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October 04, 2012

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LOT 50

Lot 50

Charlie ‘The Jew’ Yanowsky, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1935

Charlie ‘The Jew’ Yanowsky, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1935
Lot 50 Details
Charlie ‘The Jew’ Yanowsky, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1935

New York longshoreman dock mobster, murdered with an ice pick, issued by J. Edgar Hoover, director
8" x 8" — 20.3 x 20.3 cm.

Estimate $50-$100

Realised: $48
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

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Charged with conspiracy to steal from an interstate shipment and with theft of 71 bales of silk from a shipment consigned from New York City, N. Y. to Mcminnville, Tenn, at Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 15, 1935. Born Charles Yanowsky, aliases Charles Yanowski, Charles Yandsky, Charlie Myer, Charles Meyers, Harry Alberts, Charlie, “Charlie The Jew”

CONDITION DETAILS

Previously mounted, glue and paper residue to back.

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