Lot Essay
AL AND HIS BROTHER RALPH WERE VERY CLOSE. RALPH EARNED THE NICKNAME "BOTTLES" FROM HIS LEGITIMATE BOTTLED WATER BUSINESS IN CHICAGO. HIS INVOLVEMENT IN HIS YOUNGER BROTHER'S ILLEGITIMATE BUSINESSES WAS NEVER PROVEN BUT, LIKE AL, HE WAS ALSO CHARGED AND FOUND GUILTY OF TAX EVASION.
AL CAPONE HAS BECOME THE MODERN EMBODIMENT OF THE ROMANTIC IMAGE OF THE PROHIBITION MOBSTER WITH FREQUENT SCREEN DEPICTIONS IN THE YEARS SINCE HIS DEATH TO THE PRESENT DAY.
THIS LOT IS A SECTION 5 FIREARM. FOR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO THE "EXPLANATION OF CATALOGUING PRACTICE" IN RELATION TO FIREARMS ON PAGE 58.