RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

ALS, in pencil, signed “John Dillinger #14395,” one page, 7.75 x 3.75, no date [but circa 1929–1933]. Letter written while in the Indiana State Prison

Limited edition second generation plaster death mask of John Dillinger, #6/100, approximately 9.75 x 6, created from a mold of the original death mask

Original April 24, 1934, edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune18 x 24, 22 pages, with the banner headline announcing “Dillinger Shoots Way Clear; Three

Bank check, 6 x 2.5, filled out and signed by famed FBI agent and gangster hunter Purvis, “Melvin H. Purvis,” payable to News and Courier for $9.00, d

Typed memorandum, signed “MHP,” one page, 7.5 x 10.25, dated May 12, 1934. Headed “Memorandum for the file,” the memo reads, in part: “Mr. H. C. Hoagl

Original front page of the October 23, 1934, edition of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, 16.25 x 22, with the banner headline stating “’Pretty Boy’ Cor

Collection of approximately 100 items, consisting of typed letters, manuscripts, and FBI memoranda, bearing 81 various signatures of Purvis, with a ma

Original Page 3 from the July 23, 1934, edition of The Baltimore News and the Post, with the banner across the top stating “First Pictures of Desperad

Original July 23, 1934, edition of The Knickerbocker Press, 16.75 x 22.75, 18 pages, with its banner headline announcing “Dillinger Killed By Federal

Original January 16, 1935, evening edition of The Baltimore News and The Baltimore Post, 16.75 x 21, 28 pages. Banner headline along the top edge read

Original front page from the July 23, 1934, edition of The Baltimore News and the Post, 16.75 x 21.25, with the full-length headline announcing “Dilli

Gangster (1895–1954) during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most famous crime was the

Lester Gillis, pseudonym George Nelson, was given the nickname ‘Baby Face’ Nelson because of his small stature and youthful appearance. A notorious ki

Original Tuesday morning July 1, 1919, edition of The Atlanta Constitution, 16.75 x 22, 20 pages. Large banner headline reads, “Whiskey Goes—Wine and

Original October 13, 1930, edition of The Detroit Free Press, 17 x 22.5, 22 pages, with the headline reading “’Legs’ Diamond Shot By Four Men; Dying,”

Con man and swindler (1882–1949) who promised huge profits for buying discounted postal reply coupons in other countries and redeeming them at face va

Mobster, whose real name was Arthur Flegenheimer, (1902–1935) who made his fortune in bootlegging and the numbers racket. After two tax evasion trials

Vintage original 1939 5 x 7 inches gelatin silver photograph of Mobster John Torrio leaving the federal court house in New York during his trial. Nice

Thief, bankrobber, kidnapper, and bootlegger (1907–1979) nicknamed ‘The Rat’ by J. Edgar Hoover. Collection of six items consisting of three TLSs, two

American organized crime boss (1899–1947), who, through his charisma, political savvy, and sheer ruthless ambition, emerged as the most powerful and i