The silver-plated Colt .38 Special Al Capone bought in 1939 is for sale for USD 95,000 (Rs 43 lakh)
The silver-plated Colt .38 Special Al Capone bought in 1939 is for sale for USD 95,000 (Rs 43 lakh). Dealer Gary Zimet, who lists the revolver on www.MomentsInTime.com, said the historic pistol was inherited by Scarface's
brother, Ralph 'Bottles' Capone, who got his nickname because he distributed beverages in Chicago.
The Brooklyn-born Capone -- who orchestrated the 1929 St Valentine's Day Massacre, which wiped out the Bugs Moran gang -- was the wealthiest and most powerful organised crime boss during Prohibition, but his career ended with an eight-year stretch for tax evasion. According to the listing, the gun was manufactured in 1939, the same year Capone completed his federal sentence (for tax evasion) in the Alcatraz prison.
While his brother Ralph may have been involved in a few of his brother's vices and was also convicted of tax evasion, he never became an infamous mobster.
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