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GasHouseGang
01-24-2013, 05:10 PM
I didn't see a thread for the latest pickups, so I thought I'd start a new one. I was excited to pick up this "new" N162 Sullivan to add to my Sullivan collection, so I thought I'd share some pictures.

butcher354435
01-24-2013, 06:44 PM
Very nice David!

D. Bergin
01-24-2013, 07:13 PM
Nice looking card.

GasHouseGang
01-24-2013, 08:07 PM
Thanks guys. This is one I had wanted for awhile, but waited for the right one.

RCMcKenzie
01-25-2013, 01:30 PM
8545685457


Thanks

Exhibitman
01-26-2013, 07:25 AM
Good idea!

In honor of the Dallas Cowboys [too soon? I can never tell], here are a couple of booze-related cards:

1951 Sugar Ray Robinson for vermouth PC

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpostcards/large/1951%20Carpano%20Sugar%20Ray.jpg

2012 Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko for beer:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/Warsteiner%20Beer%20Klitschkos.jpg

For the non-drinkers--like me--Joe Louis Milk Co. premiums:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/1950s%20Joe%20Louis%20Milk%20premium%201.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/1950s%20Joe%20Louis%20Milk%20premium%202.jpg

I don't know what the heck this is. Came from a set of at least 50, and appears to have been printed in 1928. About 10 x 10. I had to grab it since it was Benny Leonard:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/1928%20Leonard-Richie%20uncataloged%20premium.jpg

A semi-grail for me as it fills a giant chasm in my Benny Leonard collection. Only one I've seen but I assumed he had a PC for his restaurant since everyone else who boxed and ran a restaurant had one for theirs:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpostcards/large/1920s%20Leonard_%20Benny%20restaurant%20PC.jpg

big80s
01-26-2013, 12:41 PM
Good idea!

I don't know what the heck this is. Came from a set of at least 50, and appears to have been printed in 1928. About 10 x 10. I had to grab it since it was Benny Leonard:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/1928%20Leonard-Richie%20uncataloged%20premium.jpg



Adam,
Is this on card stock? I've come across one of these before - and wasn't sure what I was looking at.

Thanks,
Jeff

Exhibitman
01-26-2013, 09:27 PM
Yes, on card stock

GoldenAge50s
02-26-2013, 07:25 PM
Picked this up in auction this past week. One of a few I didn't have for my '51 Ringside set.

RBrown
03-04-2013, 08:03 PM
Nice looking card

esquiresports
03-05-2013, 06:16 PM
I picked up this poster related to the third Zale-Graziano fight. Thought it was really cool. A world away from an actual fight poster, but also a world away in price!

Scott

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff461/esquiresports/A8E18827-BFC2-46BD-97CC-59B7A0E5CC55-3298-000001D0AD19351E_zps6abf7e0f.jpg

GasHouseGang
03-28-2013, 10:02 AM
Well, it looks like it's back around to me to update the latest pickups thread. Here's my latest acquisition.

HasselhoffsCheeseburger
03-29-2013, 11:23 AM
Nice card David. I used to own that exact one.

Exhibitman
03-29-2013, 11:40 AM
Bert Sugar's signed, photographic pass to Holyfield v. Bowe

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/large/Sugar_%20Bert%20press%20pass%20for%20Holyfield%20B owe.jpg

Benny Leonard PC

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpostcards/large/002_1.jpg

GasHouseGang
03-29-2013, 02:23 PM
No kidding Arthur? Did you consign it to the auction I just won? Small world. There's a limited amount of boxing material, so sometimes we're bound to just sell it back and forth to each other I guess.:)

HasselhoffsCheeseburger
03-29-2013, 05:57 PM
No, I sold it on ebay maybe 5-6 months ago. I really enjoyed it though, it's a great card.

