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Group lot of four items related to Chicago Outfit crime boss Al Capone, including: an original vintage glossy 7 x 5 Swedish wire photo containing two images of Capone, with the reverse bearing copyright stamps and a Swedish press caption dated to 1947; a vintage semi-glossy 9 x 12 silver gelatin Swedish International Magazine Service photo of Capone’s original gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery on the south side of Chicago, with press stamps on the reverse dated to 1963; a vintage glossy 10 x 8 Chronicle Files wire photo of a soup kitchen opened by Capone in Chicago during the Great Depression, the reverse with affixed captions and 1972 date stamps; and an original issue of The Literary Digest from October 31, 1931, which contains an article Capone’s arrest entitled ‘Gangdom’s King Guilty as a Tax Dodger.’ In overall very good to fine condition, with the magazine cover partially detached. Accompanied by a modern printed photo of a young Al Capone in Brooklyn, circa 1916. The smaller Swedish photo is encapsulated by PSA as an authentic 'Type IV' photograph.
The Marc and Mary Perkins Collection.
