Leslie Hindman

Letter from legendary bank robber John Dillinger

October 2009 Auction Reviews

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CHICAGO—Top lot: On December 18, 1932, legendary bank robber John Dillinger wrote to his niece, Mary Hancock, from a jail cell in Indiana expressing his desire to be with his family at Christmas. Framed with a photo of him and a wanted poster, this letter raked in $21,600, crushing its high estimate of $6,000.

"In Brief: Leslie Hindman" originally appeared in the October 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's October 2009 Table of Contents.