The legendary American gangster Al Capone's personal belongings, including weapons, pieces of jewellery and letters are up for auction.The auctioneers indicate that this is one of the most important celebrity auctions in history. Here are some of his items
The world-renowned mob boss, the ruler of Chicago's streets throughout the prohibition era, Al Capone's name still attracts attention even after 75 years of his death. At least 174 of his personal items are heading to auction entitled ‘A century of Notoriety: the Estate of Al Capone’ on Friday in California.to auctioneers, this auction will no doubt go down as one of the most important celebrity auctions in history.
A photograph of Al Capone with his son, Sonny, is displayed at Witherell's auction house in Sacramento, California The picture above shows a hand-painted photo of Al Capone at age 27 with his son. It is expected to go forLater on, he met his mob mentor, Johnny Torrio, who was running a gambling operation near Capone's home while Capone began to work on small errands for him.
However, after a dangerous effort to end his life in 1925 by rival mobsters, Torrio decided to return to his home country, Italy and chose Capone as his successor. Capone was very successful in expanding his underground organization which he called ''The Outfit'' and became one of the leading gangsters in the country.
Capone was found guilty and sent to Alcatraz prison for over 11 years. He was among the earliest federal prisoners at Alcatraz that housed some of America’s most severe and dangerous criminals.
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