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Boxing Sets, Cards and Autographs
7 Lots
 Lot 2. Set of 26 T9 1911 Turkey Red Cabinet Cards with Johnson PSA-Graded. Along with their T3 baseball cousins, these cards are among the most beautiful tobacco cards ever produced. This is a solid, attractive collector set, with most cards grading g+ or better and 10 grading vg or better. Individual card grades vary, primarily because of conditions in the simulated wood border. With few exceptions, the image area is free of significant problems, and the backs are clean. Six cards have a pin hole (ph) or tack hole (th); for these cards, we have noted the condition and provided a grade indicating the card’s appearance absent the hole. In addition, where we have added “no creases,” there may be very minor corner creases: 51 Driscoll, th, vg, no creases. 52 Attell, th, g. 53 Wolgast, g+. 54 Coulon, 2 th, g+. 55 Jeffries, graded Authentic by PSA; vg+ appearance, trimmed. 56 Sullivan, vg. 57 Nelson, ½” border tear, otherwise vg. 58 McFarland, ph, crease-free vg. 59 Murphy ex. 60 Moran, f-g (chipped corner). 61 Marto, check marks on the checklist on the back; otherwise, vg+. 62 Gardner, g. 63 Lewis, vg. 64 Papke, g+ to vg. 65 Langford, vg. 66 Brown, f-g (stray ink mark on the front, color significantly worn away on two corners, “champion” written on back, no creases). 67 Ketchel, vg+. 68 Jeannette, 2 th restored, vg+. 69 Cross, vg+, no creases. 70 McGovern, f-g (vg+ with border stains). 71 Hurley, 6 ph, vg. 72 Mellody, vg+, no creases. 73 Kaufman, some pencil checkmarks on the back, vg+. 74 Lewis, vg+. 76 O’Brien, g-vg. And 76 Jack Johnson, graded VG 3 (MK) by PSA.
Winning Bid $2,100.
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 Lot 3. 1938 Cartledge “Famous Prize Fighters” Near Set of 42, Most Graded NM 7 or Better. High-grade NEAR set with 29 cards graded NM-MT or better. PSA graded one card MINT 9, #27, one MINT 9 (OC), #10, and one NM-MT+ 8.5, #31. Twenty-six are NM-MT 8: #1-8, 13, 14, 16 Mace, 17, 19 Doherty, 21, 23, 24 Fitzsimmons, 28 Armstrong, 32, 33, 37 Farrr, 38, 39, 42, 43, 45 and 49. NM+ 7.5 cards are #20 and 48. The NM 7 examples are #9 Molineaux, 19 Danahar, 25 Carpentier, 34, 35, 44, 47 and 50. Two cards received an EX-MT 6 designation, #36 and 46 Baer. The Cartledge set, with cards numbered 1-50, is actually complete at 52 cards. There are two boxers for #13 and #19. Both cards numbered 19 are in this collection, Doherty and Danahar. Missing are #11 Neat, 12 Ward, 13 Boone (Thompson is present), 15 Sayers, 18 Sullivan, 22 Corbett, 26 Dempsey, 29 Schmeling, 30 Louis and 41 Lynch. Add the missing cards and upgrade a few for on phenomenal boxing set! SMR PRICES FOR THESE 29 CARDS TOTAL MORE THAN $1,000!
Winning Bid $294.
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 Lot 5. 1948 Leaf Boxing (Near) Set of 49 Cards. Missing the rare Graziano card. Key cards present are #1 Dempsey f, 3 Leonard vg, 4 Walker ex-m, 9 Jeffries ex+, 15 Zale g-vg, 17 Johnson ex-m, 25 Attell vg, 32 Schmeling ex+, 35 Armstrong ex-m, 38 Sharkey ex-m, 42 Cerdan vg-ex, 48 Louis g, 51 Pep vg, 55 Corbett vg, 63 Fitzsimmons vg-ex, 64 Robinson vg, 69 Willard vg-ex, 73 Tunney vg, 90 Carnera vg, 93 Baer g, 101 Sullivan ex-m+ and 102 LaMotta vg. The other cards grade Ex-m+: 2 cards. Ex-m: 4. Ex+: 1. Ex: 3. Vg-ex: 4. Vg: 13.
Winning Bid $357.
