Al Capone鈥檚 affectionate letter to son shows mobster鈥檚 humanity
In the letter, which sold for聽$62,500聽at auction on Monday, the notorious mobster tells his son, 'keep up the way you are doing, and don鈥檛 let nothing get you down.'
In the letter, which sold for聽$62,500聽at auction on Monday, the notorious mobster tells his son, 'keep up the way you are doing, and don鈥檛 let nothing get you down.'
An intimate letter gangster聽Al聽Capone聽wrote while imprisoned at Alcatraz has sold at auction in Massachusetts for $62,500.
Boston-based RR Auction says the winning bid came Monday at an auction in Cambridge. The buyer is a collector from the Chicago area who wishes to remain anonymous.
Auctioneers had expected the letter to fetch around $50,000.
The three-page letter was addressed to聽Capone's聽son, Albert "Sonny"聽Capone. The mobster signed it, "Love & Kisses, Your Dear Dad Alphonse聽Capone聽#85," which was his number at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay.
Experts say it shows the notorious mobster who ruled gangland Chicago during Prohibition had a soft side.
An excerpt from the letter as posted on RR Auction: