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Wanted Poster Online Auction

October 04, 2012

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LOT 4

Lot 4

James ‘Oklahoma Jack’ Clark, United States Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1933

James ‘Oklahoma Jack’ Clark, United States Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1933
Lot 4 Details
James ‘Oklahoma Jack’ Clark, United States Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1933

protégé of Herman ‘Baron’ Lamm, associate of John Dillinger, Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley and Homer Van Meter, 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 $50-$100

Realised: $36
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

Note:

Wanted for 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 James Clark, aliases Jim Clark, Jack Martin

CONDITION DETAILS

Previously mounted, glue and paper residue to back.

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