Al Capone's Gun For Sale "OUCH"

The silver-plated Colt.38 Special Al Capone brought in 1939 is for sale for $95.000. Dealer Gary Zimet , who lists the revolver on 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 orhanized crime boss during Prohibition, but his career ended with an eight-year stretch for tax evasion.

The listing says that Capone's personal Colt Police Positive .38 Special revolver has the Colt logo stamped on the left side, with factory-original wood grips with Colt logos in relief. The gun was manufactured in 1939, the year Capone was released from federal prison. It comes from the estate of Ralph "Bottles" Capone (1893 - 1974). Ralph was never a big-crime Chicago mobster like his brothe but he did serve time for the same crime his brother went to prison for income tax evasion . The brothers were close and Ralph was entrusted with some of Al's possessions, including his rosary, baptismal medal, and his pistol. After Ralph's death per the terms of his will, the gun was given to a longtime friend Edmund Koeski in 1976.

Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone is one of the most notorious gangsters this country has ever seen. He led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate that was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor as well as gambling and other illegal activities in Chicago during the 1928s. As was dramatized in movies including "The Untouchables," Bureau of Prohibition agent Eliot Ness went after Capone, closing down many of the breweries and speakeasies Capone owned in 1931. Capone was indicted for tax income evasion and various violations of the Volstead act and served time at Alcatraz among other places. He was paroled in 1930, which is when he picked up his gun and moved to his home in Palm Island, Florida. Al Capone died in 1947.

My spin on Al' gun : Buyer beware... the gun may be haunted by old Al and you will have to conjure up old Eliot Ness to rid you of the dangerous mobster... Damn! I bet that would be fun...for someone else I'm sure...not me.

Kicking back keeping it real and having fun of course, so keep on smiling and the world smiles with you. Until next time.