RBrown
04-02-2013, 06:42 PM
James Jeffries

Runscott
04-12-2013, 06:51 PM
This turned out to be a great piece - loaded with photos and commentary about the Johnson/Jeffries fight. There were two other issues that sold on ebay at the same time, but I lost out on them - one had a color supplement of Johnson, but it didn't look like him.

kilo
04-17-2013, 12:00 PM
just back from sgc:

http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii488/iamgeorgethe1st/W513panel_zps542cdc2e.jpg (http://s1256.photobucket.com/user/iamgeorgethe1st/media/W513panel_zps542cdc2e.jpg.html)
http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii488/iamgeorgethe1st/W529-1_zps121d4f7d.jpg (http://s1256.photobucket.com/user/iamgeorgethe1st/media/W529-1_zps121d4f7d.jpg.html)

both originally from the bst here, thanks!

boxingcarddigest
04-18-2013, 07:22 PM
I started getting back into it lately - it's been a good week this week:

http://photos.imageevent.com/boxingcarddigest/mycollection/australia/australiamiscellaneous/foleyn174.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/boxingcarddigest/mycollection/australia/australiamiscellaneous/slavinn174.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/boxingcarddigest/mycollection/australianboxinghalloffame/darcy.jpg

Jerry G
04-29-2013, 02:46 PM
Surprisingly, she seems glad to be here.

esquiresports
04-29-2013, 04:29 PM
Jerry, that's a very cool card. I've just discovered Mutoscope cards in the last year or so and would love to pick up a set one day.

I just picked up a boxing program from the first Zale-Graziano fight. I missed the auction for the second fight (I am a Graziano fan and would have loved to have gotten it) because "Rocky" wasn't in the title and that's how I did my search. Arghhh. But I love the cover of this program and am excited about getting it.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/9-27-46-TONY-ZALE-ROCKY-GRAZIANO-MIDDLEWEIGHT-CHAMPIONSHIP-PROGRAM-ZALE-IN-6-/00/s/MTAyNFg3ODQ=/z/miEAAMXQwKdRcH-L/$(KGrHqFHJE4FDcFqIJ04BRcH-L7TDw~~60_57.JPG

RBrown
05-03-2013, 06:49 PM
This was the first Tony Zale I have seen in a Montiel.

scooter729
05-05-2013, 08:27 PM
Not a new pickup per se, since I got it a few years ago, but had lost track of it until a few weeks ago, so I just had it graded and got back from PSA. Looks nicer than a 2, but minor creases and back staining make the grade correct.

Exhibitman
05-09-2013, 12:44 PM
Some Jim Jeffries material:

Ticket and raincheck from the Jeffries Barn boxing arena here in Burbank:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/large/Jeffries%20Barn%20ticket.jpg

An invitation and two tickets [front and back shown] to a 1941 dinner of the California Boxing Commission honoring Jeffries:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/large/1941%20Los%20Angeles%20Boxing%20Dinner.jpg

Business card of the manager of Jeffries Barn, G.W. Aiton. Interestingly, Aiton was a former MLB player. He played in 10 games for the 1912 St. Louis Browns:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/large/Jeffries%20Barn%20business%20card%20Aiton.jpg

Two newly discovered Jeffries mail reply cards. I'd previously cataloged a card used to respond to mail about his 75th birthday:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/large/Jeffries%20mail%20reply%20cards.jpg

Jeffries Barn letterhead signed by Aiton:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/large/Jefries%20Barn%20letterhead.jpg

And a vintage snapshot of Rocky Marciano at training camp:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingphotographsandephemera/large/Marciano%20snapshot%201.jpg

PS: I now have one of the Jeffries 75th birthday mail reply cards available for sale or trade. Only the 2nd one I've seen. Minor back damage from scrapbook removal

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/saleholding/websize/resale%20Jeffries%20mail%20reply%20card%2075th%20b irthday.jpg

BradH
05-14-2013, 09:34 AM
This beauty arrived today. Am glad to finally add him to my set after several missed opportunities over the years. I hope you can see in the picture that the back has a faint print outline (faded red/pink) that appears to mirror the front of image of the card. Notice that the left/right elbows are reversed. Is this likely a wet sheet transfer?

Exhibitman
05-14-2013, 03:40 PM
Yup, and a Tolstoi too. Very nice. Here's one of the other pose:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/freaksandgeeks/websize/T218%20Jeffries.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/freaksandgeeks/websize/T218%20Jeffries%20ghost%20back.jpg

kdixon
05-19-2013, 07:15 AM
Picked up both of these yesterday. Jack Johnson and Jess Willard Cuba postcard and glass lantern slide of John L Sullivan.

Exhibitman
05-19-2013, 07:42 AM
Splendid, Kenny! That Sullivan-Kilrain image was used on the Romeo y Julieta card:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1920s%20romeo%20y%20julieta%2091%20Sullivan%20Kilr ain.jpg

Jerry G
05-19-2013, 10:49 AM
From September 1950 issue.

kdixon
05-19-2013, 05:48 PM
Thanks for the Sullivan posts, is neat to see the different uses of the same image.

