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Dillinger 'death mask' sells for $3,000
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| Nov. 19, 2010
Posted on 11/19/2010 11:26:52 AM PST by JoeProBono
CHICAGO - A Chicago businessman was the $3,000 high bidder for a mold of John Dillinger's face made after the notorious gangster's death.
Ed Hirschland bought Dillinger's "death mask" Thursday for $3,000, plus $660 in fees, at an auction featuring 65 pieces of Chicago history at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Friday.
"I'm a Chicago aficionado," Hirschland said. "One of the areas that's so interesting about Chicago is crime. This is such an incredible crime item."
The plaster cast of Dillinger's face was made by Kenneth "Doc" Coffman, who got past guards at the morgue to make the mask after the gangster's 1934 death.
Other items sold at the auction include Al Capone's monogrammed scarf and a first-edition copy of Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dillinger
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To: JoeProBono
Seems like a VERY low price to me.
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:27:48 AM PST
by
Doctor 2Brains
(If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
To: Doctor 2Brains
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:30:18 AM PST
by
PghBaldy
(Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
To: Doctor 2Brains
Unless I miss my guess, his face was not the most talked about part of this guys anatomy......too bad....
naw, I won't go there....
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:30:46 AM PST
by
China Clipper
(My favorite animals usually are found next to the rice on my plate.)
To: Doctor 2Brains; windcliff
I was thinking that too. What a bargain!
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:31:33 AM PST
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:33:03 AM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: China Clipper
Dillinger's body is put on display for the public before its burial.
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:36:47 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Doctor 2Brains
It may be just a mask of the guy they claim was JD, hence the reduced price. Melvin was never the same...
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:38:23 AM PST
by
kallisti
("Think what you want. You're the one that has to live with your thoughts.")
To: stylecouncilor
There was a guy at the Nation’s Gun Show who had a box of Herman Gohring’s personal cigars — the box, the bands, all had his name and crest on them. This guy had TONS of amazing stuff (a Field Marshall’s baton, for example). He only wanted $2,000 for the cigars.
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:39:19 AM PST
by
Doctor 2Brains
(If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
To: Huskrrrr
He wasn’t feeling too good at the time;)
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:47:26 AM PST
by
wireman
To: JoeProBono
I would have paid that.
I’m kind of a Dillinger afficionado.
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:49:12 AM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
To: wireman
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:50:04 AM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: Doctor 2Brains
3000K$ is a pittance...I like the idea of a death mask.
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:50:40 AM PST
by
SouthDixie
(The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.)
To: Doctor 2Brains
Ditto. $3K? Is it a repro?
To: SouthDixie
3K$...Indians have been doing it for centuries...with leather.
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:53:10 AM PST
by
SouthDixie
(The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.)
To: JoeProBono
Is that Warren Oates death mask?
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posted on
11/19/2010 11:53:16 AM PST
by
4yearlurker
(Well,so far Hope & Change SUCKS!!!!!)
To: 4yearlurker
It sho’ ain’t Johnny Depp...
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:02:44 PM PST
by
AnnGora
(Let 'er rip, Tater Chip!)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:09:11 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: JoeProBono
This photo does resemble the death mask.
To: Doctor 2Brains
I was thinkin the same thing.
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:15:48 PM PST
by
MsLady
(If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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