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Grant Zahajko Auctions: Mob, Gangster, True Crime & Criminal Memorabilia

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Auction Name Mob, Gangster, True Crime & Criminal Memorabilia Total Sales (USD) 57,842.15
Auction Date September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 41,290.00
Sale Number #91025 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 65,275.00
Total Lots 211
Sold Lots 195.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 58,890.00
% of Lots Sold 92.42% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 89,025.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 64.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
16

Charles "Lucky" Luciano Mug Shot/Fingerprint Card

1930 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 3,810.00
25

Plenty Horses Trial RARE Cabinet Card ONLY KNOWN

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 3,810.00
7

Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll Mug Shot, Fingerprint Card

1930 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 3,556.00
15

Al Capone Original 2-Page "Rap Sheet" (1941)

1941 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 3,048.00
24

Plenty Horses Trial Photo (1891)

1891 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,540.00
9

Murder Inc Founder Louis "Lepke" Buchalter Wanted

1937 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 2,032.00
166

ALCATRAZ ESCAPEES [Anglin; Morris] WANTED

1962 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 2,032.00
18

Lucky Luciano Original 2-Page "Rap Sheet" (1936)

1936 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,905.00
19

Lucky Luciano Original NYC "Rap Sheet"

1935-36 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,905.00
10

Al Capone Mug Shot Original Negative & TYPE II

1930 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,524.00
22

Plenty Horses Cabinet Card Photo E/O His Attorney

1891 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,397.00
81 John Wayne Gacy

A Question Of Doubt by John Wayne Gacy S/N 1993

1993 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,397.00
13

Al Capone Original Photograph of Fingerprint Card

1930 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,143.00
26

Inside The Courtroom Plenty Horses Trial

1891 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,143.00
39

Electroshock Therapy on Inmates [DEVIL'S ISLAND]

1928 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,079.50
62 Jeff Jeffrey Dahmer

Jeff Jeffrey Dahmer SIGNED Holiday Card 1993

1993 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 1,079.50
101

Alvin 'Creepy' Karpis FBI WANTED Poster 1936

1936 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,016.00
6

Lucky Luciano & Frank Baldino Mug Shot Negative

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 952.50
8

Tony Bruno (Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll) Mob

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 952.50
76 Richard Ramirez

Richard Ramirez -The Night Stalker- Drawing 1998

1998 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 952.50
85C

Gordon Pouliot (Boxer, Police, Motorcycle Patrol)

circa 1970 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 825.50
1

Bugsy Siegel, H. Maione, L. Maione, J. Rosen

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 698.50
14

Al Capone Original Photograph of Fingerprint Card

1930 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 698.50
167

Louis 'Lepke Buchalter NYC Reward Poster 1939

1939 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 698.50
12

Al Capone Original Negative Outside Court House

1930s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 635.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.