Exhibitman
06-01-2013, 04:30 PM
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpinbacks/1897%20Admiral%20Cigarettes%20Jackson%201.JPG

RBrown
06-02-2013, 07:08 AM
Rough shape, but confirms whos on #66

whiteymet
06-04-2013, 04:37 PM
Just picked up these beauties for non boxing trade purposes. Interested? LMK

scooter729
06-05-2013, 07:17 AM
Rough shape, but confirms whos on #66

I recently posted a thread which has the full checklist for the C52 set - here it is here....

www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=161478

Exhibitman
07-01-2013, 06:58 AM
R309 of Baer, Carnera and Dempsey:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1933-34%20R309%20Goudey%20boxers.jpg

novakjr
07-06-2013, 08:45 PM
Boxing doesn't generally get a whole lot of my budget or attention, so it usually takes me a while to finish anything(even the small sets). Had the wrong "type" as a fill in for a while, but finally managed to pick up the matching type cheapie to finish this small set..:)

novakjr
07-07-2013, 11:43 AM
I know they seem a bit out of place, but here's a few modern wrestling pickups..

nameless
07-07-2013, 03:31 PM
Nice brother!!!

pariah1107
07-12-2013, 10:49 AM
Wrestling poster from Yakima Armory event, 1950. Al Szacz v. Gorgeous Gussie the 400 lbs. bear. Slim wrestling/baseball crossover.

One of the apocryphal stories of minor league baseball in central Washington featured longtime fiery PCL player/manager, Edo Vanni, who wrestled a bear in between games of a double header. He played for Yakima Bears in 1949, but the story has had many settings including Yakima, Wenatchee and even Salem Oregon. By all reports the bear won.

Event sponsored by Sick's Brewing & Malting of Sick's Stadium and Seattle Pilots infamy.

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w415/pariah1107/1950WRESTLINGYAKIMAARMORY_zps2d065e86.jpg

Exhibitman
09-05-2013, 03:47 PM
No posts in the last two months?!?!? That ain't right. Here's my latest, the California Grizzly Bear, Jas. J. Jeffries:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1899%20Jeffries%20cabinet%20by%20Hall.jpg

butcher354435
09-06-2013, 09:50 PM
Here are 2 tough T219's I was able to pick up recently...

http://photos.imageevent.com/butcher354435/cards/20thcenturyboxingcards/1910t219redcross/websize/T219%20Red%20Cross%20Jim%20Jeffries.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/butcher354435/cards/20thcenturyboxingcards/1910t219redcross/websize/T219%20Red%20Cross%20Jack%20Johnson.jpg

novakjr
09-07-2013, 05:25 PM
Been high on my wrestling want-list for a while. It's been a pain finding one that wasn't vastly overpriced. Was very happy with the price from the opcbaseball site that advertised in the BST...:D:D:D

Also fits into my Baseball collection as well. I've always had a soft spot for one time ballplayers who went on to be more famous post-career..

Brian Van Horn
10-12-2013, 01:16 PM
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wondo
10-29-2013, 12:24 PM
New ebay pickups

pariah1107
12-11-2013, 09:42 AM
Nice Jack Johnson's.

Picked up this Nick Daviscourt signed 8X11. Daviscourt wrestled for the World Championship versus Ed "Strangler" Lewis (1921) & Jim Browning (1934), but lost both bouts. Daviscourt was a ruffian in the ring. According to The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels he exclaimed in The Ring magazine, "They want action. They cry for gore. Toss a man out of the ring; stand on his chest. Boot him as he is about to rise to his feet, stick your finger in his eye or clout him on the chin and you'll see how the customers will flock to see you the next time out." He fought under the names Nick Dewiscourt, Nick Daviscourt, Dick Daviscourt, & Nick De Court, but he was born Nicholas de Wiscourt in Ellensburg 1889. His many pseudonyms were out of necessity since he had been banned in many states for using "illegal tactics" including a closed fist/forearm blow to the chin known as the "Chawhammer". ....

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w415/pariah1107/NickDaviscourtSig_zps491463e8.jpg

Goes well with 1909 Ellensburg High School Baseball team photo (Daviscourt top row far right). Thanks Johnny.....

