Their brother didn't want the guns?
Posted on 08/24/2021 3:31:18 PM PDT by simpson96
The surviving granddaughters of Alphonse “Al” Capone, one of the country’s most notorious gangsters, are auctioning off a slew of the mob boss’ treasures that include his “favorite” gun and letters to his son he wrote from prison.
Sacramento, California-based auctioneer Witherell’s said it has authenticated the items included in the collection and will run the live auction on Oct. 8.
Among the more eye-popping items listed in the collection is the ruthless racketeer’s “favorite” gun, a Colt .45 pistol that’s been passed down through the generations of Capone’s descendants and will start bidding at $50,000.
The collection, called “A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone,” also includes a platinum Patek Philippe pocket watch monogrammed with 90 single cut diamonds starting at $12,500 and a matching pocket knife monogrammed with 20 single cut diamonds starting at $1,250.
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Is it a museum worth going to?
Capone believe in the Huey Long school of politics/street rules. If I get mine you’ll get yours.
A pistol, by definition, is not a revolver. (One of those little-known gun collector facts)
Their brother didn't want the guns?
Is that it?
That would probably be my favorite pistol too...after I added a beavertail grip safety and commander hammer.
My daughter-in-law is related to Capone.‘
Don’t piss her off…
True. But do you really expect the current owners or the reporter to know the difference, or care?
It's pretty cool and probably something that you should go to at least once if you're interested in Organized Crime throughout the history of America.
However, I was a little disappointed in the amount of "stuff" they have. A lot of the displays are just written biographies of bad guys.
They have some cool stuff - guns and clothes previously owned by mobsters. I guess I was just expecting more of that.
I don't want to turn anyone off from going because there IS some pretty cool stuff - just not a lot of it.
I remember when John Garand’s 1 millionth M1 Garand sold for $100K.
I thought, “Damn! I could have bought that.”
It would have meant a helluva lot more to me than Capone’s 45.
But if you read authentic accounts from the Old West, many called their revolvers "pistols." "He pulled out his pistol in the saloon, and began firing." Which is where the term "Pistoleer" came from.
How sentimental should they be about the gun of a grandfather who killed people? Maybe they are getting up in years and need the money....
From The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister (1902)
And then, before quitting the store, he made his toilet for this little hand at poker. It was a simple preparation. He took his pistol from its holster, examined it, then shoved it between his overalls and his shirt in front, and pulled his waistcoat over it.
Sorry about that. I forgot the best part -- the iconic line that has become a Western genre cliche.
From The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister (1902)
The Virginian's pistol came out, and his hand lay on the table, holding it unaimed. And with a voice as gentle as ever, the voice that sounded almost like a caress, but drawling a very little more than usual, so that there was almost a space between each word, he issued his orders to the man Trampas: “When you call me that, SMILE.” And he looked at Trampas across the table.
Is THAT the Pistol??
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Thanks
Yes, pic from the article.
Damn Good looking Piece!
I wouldn’t change a Thing!
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I’d Shoot it on Al’s
Birthday, clean it
and Lock it Up.
“I have killed twenty-seven men, and if I could have got my pistol out you would have made twenty-eight.” - John Wesley Hardin, Texas outlaw and premier pistoleer.
By the way the pistol he had on him was an 1860 Colt Army .44 cap and ball revolver.
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