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Wanted Poster Online Auction

October 04, 2012

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LOT 53

Lot 53

Reese Bailey, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1935

Reese Bailey, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1935
Lot 53 Details
Reese Bailey, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1935

Alcatraz inmate, issued by John Edgar Hoover, director, addressed to D. O. Draper, Chief Constable, Toronto, Canada and postmarked at Buffalo, N. Y., December 29, 1935, together with state poster and related letters regarding his escape from Central Prison Warden H. H. Honeycutt and Buffalo FBI field office
8" x 8" — 20.3 x 20.3 cm.

Estimate $50-$100

Realised: $24
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Lot Report

Note:

Charged with violation of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, for transportation of a stolen automobile from Blowing Rock, North Carolina to Erwin, Tennessee on or about May 18, 1934. Born Reese Bailey, aliases Colburn, Coleman, W. O. BYRD

CONDITION DETAILS

Previously mounted, glue and paper residue to back.

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