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 Lot 6. 1951 Topps Ringside Boxing Set of 96 Cards Including 3 Graded by SGC. The two key cards in this set, #32 Marciano and 49 Murphy, grade vg+ to ex and g-vg, respectively. The cards graded by SGC are #5 Cerdan, 70 EX+; 56 Gans, 50 VG-EX 4, and 73 Gavilan, 60 EX 5. Other stars, most of them in the Hall of Fame, are #2 Armstrong vg, 3 LaMotta ex+, 6 Walcott vg, 11 Baer vg-ex, 24 Braddock vg, 31 Walcott vg, 34 Robinson with Servo g-vg, 43 Robinson g-vg, 51 Willard g, 54 Jeffries ex+, 55 Fitzsimmons vg-ex, 59 Corbett ex, 60 Attell vg, 69 Sullivan ex+, 85 Walcott with Charles g-vg, 88 Louis g, 89 Chavez ex, 95 Tunney vg and 96 Charles g. The grades of the other cards are Nm+: 1 card. Nm: 2. Ex-m+: 2. Ex-m: 4. Ex+: 5. Ex: 20. Vg-ex: 14. Vg: 13. G-vg: 2. G: 9.
Winning Bid $429.
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 Lot 7. 72 Different Boxing Cards, Primarily Pre-1940. 72 Different Boxing Cards, Primarily Pre-1940. The earliest is the 1888 N4 Allen & Ginter “The World’s Champions” second series card of Duncan Cross, p with the upper left corner missing; the overall appearance is better than the grade. Thirty-three cards, 29 different, are from the 1919 T218 “Champion Athletes & Prizefighters” set, 21 with Hassan backs: Brannigan vg, Brown p, Coulon p, Cross vg+, Donahoe g-vg, Gardner vg, Jack Goodman f, Griffin f, Jeffries vg, Loughrey vg, Marto p, Mellody g-vg, Neil vg, Nitchie vg-ex, O’Keefe p-f, Papke vg, Russell vg, Stewart p, Jack Sullivan vg-ex, Mike Sullivan vg-ex and Jimmy Walsh g. Twelve have Mecca backs: Burke f-g, Coulon vg, Cross f-g, Jack Goodman p-f, Jeannette g, Klaus f, Langford f, Moran g-vg, Murphy g, Nitchie p-f, Stone f and Eddie Walsh f-g. These cards are joined by their Canadian cousin, a 1910 C52 Imperial Tobacco “Champion Athlete and Prize Fighter” card #12 Hurley f. Also, from 1910, T220 cards of Donovan as World Champion vg, Driscoll and Glover g, and Madden vg. Two 1910 E75 American Caramel cards are in the group, Munroe g and Nelson p-f. The world of strip cards is represented by three issues: 1920s W513 #88 Uzcudun nm-m, 93 Scott g, 96 La Barba p-f, 97 Canzoneri g-vg and 99 Rosenberg p-f. 1920s W529 O’Dowd g-vg and W542 “Sports Drawings,” #1 Training (2 boxers) ex-m and 4 Boxing nm. England is the source of four cards: 1924 Franklyn’s Cigarettes “Boxing” #17 ex+, 1928 Player “Pugilists in Action” #27 Mason vg, and 1938 Cartledge #11 Neat vg-ex and 25 Carpentier vg-ex. A circa 1910 postcard titled “Athletic Sports” shows two men boxing at a World War I military encampment g. Also: 1948 Leaf #65 Hostak vg. 1956 Gum Products “Adventure” #11 Pep vs. Sadler ex+, 22 Robinson vs. Olson ex-m, 31 ex-m, 33 Willard g, 77 Corbett vg-ex, 78 Fitzsimmons ex-m+, 79 Jeffries ex-m, 80 Hart vg, 87 Sharkey ex, 88 ex-m+ and 89 Baer nm. Exhibit cards of DeMarco vg-ex, Norkus (thin paper) g-vg and Patterson f-g. Two circa 1950s postcards show the Dempsey-Willard 1919 championship fight, vg-ex. Also two cards of Ali, 1977 Sportscaster nm and 1993 Great Western Forum ex-m+. And a 1977 Sportscaster card of T. Stevenson nm. Outstanding variety!
Winning Bid $121.
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 Lot 8. Billy Papke (Middleweight Champ) Vintage Fountain Pen Autograph. In one of boxing’s bloodiest battles, Papke scored a TKO over the incumbent middleweight champion, Stanley Ketchel, on Labor Day, Sept. 7, 1908. Two month later, he lost the title to Ketchel in a rematch. Later, he held the French middleweight title. In 1936, at the age of 50, the “Illinois Thunderbolt” took his own life after killing his wife. He was named to the Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001. His signature is a bold 10 very suitable for matting and framing on a 4” x 8” section of paper. It was once part of a full typed letter. Accompanying the autograph is a 1909 postcard mailed from Atlantic City to Papke in Kewanee, IL. Both came from the Papke family estate. Very scarce signature. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $100.
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