AL CAPONE

Why the U.S. adversary is a lot like Al Capone

Meyer Lansky's Medal of Freedom, Al Capone's prison letter and Bugsy Siegel's gun are among the raft of mob memorabilia being sold.

Good morning, Chicago. Here are some highlights from the Chicago Tribune's archives in honor of the newspaper's 175th anniversary.

The notorious gangster's favourite gun made top dollar - $860,000 - at the California sale.

Al Capone Heirlooms Auction FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2021 file photo, Brian Witherell displays a Colt .45-caliber pistol that once belonged to mob boss Al Capone, at Witherell's Auction House in Sacramento, Calif. The Chicago Tribune reports that Capone's family sold several of his belongings, including what was billed as his favorite gun, at auction in California, where his three surviving granddaughters live. Among the items up for auction was a bear-shaped humidor as well as diamond jewelry and some family photographs. Capone's story is a familiar one, thanks in large part to a host of movies, television shows and books about the mobster. For copyright information, check with the distributor of this item, Chicago Tribune.

Al Capone may have died nearly 75 years ago but, after some of his prized possessions were auctioned off for at least $3 million, it's clear interest in the infamous Chicago gangster is very much alive.

Al Capone may have died nearly 75 years ago but it's clear interest in the infamous Chicago gangster is very much alive after some of his prized possessions were auctioned off over the weekend for at least $3 million. The Chicago Tribune reports that Capone's family sold several of his belongings, including what was billed as his favorite gun, at auction in California, where his three surviving granddaughters live. The event, called "A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone,” was held at a private club in Sacramento and attracted nearly 1,000 registered bidders, including 150 who attended the nearly four-hour-long event in person.

These 10 items — ranging from $45,000 to $860,000 — were the most expensive lots purchased at the Oct. 8, 2021 auction.

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Apparently in the mob world there are certainly offers you can refuse. Al Capone’s legendary Palm Island home in Miami Beach is still on the market.

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Some of Al Capone's most prized possessions are up for sale starting this Friday.

The Miami mansion of Al Capone has sold for $15.5 million.

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The grandchildren of legendary Chicago gangster Al Capone will sell 174 family heirlooms at an Oct. 8 auction titled "A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone" in Sacramento, California. The family heirlooms include his favorite gun that he called "Sweetheart" (estimated value $150K), his diamond-monogrammed watch ($50K), engraved jewelry, furniture from the Palm Island home, family photos and more.

The owners plan to replace the 9-bedroom mansion with a two-story house with eight bathrooms, a jacuzzi, a spa, and a sauna, AP reported.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A South Florida developer is planning to demolish the home once owned by notorious gangster Al Capone. Scar-razed: The Florida house that gangster Al Capone owned for nearly two decades, and died in, is facing demolition plans. On January 25, 1947, gangster Al Capone died at his Palm Island home in Miami Beach. [The Miami Herald - January 26, 1947] pic.twitter.com/I9mIgWbKvF — SFDB (@sfdb) January 26, 2021Glaser said he faces opposition from Miami Beach residents, preservationists and Miami Beach city officials, the newspaper reported. He returned to his Miami Beach residence, where he had planned the infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929, and lived there until his death.

Al Capone House The gate house entrance of the waterfront mansion once owned by gangster Al Capone in Miami Beach, Fla., Wednesday, March 18, 2015. The South Florida house that Capone owned for nearly two decades, and died in, is facing demolition plans. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) (Alan Diaz)MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — (AP) — The South Florida house that gangster Al Capone owned for nearly two decades, and died in, is facing demolition plans. The new owners plan to build a two-story modern spec home with 8 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, a Jacuzzi, spa and sauna. The Miami Beach house isn't the only one of Capone's possessions changing hands.

The South Florida house that gangster Al Capone owned for nearly two decades, and died in, is facing demolition plans.

The South Florida house that gangster Al Capone owned for nearly two decades, and died in, is facing demolition plans. The Miami Herald reported Thursday that the new owners of the nine-bedroom, Miami Beach house plan to demolish it after buying it for $10.75 million this summer. One of the owners, developer Todd Glaser, told the Herald the home, which is about 3 feet (1 meter) below sea level, has flood damage and standing water underneath it.

Al Capone’s vaults inside a decrepit Chicago hotel were embarrassingly empty in 1986. The real riches of the legendary boss of Chicago’s organized crime syndicate have been located more than 2,000 miles west in northern California, quietly occupying the homes of his four granddaughters — Veronica, Diane, Barbara and Theresa. “The items were purchased by my grandparents, probably most of them ...

Al Capone auction: Diane Capone, one of Al Capone's three granddaughters, holds a photograph of her father, Albert "Sonny" Capone, with his father, legendary mobster Al Capone. A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone, will be held on Oct. 8 in Sacramento, California. Al Capone was serving an 11-year sentence on “The Rock” after his conviction for tax evasion in 1934. “We decided to do it because we’re getting older,” Diane Patricia Capone, 77, the oldest of Al Capone’s granddaughters, told The Sacramento Bee. The collection had been originally housed at Al Capone’s Palm Island Estate in Miami Beach, the newspaper reported.

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Another change to be aware of: Employers might cut back how much matching money they give employees for retirement funds. Notorious gangster Al Capone attempts to help unemployed men with his soup kitchen "Big Al's Kitchen for the Needy." Each time, people proclaimed it would be different, said Campbell, chairman and CEO of Campbell Wealth Management in Alexandria, Virginia. "But the stock market is still the stock market. In other words, for the time your money was out of the stock market, you missed out on gains.

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"Tax law is so complex nowadays, you often don't know what you don't know," New Jersey tax attorney Brad Paladini said in an interview with CNBC's "American Greed." For Sorrentino, flouting the tax law was no accident. "In 2011, I can tell you that he did not file a tax return at all," IRS special agent Cheryl Matejicka told "American Greed." "My best piece of advice is to find a good CPA to help you prepare the tax return. Don't try to prepare it yourself," he said.

The fabled prison on Alcatraz Island, once home to crime superstars like Al Capone, closed in 1963. Today it's the site of reunions for former inmates, guards and their families. Bill Geist tags along.

Almanac: Al Capone On May 4, 1932, the notorious mobster, long untouched by law enforcement, was moved into federal prison in Atlanta after finally being convicted of tax evasion. Charles Osgood reports.