Lot 201
Younger Cole 1844 - 1916 Neat, clean signature cut of Cole Younger, a member of the Jesse James hold-up gang
Rendered in ink, Cole Younger signature cut on lightly lined paper stock, 4.5" x 1.5". Center horizontal fold, light toning. Else near fine condition.
Cole Younger, an old West outlaw began his career by joining a band of Confederate marauders who road through border states creating havoc against the Union. Younger joined the holdup gang of Frank and Jesse James in 1866 and soon convinced his own brothers to join the gang. During the next decade the Younger and James brothers stated a string of bank robberies and tarin holdups throughout Missouri and the surround states. A bloody shootout after an attempted robbery of the First national Bank on September 7, 1876, resulted in the deaths of many of the gang's members. When a posse caught up with the survivors two weeks later, there was another fatal shootout, and brothers Jim and Bob Younger were captured. Cole received an official pardon in 1903 and eventually reunited with Frank James in a touring Wild West show. Before his death on February 21, 1916, Younger went on the lecture circuit preaching the evils of crime.
Very rare ink signature, "Cole Younger", an extremely desirable and highly sought after signature. A lesser Cole Younger signature sold at Heritage Auctions for over $3,500 in 2007.
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