S. Attorney Leo Fennelly, who has helped run down many a noted swindler (including Banker Joseph Harriman), Promoter Bob had sunk so low he had taken to selling gold bricks. In 1932 he acquired ...

BOSTON, July 23. -- "Gold bricks to sell for $850,000" was the offer of a man who said he was Patsy Goldbrick. He carried them roped to his shoulders up and down State Street this morning.

In 1893, farmer Henry Davenport was approached by a stranger who offered Davenport a spectacular deal: two gold bricks for $3,500, a price far less than what they were worth, the Sentinel reported ...

The president and the tech billionaire want to know if the stores of the precious metal are where they are supposed to be.