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WOLCOTT, MARION POST (1910-1990)
“Making Biscuits for Dinner on Corn Husking Day, the Fred Wilkens farm, near Tallyho, North
Carolina.” Silver print, 8
7
/
8
x12 inches (22.5x30.5 cm.), withWolcott’s signature, in pencil, on recto,
and again on verso. 1939; printed 1980s
[1,500/2,500]
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(CRIME)
Group of 30 snapshots of the infamous Fischetti
Brothers (Charlie,Rocco,and Joseph),who were
high-ranking members of the Chicago outfit and
first cousins of Al Capone,for whom they served
as bodyguards and drivers. The photographs
depict the brothers (including a 4th brother,
Nicholas, who stayed out of the business and is
depicted in an Army uniform) with various
family members enjoying leisure time at the
beach. Silver prints, various sizes from 2
1
/
4
x3
1
/
4
to 3x4
3
/
4
inches (5.7x8.3 to 7.6x11 cm.),and the
reverse. 1940s
[2,500/3,500]
In addition to operating some of the biggest illegal
gambling clubs in Illinois,the brothers were close friends
with Frank Sinatra. In 1946 they accompanied the
singer to Cuba to meet with Lucky Luciano at the
Havana Conference. It was then they received the
contract to kill Bugsy Siegel.
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