Lot 376
Lansky, Meyer (1902-1983) One of the wealthiest and most powerful figures in American organized crime, he controlled major gambling interests up and down the East Coast and in pre-Castro Cuba.
Signed Check ("Meyer Lansky" ). Partially printed, accomplished in manuscript. 6¼ x 3", Boston, May 2, 1938. Drawn on Lansky's account at the Shawmut Bank of Boston and made payable to "Collector of Internal Revenue" in the amount of $890.69. Punch cancelled and stamped recto and verso. Surface abrasion on recto crosses "Meyer." In very good condition.
Likely wishing to avoid Al Capone's fate, here Lansky pays his taxes. Meyer Lansky had spent the post-Prohibition 1930s building his gambling empire and we can be confident that while $890.69 may represent a significant portion of Lansky's reported income, this sum would not come close to covering the taxes on his actual income.
Estimated Value $600 - 650.
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