{"id":520272,"date":"2021-10-12T07:16:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T11:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/al-capones-properties-auctioned-for-3-million-dollars-includes-his-45-caliber-pistol\/"},"modified":"2021-10-12T07:16:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T11:16:56","slug":"al-capones-properties-auctioned-for-3-million-dollars-includes-his-45-caliber-pistol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/new-york\/al-capones-properties-auctioned-for-3-million-dollars-includes-his-45-caliber-pistol\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Capone’s properties auctioned for 3 million dollars; includes his 45-caliber pistol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEW YORK.-<\/strong> Several properties, including his Colt 45 caliber pistol, belonging to the American mob boss Alphonse Gabriel Capone, better known as \u201cAl Capone, Scarface, and Boss of Bosses,\u201d were auctioned for 3 million dollars last Friday in Sacramento, California, reported The Chicago Tribune newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The topic has motivated Dominicans in Upper Manhattan in various public places to refresh the history of the mobster, engaging in discussions, telling stories, and recounting his movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among other properties, the auction titled “A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone” features 174 photos considered family heirlooms, a Patek Philippe pocket watch with embedded diamonds and the initials AC, a gold money clip, and an 18-karat yellow gold belt buckle ($22,500).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mobster’s favorite handgun sold for 860 thousand dollars plus a 21% buyer’s premium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the mobster’s granddaughters, Diane, said that her grandfather carried the finely engraved, wood-handled pistol for “self-defense” and used it several times, “it probably saved his life on a few occasions,” she stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diane, who is now 77 years old, said that her infamous grandfather was a loving and generous family man, he was a legendary figure, I think his judgment comes from someone other than me, she declared to AP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise, a carved cigar humidor ($120,000) was auctioned, as well as a letter that the famous gangster of the 20s and 30s sent home from the fearsome maximum-security prison at that time in the USA called Alcatraz, where he spent 11 years imprisoned for tax evasion, the only crime for which he could be convicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the nearly one thousand bidders remain private and the proceeds will go to Capone’s three surviving granddaughters, despite protests from victims’ advocacy groups and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This historic event of the American legend will, without a doubt, go down as one of the most important celebrity auctions in history.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Capone was born in Brooklyn-NYC in 1899 and died of cardiac arrest in 1947 at his home in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alphonse Gabriel Capone, better known as Al Capone or Al Scarface Capone, a nickname he received due to the scars he had on the left side of his face, caused by knife slashes, was a famous American gangster of the 20s and 30s, although his business card said he was an antique dealer.\u200b <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK.- Several properties, including his Colt 45 caliber pistol, belonging to the American mob boss Alphonse Gabriel Capone, better known as \u201cAl Capone, Scarface, and Boss of Bosses,\u201d were auctioned for 3 million dollars last Friday in Sacramento, California, reported The Chicago Tribune newspaper. The topic has motivated Dominicans in Upper Manhattan in various […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":520273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[44549],"tags":[44611],"class_list":["post-520272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-al-capone"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2blu","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-7.14.32-AM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Ram\u00f3n Mercedes","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-28-at-9.25.49-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["New York"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-7.14.32-AM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}