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JOEY A. (GIUSEPPE ANTONIO DOTO) ADONIS This 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.Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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JOEY A. (GIUSEPPE ANTONIO DOTO) ADONIS The 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 $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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JOEY A. (GIUSEPPE ANTONIO DOTO) ADONIS The 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 $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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JOSEPH BONANNO The notorious mobster writes a check to the National Federation of the Blind. Check filled out signed: "Joseph Bonanno", 6x2¾. Tucson, Arizona, 1976 March 10. Check No. 1412, drawn on his account at the Arizona Bank in Tucson, payable to "National Federation of Blind" for $2.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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JOSEPH BONANNO 1974 check of $5 signed by mob boss Joseph Bonanno. From Bonanno's estate, with a signed certificate of authenticity signed by his daughter-in-law Rosalie Bonnano. Check signed "Joseph Bonanno" in blue ink. 6x2¾, perforated top edge. July 8, 1974. Check no. 1187 for $5, made out to S. M. A.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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JOE BONANNO. Check filled out and signed: "Joseph Bonanno", 6x2¾. Tucson, Arizona, 1976 August 16. Check No. 1158 drawn on the Arizona Bank, payable to Radiology Ltd. for $128.00. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Rosalie Bonanno, his daughter-in-law.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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LENNY BRUCE Partly 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. Light bank stamping over signature.Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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LENNY BRUCE. Check 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 The 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 The 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. Payable for $50.Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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ROBERT CLEAVES The 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 $158.33. Dated January 15, 1970.Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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TY COBB. Check signed: "Tyrus R. Cobb", 8½x3¼. Reno, Nevada, 1948 November 8. Unnumbered check, filled out by Cobb in his own hand, drawn on his personal account at the First National Bank of Nevada, payable to cash for $20.00.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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JAY COOKE The 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 Co-signed by HENRY SALTZSTEINCheck payable to A. Kleinman from the crime boss and one of his associates Partly Printed Check signed: "Carlo Gambino" and “Henry H. Saltzstein” 8¼x3. New York, May 14, 1963. Drawn on the Chase Manhattan account of S.G.S.Sale Price $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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CARLO “DON CARLO” GAMBINO Co-signed by HENRY SALTZSTEIN and GEORGE SCHILLERCheck made payable to an associate from the notorious mafia boss Check signed: "George Schiller" and "Carlo Gambino", 8¼x3. New York, New York, June 13, 1963. Check No. 2238, drawn on the account of S.G.Sale Price $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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CARLO “DON CARLO” GAMBINO Co-signed by HENRY SALTZSTEINCheck payable signed by the crime boss and one of his business associates Check signed: "Carlo Gambino" and "Henry H Saltzstein", 8¼x3. New York, New York, June 25, 1962. Check No. 1678, drawn on the account of S.G.S.Sale Price $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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CARLO GAMBINO. Partly Printed Check signed: "Carlo Gambino" and "George Schiller", 8¼x3. New York, 1963 December 5. Drawn on the Chase Manhattan account of S.G.S. Associates, 141 East 44th Street, New York City. Payable to Chase Manhattan Bank for $118.22. S.G.S.Sale Price $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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CARLO "DON CARLO" GAMBINOA check written by the Gambino family patriarch and crime boss to an associate Partly Printed Check signed: "Carlo Gambino" and "George Schiller", 8¼x3. New York, 1963 December 5. Drawn on the Chase Manhattan account of S.G.S.Sale Price $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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CARLO “DON CARLO” GAMBINO Co-signed with HENRY SALTZSTEIN and GEORGE SCHILLERCheck payable to the crime boss by associates Saltzstein and Schiller Check Signed: "Carlo Gambino”, "C or K Gambino", “Henry Saltzstein”, and “George Schiller”, 8¼x3.Sale Price $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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CARLO GAMBINO. Check endorsed: "Carlo Gambino" and "Catherine Visconti", 8¼x3. New York, New York, 1963 January 23.Signed: "George Schiller" and filled out and signed "Henry H Saltzstein" on front. Check No. 2003, drawn on the account of S.G.S.Sale Price $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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CARLO GAMBINO. Partly 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 $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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S.G.S. Associates check for $400, endorsed by Carlo Gambino, the model for The Godfather, and signed by business associated Henry Saltzstein and George Schiller in 1961. S.G.S. was one of the few businesses financed by and registered to Gambino. Accompanied by an unsigned b/w photo of a smiling Gambino in handcuffs.Sale Price $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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S.G.S. Associates check for $400, endorsed by Carlo Gambino, the model for The Godfather, and signed by business associated Henry Saltzman and George Schiller in 1961. S.G.S. was one of the few businesses financed by and registered to Gambino. Matted to 12¼x8 in a beige matte.Sale Price $1,105.00
$1,300.00
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TOM HAYDEN The 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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TOM HAYDEN He 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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JACK KEROUAC. Rare Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "Jack Kerouac", 6¼x2¾. Northpoint, N.Y., 1960 June 13. Drawn on his joint account with his mother, Gabrielle Kerouac, at Security National Bank, payable to: "Internal Revenue Service" for $325.Sale Price $2,000.00
$2,750.00
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ANNE LANSKY. Check 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 The 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 $11.43 to the Boston Edison Co. (not endorsed on verso).Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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ANNE LANSKY. Check 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 The 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
