Wanted Poster Online Auction

October 04, 2012

LOT 11

Lot 11

Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, United States Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice Wanted Poster. 1933

Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, United States Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice Wanted Poster. 1933
Lot 11 Details
Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, United States Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice Wanted Poster. 1933

named ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ after the death of John Dillinger, issued by J. Edgar Hoover, director, addressed to D. O. Draper, Chief Constable, Toronto, Canada and postmarked at Grand Central Annex, N. Y., July 3, 1933
8" x 8" — 20.3 x 20.3 cm.

Estimate $200-$300

Realised: $192
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

Note:

Wanted in connection with the murder of Chief of Police of McAlester Otto Reed, police officers William J. Grooms and Frank E. Hermanson, special agent Raymond J. Caffrey, and their prisoner Frank Nash. Born Charles Arthur Floyd, aliases Frank Mitchell, “Pretty Boy Smith”

CONDITION DETAILS

Previously mounted, glue and paper residue to back.

LOT 11
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