Archive for February, 2010

You don’t know Jack …
but Mei Trow does
New book on Ripper murders is lesson in reasoned investigating »

By David_Chesanow on Feb 6, 2010 in Book Review, History | 0 Comments

On Dec. 30 I posted a blog about British historian M. J. “Mei” Trow and his candidate for the Whitechapel murderer who terrorized London in 1888: the maniac better known as Jack the Ripper. Trow’s findings are largely founded on the relatively new criminal investigative concept of “geographic profiling” – by which the area where [...]

Alexander Autographs’ auction pulls in more than $1 million »

By David_Chesanow on Feb 1, 2010 in Auctions, History | 1 Comment

I just got word that the 1,421 lots that the Alexander Autographs auction of Jan. 20 and 21, blogged on AmeriCollector.com on Jan. 19, realized more than a million bucks. “Once again we saw very spirited bidding for fresh, high-quality material,” says Bill Panagopulos, president of Alexander Autographs, located in Stamford, Conn. “Collectors and investors [...]