A handgun once owned by Prohibition era gangster Al Capone has sold for more than $100,000 at auction.
The Colt .38 revolver was manufactured in 1929, the year of the St Valentine's Day Massacre, when seven people were slain during clashes in Chicago between Capone's gang and a rival mob.
Auctioneer Christie's said the gun went for £67,250 ($A102,500) to an anonymous online bidder.
The sale price was at the upper end of the pre-sale estimate of between £50,000 and £70,000.
The New York-born mobster dominated the Chicago underworld during Prohibition until his 1931 arrest for tax evasion. He died in 1947.
The Colt .38 revolver was manufactured in 1929, the year of the St Valentine's Day Massacre, when seven people were slain during clashes in Chicago between Capone's gang and a rival mob.
Auctioneer Christie's said the gun went for £67,250 ($A102,500) to an anonymous online bidder.
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It was sold by an anonymous private collector along with a letter from Madeleine Capone Morichetti, the widow of Al Capone's brother Ralph, confirming the gun ''previously belonged to and was only used by Al Capone while he was alive''.The sale price was at the upper end of the pre-sale estimate of between £50,000 and £70,000.
The New York-born mobster dominated the Chicago underworld during Prohibition until his 1931 arrest for tax evasion. He died in 1947.
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