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Boxing Cards, Autographs
5 Lots
 Lot 160. 33 Different T218 Boxers Including Both Poses of Johnson, Jeffries. These 33 cards from the Champion Athletes and Prizefighters set constitute slightly more than half of the boxers. The condition is exceptional for this issue. Ex +: 7 cards including Jeffries vertical and Jack Johnson horizontal. Ex: 10 cards. Vg-ex: 16 cards including Jeffries horizontal and Jack Johnson vertical. Vg: 1 card. The other boxers are Brannigan, Brown, Delmont, Donahoe, Driscoll, Eyton (Referee), Gans, Gardiner, Gardner, Goodman, Hurley, Kaufman, Ketchell, Langford, Lewis, McFarland, Mellody, Moran, Murphy, Battling Nelson, Fighting Dick Nelson, Nitchie, O’Brien, O’Keefe, Jack Twin Sullivan, Mike Twin Sullivan, Walsh, Welsh, West and Wolgast.
Winning Bid $538.
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 Lot 161. 36 Different T220 Prizefighters. Ex-m: Dempsey, John L. Sullivan, Welsh. Ex+: Beecher, Klaus, Mitchell. Ex: Burke, Erne, Jeffries/Sharkey, Mace/King, McCoy, Moore, Sharkey. Vg-ex: Carney, Coburn, Corbett, Cross, Donovan in the sixties, Donovan of today, Driscoll/Glover, Edwards, Fitz- simmons, Gans, Goodman, Griffo, Hart, Heenan/Sayers, McAuliffe, O’Brien, Randall/Turner, Wagner, Wilson. Vg: Jordan, John L. Sullivan/Kilrain. G-vg: Barry, Goldman.
Winning Bid $480.
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 Lot 162. Near Set of 1951 Topps Ringside -87 of 96. Ex-m: #53, 56 Gans. Ex+: #3 LaMotta, 17, 31 Walcott, 39 Leonard, 41, 45, 55 Fitzsimmons. Ex: #4, 10, 16, 33, 37, 46, 93, 96 Charles. Vg+ to ex: #88 Louis (beautiful card with vibrant colors, superb gloss, near perfect centering, two small inoffensive creases). Vg-ex: #5 Cerdan, 6 Walcott, 9, 11 Baer, 12 Conn, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 24 Braddock, 25, 26, 29, 30 Zale, 34 Robinson-Servo, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 Zale-Credan, 47, 50, 51 Willard, 52, 57, 59 Corbett, 60 Attell, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69 Sullivan, 70, 72 Ketchel, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 85 Walcott-Charles, 92. Vg: #8, 18, 22, 23, 27, 54 Jeffries, 58, 68, 73 Gavilan, 80, 83, 86, 87, 90, 91, 94. G-vg: #2 Armstrong, 28, 89. G: #71.
Winning Bid $711.
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 Lot 163. Signature of Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles on a 1953 Newspaper Photo. Underrated among the heavyweights, Charles was 38 years old before the boxing gods gave him a shot at the title even though he had dispatched quality opponents such as Joey Maxim, Charley Burley and Archie Moore. He beat Jersey Joe Walcott for the vacant NBA championship in 1949, won the vacant world championship by defeating an aging Joe Louis, and then lost the world title to Walcott in 1951. Prior to 1948, Charles was an aggressive boxer with a hard punch. In 1948, however, an opponent died several days after Charles had knocked him out, and after that, he seemed to loose his desire to knock out opponents. Charles’ signature in ballpoint is on a picture that accompanies a story about his upcoming fight with Coley Wallace in San Francisco late in 1953. This beautiful example of his signature is a 10. Charles knocked Wallace out in the 10th. In 1954, he unsuccessfully challenged Rocky Marciano twice for the world title. He retired in 1959. Charles died in 1975. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $75.
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 Lot 164. March 19, 1971 Life Autographed by Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. A good case can be made that a signed copy of this magazine is most desirable of all collectibles related to the Ali-Frazier wars. After all, the cover photo, which the two combatants signed, was taken by Frank Sinatra. The vocalist contributed to the photography inside the magazine as well. At least equally important, the text describing their 1971 battle was written by Norman Mailer. In terms less literary than Mailer’s, Ali lost the “Fight of the Century” at Madison Square Garden. Frazier won a hard-fought bout that included a punch that briefly put Ali on the canvas. It was only the third knockdown of Ali’s career. The magazine is complete and ex to ex-m with the label neatly removed. The sharpie autographs are 10. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $222.
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