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Vintage, Modern Boxing Items Including a Signed Photo of Marty Gallagher.
Lot 132. Vintage, Modern Boxing Items Including a Signed Photo of Marty Gallagher. Generally regarded as the best heavyweight ever from Washington, D.C., Gallagher fought from 1925-39, defeating Tony Galento and losing to Galento and John Henry Lewis. After he retired, he became a referee, revived boxing at Georgetown University and coached also at George Washington. His vintage, personalized fountain pen signature is on an 8” x 10” vg photo. Signature is a 9. 2-3. 1930s photos, 4” x 6”, of Honey Boy Hughes and another boxer identified as McDonough. G-vg, each with a corner pin hole, nice images. Fighting as a lightweight 1933-36, Hughes lost to two of the best, Lou Ambers and Tony Canzoneri. 4-5. 1946 boxing cards for bouts at Chicago’s Rainbo Arena and Marigold Gardens. Vg. 6. Kid Berg on the cover of the Aug. 1932 The Arena and Strength, g-vg. 7. 1937 Wrestling & Boxing News from “Doc” Ayers, g-vg. 8. 1939 program for the Tri-County Amateur Boxing Tournament in north-central Pennsylvania, g-vg. 9. Sheet music for “A Bird In a Gilded Cage” from the 1941 movie “Ringside Maisie.” Ann Sothern on the cover, small tear, vg. 10-11. Program for Sugar Ray Leonard’s fourth professional fight, against Frank Santore on Sept. 24, 1977 in Baltimore. Leonard on the cover, g, writing inside. Also, and 8” x 10” photo of Leonard, g. 12-21. Ten 1977-78 “Sportscaster” cards, including Louis, Marciano, Ali, Frazier, Robinson, Moore, Armstrong, Teofilo Stevenson. Ex-m.
Winning Bid $40.
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