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72 Different Boxing Cards, Primarily Pre-1940.
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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