinisterly. Signed in the image at bottom center. Approximately 9 1/2x7 1/2 inches; some fading to inscription but legible, scattered dings and minor creases, edges slightly trimmed. Np, [1935-36]

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Hauptmann (1899-1936) was a German-born American carpenter, who was tried, convicted, and executed by electrocution in 1936 for his involvement in the abduction and murder of Charles and Anne Lindbergh's infant son.