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w415/pariah1107/Upper%20County%20Baseball/Eburgbaseballteam.jpg

Exhibitman
12-13-2013, 04:43 AM
A few items for the holidays:

1924 Jack Dempsey premium from the Fight and Win series:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/1924%20Dempsey%20Fight%20and%20Win%20large%20premi um.jpg

NBC station advertising piece for a Dean Martin celebrity roast of Ali:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/1976%20Ali%20Dean%20Martin%20Celebrity%20Roast.jpg

1952 Walcott v. Charles original press photo:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingphotographsandephemera/large/1952%20Walcott%20v%20Charles%20UPI%201.jpg

1911 Fred Welsh by George Grantham Bain:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingphotographsandephemera/large/Photo%201911%20Welsh_%20Fred%20by%20Bain.jpg

scooter729
12-13-2013, 02:12 PM
One for me as well - the 1880's John L. Sullivan book "Life and Battles..."

th38larg
12-29-2013, 07:57 PM
Here's another Jeffries to add to the pile.

th38larg
02-23-2014, 02:48 PM
I was going to wait for somebody else to post before I put this up, but I got the scanner up and running and can't wait any longer. Got this from a member here at net54. The deal was sealed as we were both enduring the first onslaught of the polar vortex.

Definitely the pinnacle of my modest collection.

Exhibitman
02-24-2014, 11:02 AM
Nice one, Peter. I used to own it!

th38larg
02-26-2014, 03:07 PM
It's funny how these pieces make their way around the hobby. A great card, now with pedigree to boot!

sebie43
06-17-2014, 05:42 PM
Really excited to knock this card off my want list.149269

th38larg
09-28-2014, 05:53 PM
Slowly working on the Boxers/Wrestlers of the N28 set. I got Sullivan in the spring and finally got around to grading him at the end of August. Definitely a good looking card, I just need to clean the fingerprints off the slab (or the scanner maybe).

Andy Baran
10-20-2014, 10:27 AM
Delete

Exhibitman
10-20-2014, 01:02 PM
Wrong forum?

jefferyepayne
10-24-2014, 04:28 AM
Picked this up at the Chantilly, VA show a few weeks ago. It's an advertising piece for Royal Tailors and features Frank Gotch who was the first American to be the professional wrestling champion of the world in 1908. This was back when pro wrestling was a legitimate sport and key matchups used to fill up baseball stadiums with fans.

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgallery/memberfoldersnr/jeffscards/wrestlingcards/websize/IMG_0494.JPG

jeff

Exhibitman
10-24-2014, 10:18 AM
Crack! Sugar Ray Robinson tenderizes Randy Turpin's face.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingphotographsandephemera/large/1951%20Robinson%20v%20Turpin.jpg

GasHouseGang
11-25-2014, 10:05 AM
A recent auction win:

Runscott
11-25-2014, 01:47 PM
Picked this up at the Chantilly, VA show a few weeks ago. It's an advertising piece for Royal Tailors and features Frank Gotch who was the first American to be the professional wrestling champion of the world in 1908. This was back when pro wrestling was a legitimate sport and key matchups used to fill up baseball stadiums with fans.

jeff

Jeff, Frank Gotch was one of my google searches for a long time. I was trying to find more information about this guy (Ed Gaffney) who officiated at least one of his matches in Seattle, and who at one time was also a wrestler for the Seattle Athletic Club, where this photo was probably taken. My interest in Gaffney was purely because the photograph was taken by Curtis & Guptill, whose photographs and gravures I collect.

I also just picked up this 'Ringside' RPPC that shows Gotch.

Story on the Gotch/Roller Seattle fight that Gaffney officiated: Gotch put Roller in a 'bone-breaking hold...a perfectly fair hold, but it is devilish in its cruelty....those at the ringside could hear Ihe bones of the foot and ankle crush and snap. Eddie Gaffney, the referee on hands and knees near the wrestlers, could not stand it. "Let up a little, Gotch, you will break his leg." The champion eased the pressure, and with a tremendous kick with his free foot Roller got free, but he was beaten right there. That awful torture to which he was subjected took the sap out of him, and he jumped 'around the ring like a lame cock who had been gaffed'.

Exhibitman
11-25-2014, 03:42 PM
Very nice Mayo!

I picked this up at the National in a trade. Only the 2nd one I'd ever seen.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/large/1936%20Louis%20v%20Schmeling%20I%20betting%20slip. jpg

There is no governmental entity called the "Betting Commissioners of New York"; it was really an illegal policy game based on the fight that happened to use this slip as the ticket.

