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JOEY A. (GIUSEPPE ANTONIO DOTO) ADONIS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 05/03/1935 - HFSID 254872This check for $542 to the City Collector is signed by the Seven Group mobster Check signed: "Joseph Doto" by Adonis, 6½x2¾. New York, 1935 May 3. Drawn on The National City Bank of New York, 8515 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, payable to the City Collector for $542.
Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,400.00
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JOEY A. (GIUSEPPE ANTONIO DOTO) ADONIS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 10/11/1937 - HFSID 179351The mob boss signs this check for $566 to the State Tax Commission, dated 1937 Check signed: "Joseph Doto" by Adonis, 6½x2¾. New York, 1937 October 11.
Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,500.00
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JOEY A. (GIUSEPPE ANTONIO DOTO) ADONIS - CHECK ENDORSED 06/21/1939 - HFSID 256886The mob leader is paid back the balance of a loan plus interest from a company he later owned. Check endorsed: "Joseph Doto" on verso, 8¼x3. Cliffside Park, New Jersey, 1939 June 21. Check for $2,813.
Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,400.00
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JOSEPH BONANNO - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 03/14/1978 - HFSID 293933A 1978 check for $5.45 signed by the mob boss who wrote A Man of Honor (1983). Check signed "Joseph Bonanno" in blue ink. 6x2¾. March 14, 1978. Check No. 1637 for $5.45, made out to Wilma Pelland.
Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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LENNY BRUCE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 08/03/1962 - HFSID 226584Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "Lenny Bruce," 8x31/8. Beverly Hills, 1962 August 3. Drawn on the Union Bank for $49.65 payable to Southern California Gas Co. "Lenny Bruce" printed in ink above signature.
Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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LENNY BRUCE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/06/1962 - HFSID 153484Check filled out and signed: "Lenny Bruce", 5¾x2¾. Chicago, Illinois, 1962 December 6. Check No. 108, drawn on his personal account at The Cosmopolitan National Bank of Chicago, payable to "Cash" for $10.
Sale Price $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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LENNY BRUCE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/20/1962 - HFSID 168992The comedian signs a check with his birth name in Chicago in December 1962 - the month and year he faced prosecutors on obscenity charges in the city. Check signed: "Leonard A. Schneider", 6¼x2¾. Chicago, Illinois, 1962 December 20. Not numbered.
Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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SYDNEY CHAPLIN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 08/06/1956 - HFSID 345214The brother of famous actor Charlie Chaplin signs this check for $50.00 in blue ink Check Signed: “Sidney Chaplin” in blue ink. 6½x2¾. September 6, 1956. Check no. w/n. Drawn from the account of Sidney Chaplin at City National Bank in Hollywood, California.
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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ROBERT CLEAVES - CHECK ENDORSED 01/15/1970 - HFSID 38497The infamous actor who was convicted of second degree murder endorses this check from 1970, in the amount of $158.33 Check endorsed: "Robert Cleaves", in black ink, 3½x8½ check from Los Angeles Aftra Federal Credit Union in Hollywood, California, in the amount of $158.
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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JAY COOKE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 03/30/1868 - HFSID 265819The financier signs on this check for $252.24, dated in 1868! Check Signed: "Jay Cooke & Co", 8x3¾. Philadelphia, 1868 March 30. Check No. 5163, drawn on Jay Cooke & Co. Bankers payable in gold to "Theo. Kitchen Cash'r" for $252.24.
Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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CARLO "DON CARLO" GAMBINO - CHECK ENDORSED 04/01/1962 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 257035Partly Printed Check endorsed: "Carlo Gambino" on verso, 8¼x3. New York, 1962 April 5. Drawn on the S.G.S. Associates account at The Chase Manhattan Bank for $400. Signed: "George Schiller" and "Henry H. Saltzstein".
Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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THOMAS E. HAYDEN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 04/01/1991 - HFSID 317485The liberal activist wrote this $92 check to the State of California while serving in the California State Assembly. Check signed: "Tom Hayden", 6x2¾. Sacramento, California, 1991 April 1. Check #460, drawn on the account of Tom Hayden, c/o Taylor & Lieberman, A.A.C.
Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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THOMAS E. HAYDEN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 04/25/1991 - HFSID 280559He fills out and signs a $130.18 check to a trendy LA green grocer. Check signed: "Tom Hayden", 6x2¾. Los Angeles, California, 1991 April 25. Check #383, drawn on Hayden's account, c/o Taylor & Lieberman, A.A.C., at City National Bank, payable to Mrs. Winston's for $130.18.
Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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ANNE LANSKY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/05/1939 - HFSID 179324Check filled out and signed: "Anne Lansky", 6¼x2¾. Boston, Mass., 1939 January 5. Drawn on the National Shawmut Bank of Boston, payable to "Cushing Lyons Ins." for $6. Anne Lansky, the former Anna Citron, married mob financial wizard Meyer Lansky in 1929.
Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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ANNE LANSKY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/10/1939 - HFSID 342424The wife of mobster Meyer Lansky signs check for $11.43 in black ink Check signed: "Anne Lansky" in black ink. 6¼x2¾. January 10, 1939. Check drawn from the account of Anne Lansky at The National Shawmut Bank in Boston, Massachusetts. Payable for $11.
Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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ANNE LANSKY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 11/15/1939 - HFSID 254603Check filled out and signed: "Anne Lansky", 6¼x2¾. Boston, Mass., 1939 November 15. Drawn on The National Shawmut Bank of Boston, payable to "Chandler & Co." for $20. Anne Lansky, the former Anna Citron, married mob financial wizard Meyer Lansky in 1929.
Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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ELIJAH MUHAMMAD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 06/07/1971 - HFSID 84465The Minster of Islam signs on a check for $6,177.00, drawn from The honorable Elijah Muhammad's Poor Fund account Check signed: "Elijah Muhammad", 7½x3. Chicago, Illinois, 1971 June 7. Check No.
Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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SAM H. SHEPPARD - CHECK ENDORSED 07/03/1947 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 265823Rare Partly Printed Check signed: "Thos. S. Reese", endorsed on verso: "Marilyn Reese Sheppard/(Mrs. Sam H." and "Sam H. Sheppard", 6¼x2¾. Cleveland, Ohio, 1947 July 3.
Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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SAM H. SHEPPARD - CHECK ENDORSED 08/02/1946 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 264405Rare Partly Printed Check signed: "Thos. S. Reese", endorsed on verso: "Marilyn Reese Sheppard" and "Sam H. Sheppard", 6¼x2¾. Cleveland, Ohio, 1946 August 2. Drawn on the Central National Bank of Cleveland, payable to Marilyn Reese Sheppard for $50.
Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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HARRY K. THAW - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/05/1925 - HFSID 252218Signed a week after the opening of the new Madison Square Garden built to replace the demolished one designed by Stanford White. Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "H.K. Thaw", 8¾x3. Pittsburgh, Pa., 1925 December 5.
Sale Price $765.00
$650.00