This is a reverse auction. Original, complete set of lobby cards (8) from the 1959 movie starring Robert Blake and Barry Sullivan. The gang was heavily involved in gambling in the Mid West. $60, plus actual postage ($5 or less).

More on the movie here:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0054218/

Read about the gang here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Gang
Some excerpts:
"The Purple Gang was a mob of bootleggers and hijackers in the 1920s. Under the leadership of Abe Bernstein, the gang operated out of Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, which was a major port for running cached alcohol products across during Prohibition, since it is on the border with Canada. Perhaps the most ruthless bootleggers of their time, they may have killed over 500 members of rival bootlegging gangs during Detroit's bootleg wars. ... .... .... The Purple Gang also attempted to run gambling rings in Detroit, especially among the African American population. Run by Julius Horowitz, the son of the sugar supplier to the breweries, and a one-legged black gangster wanted in the South for murder, the operation was successful until the gamblers learned that the Purple Gang had been using loaded dice and other tricks to keep it profitable. A small riot followed from which Horowitz escaped but the black gangster was believed killed."

The cards are in good condition. Attractive cards suitable for framing. One card has a small piece in a margin missing, and there is some small occasional tape residue in the margin. (Minor matters; see the pictures) The cards are the standard 11 x 14."

Robert