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Boxing Cards and Memorabilia
13 Lots
 Lot 489. Rocky Marciano Autograph Personalized to Bert (Sugar) on an 8” x 10” Magazine Photo. Decent autograph that displays as vg-ex 4 on a dark background. Against white, it would be an 8. If only Marciano had signed his trunks! The picture has been folded twice, and there are tears at the edges of two folds. Authenticated by Kevin Keating. A letter signed by Mrs. Sugar is included; it verifies that this item is from Bert Sugar’s collection.
Winning Bid $102.
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 Lot 490. 4 Early 1930s “Everlast Boxing Records.” Edited by John J. Romano and featuring cartoons by Will Gould, these annuals are loaded with fight results, photos, and biographical and other information. Various articles provide an overview of the preceding year, and state reports are presented. Each softcover publication contains more than 300 pages. The issues are from 1930, covers detached, f-g; 1931, two copies, one p with the front cover missing and the back detached, and the other, g-vg; and 1932, spine taped, g-vg. Also included is a 1983 report of the Congressional Advisory Commission on Boxing. A letter signed by Mrs. Sugar is included; it verifies that these items are from Bert Sugar’s collection.
Winning Bid $35.
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 Lot 491. 4 Boxing Books – 3 on Jack Johnson and 1 on Muhammad Ali. Written by Jack Olsen, the Ali book is “Black Is Best: The Riddle of Cassius Clay,” 1967 apparent first edition, vg-ex, dust jacket absent. A senior editor at “Sports Illustrated,” Olsen attempts to put into perspective competing and even contradictory images of the heavyweight champion into perspective. It contains eight pages of photographs. Among the books on Johnson is his autobiography, “My Life & Battles.” The 2007 first edition hardback is a translation of a memoir by Johnson that was published in French, first as a series of articles in 1911 and then as a book in 1914. Christopher Rivers, who translated the French manuscripts, autographed the first title page and personalized the signature to Bert Sugar. The signature is mint 9. The first edition hardback is nm in a vg-ex dust jacket. The other books are softcovers: “Papa Jack: Jack Johnson and the Era of White Hopes,” Randy Roberts, uncorrected proof, vg with some underlining, edits and corrections, and “Jack Johnson,” Sal Fradella, 1990 first edition, inscribed by the author to Sugar as “Boxing’s ‘Renaissance Man’.” Mint 9 signature. Part of a “They Didn’t Know It Could Be Done” series, the ex-m 116-page book devotes more space to photos than to text. Autograph authenticated by Kevin Keating. A letter signed by Mrs. Sugar is included; it verifies that these books are from Bert Sugar’s collection.
Minimum Bid $40.
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 Lot 492. 1980 Holtzman Press Reprint of A. J. Liebling’s Boxing Classic, “The Sweet Science.” This hardcover book is part of Holtzman’s “Sports Classics” series. In 2002, “Sports Illustrated” declared this book, a collection of essays by Liebling on boxing, the top sports book of all time. Liebling wrote extensively for “The New Yorker.” He died in 1963. His facsimile signature and brief biography are on the front endpaper of the book, which is nm-m to mint in an nm slipcover. The book has blue leatherette covers, a red grained spine and gilt lettering. Gold silhouetted figures decorate the slipcover. A letter signed by Mrs. Sugar is included; it verifies that these books are from Bert Sugar’s collection.
Winning Bid $25.
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 Lot 493. Billy Conn Book – “The Boxer and the Banker” by J. Knox McConnell. This self-published 1984 hardcover tells the story of Conn and his influence on McConnell as a youngster. McConnell was eight when he met Conn at one of his first professional fights. As an adult, McConnell served as president of two large banks. The book is ex, and the dust jacket, vg+ with a scuff at the top of the front. McConnell signed the flyleaf with his middle name, “Knox.” The signature is mint 9 and personalized. Conn died in 1993, and McConnell in 1997. Autogrpah authenticated by Kevin Keating. A letter signed by Mrs. Sugar is included; it verifies that this item is from Bert Sugar’s collection.
Minimum Bid $15.
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 Lot 560. Mark Breland and Iran Blade Barkley Autographs. Breland’s accomplishments include five New York Golden Gloves title, a gold medal in the welterweight class at the 1984 Olympics and the WBA welterweight championship. As an actor, he has appeared in TV series and in theater films. Barkley held middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight titles. Twice he defeated Thomas Hearns. Breland’s signature is light on the white portion of an Everlast black and white glove. Vg-ex 4 to ex 5. Barkley’s is nm-m 8 on a red Everlast glove. Ink coverage is broad on “ley.” Both autographs are personalized. From Tommy John’s collection, the gloves are accompanied by two signed “Property of Thomas Edward John” labels. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Minimum Bid $20.
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 Lot 735. American Tobacco Co. Coupon for Turkey Red Cabinet Cards. This coupon invites smokers of Old Mill Cigarettes to exchange this coupon and 24 more for one of 75 cards listed on the back. The coupon was folded horizontally, apparently as issued. Except for the fold, the coupon is problem-free and vg+ to ex.
Winning Bid $35.
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 Lot 736. Floyd Patterson Autographed 8” x 10” B&W Glossy Photo. Patterson won the heavyweight boxing title in 1956, lost it in 1959, regained it in 1960 and held it until 1962. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991. He passed away in 2006. Nm-m signature with a slight traceover at the top of the “a.” Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $25.
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 Lot 737. Baseballs Signed by HoF Boxers – Archie Moore, George Foreman and Ken Norton. Foreman and Norton held the heavyweight title, and Moore was the light heavyweight champion from 1952-62. Each fighter signed the sweet spot of a baseball. The Moore and Norton signatures are on nm-m OAL Budig balls. Foreman autographed a mint Rawlings “Official League” ball. The Foreman and Norton autographs are nm-m 8, and Moore, mint 9. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $102.
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 Lot 739. Rocky Graziano Boxing Gloves in a Jack Dempsey Youth’s Physical Fitness Gloves Box. One of the most popular fighters of the 1940s and early 1950s, Graziano held the world middleweight title in 1947 and 1948. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, The red boxing gloves by Trio Hollander are large enough for adult hands. Graziano’s name is silver on one glove is almost 100 percent intact. Approximately one-third of the silver debossing remains on the other glove. The cellophane is torn and partially missing from the Everlast Dempsey box, which otherwise is vg.
Winning Bid $20.
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 Lot 740. Ticket for a Theater Telecast of the 1967 Clay (Ali)-Patterson Championship Fight. Cassius Clay and Floyd Patterson were scheduled to meet April 25 in Las Vegas, but the bout was blocked by the Nevada State Boxing Commission. Shortly before the scheduled fight, Ali had been stripped of his title and boxing license for refusing induction into the U.S. Army. The 3” x 5.5” ticket pictures both boxers and is ex-m. It is for a theater in Troy, N.Y.
Minimum Bid $15.
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 Lot 741. LeRoy Neiman Boxing Print from the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. This 18.5” x 25.75” artwork showing two Olympics boxers was taken from a larger poster titled “Games of the XXII Olympiad, Moscow 1980.” The U.S. boycotted the Summer Olympics to protest the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. This Neiman artwork is matted and framed without glass to 24” x 32”. Nm.
Minimum Bid $15.
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