It was Christmas Day in 1946 when notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone took his wife and four granddaughters out for a walk onto the dock of their sprawling mansion on Palm Island, Florida.
A picture shows "papa", as he was known to them, relishing his freedom after being released from Alcatraz where he served over seven years for tax evasion.
The items range from personal photographs to firearms to pocket watches and jewelry as well as furniture and kitchen ware. Diane Capone, 77, the second of Al Capone’s four granddaughters, said the decision to sell the items was based on her and her sisters getting older, as well as the increasing threat of wildfires to their homes in Northern California.
"The items that generate the most interest are the ones that you think of synonymous with a gangster figure like Al Capone, his guns and his fancy flamboyant jewelry," he said.
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