Ironically, there was one in the recent Heritage auction too.

eastonfalcon19
11-30-2014, 09:45 PM
Picked up this Mickey Landis signed postcard. Has anybody ever heard of him?

D. Bergin
12-01-2014, 12:27 PM
Pretty obscure fighter. Looks like a Eastern Pennsylvania area clubfighter type.

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=69934&cat=boxer

Bugsy
01-10-2015, 11:47 AM
Tommy Gibbons vaudeville ad.

Exhibitman
01-11-2015, 11:34 AM
Any idea where that vaudeville piece is from?

I already posted this in a different thread but WTF, I am so pleased to get it that I might as well do it here too!

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpostcards/websize/Marciano%20Slim%20Jim%20PC%201.jpg

I have no idea what this is, other than it is old and came from a European seller:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/Louis_%20Joe%20Swedish%20premium.JPG

D. Bergin
01-12-2015, 12:38 PM
I'm guessing the Gibbons piece is from his 1924 trip to England, to fight Jack Bloomfield.

Bugsy
01-12-2015, 01:16 PM
Any idea where that vaudeville piece is from?

It is from a stint at the Pantages Theater in Minneapolis. It opened in 1916 and is still in use today.

Gibbons was from St. Paul, so doing an event at a venue across the river wouldn't have been unusual. While he didn't make much from the 1923 title fight with Jack Dempsey, he did pretty well with the vaudeville shows.

D. Bergin
01-12-2015, 01:27 PM
It is from a stint at the Pantages Theater in Minneapolis. It opened in 1916 and is still in use today.

Gibbons was from St. Paul, so doing an event at a venue across the river wouldn't have been unusual. While he didn't make much from the 1923 title fight with Jack Dempsey, he did pretty well with the vaudeville shows.


I stand corrected then. The Pathe News reference on top of all the European sounding supporting acts led me to believe it was UK based.

Bugsy
01-12-2015, 01:44 PM
Here is a little more info on Gibbons' show at the Pantages:

Bugsy
01-12-2015, 04:50 PM
I guess the poster isn't necessarily from the Minneapolis location. It looks like Pantages had a pretty big circuit around this time. This is the schedule for a 1921 Pantages tour

wondo
03-05-2015, 06:06 AM
Came in the mail yesterday

Exhibitman
03-05-2015, 10:25 AM
Been working on a set of PCs from D & K Enterprises in SF, ca. 1905, relating to the Britt-Nelson bouts.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpostcards/large/1904%20Britt%20v%20Nelson%20by%20D%20K%20Publishin g.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpostcards/large/Britt%20Nelson%20PC%20Jeffries.JPG
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpostcards/large/1906%20Britt.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpostcards/large/1905%20D%20K%20727%20Britt%20and%20seconds%201.JPG

That last one made it to Belgium in 1905 and somehow survived and returned to the USA, where I own it 110 years later. Where will it be 110 years from now, I wonder? I am reasonably certain I will be sprinkled all around the Kona coast by then...

Also had a fun snag with this Sharkey RPPC; signed on back:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpostcards/large/Sharkey_%20Tom%20PC%20back%20signed.JPG

wondo
03-05-2015, 11:08 AM
Adam,

Amazing esoteric stuff - where do you get these and how are you able to build a collection around such a specific event? Very cool. :cool: Makes my T9 seem............well.................bland.

Hey, when's the next soapbox entry? I always enjoy them.

Bugsy
03-06-2015, 09:51 AM
Came in the mail yesterday

That is a beauty! The T9 Johnson is one of my all-time favorite boxing cards.

jthorst75
03-15-2015, 06:23 PM
I think we have the same taste but mine is not near as nice, but I do love the patina.
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=679&pictureid=17764

jefferyepayne
03-28-2015, 06:44 AM
Jeff, Frank Gotch was one of my google searches for a long time. I was trying to find more information about this guy (Ed Gaffney) who officiated at least one of his matches in Seattle, and who at one time was also a wrestler for the Seattle Athletic Club, where this photo was probably taken. My interest in Gaffney was purely because the photograph was taken by Curtis & Guptill, whose photographs and gravures I collect.

I also just picked up this 'Ringside' RPPC that shows Gotch.

Story on the Gotch/Roller Seattle fight that Gaffney officiated: Gotch put Roller in a 'bone-breaking hold...a perfectly fair hold, but it is devilish in its cruelty....those at the ringside could hear Ihe bones of the foot and ankle crush and snap. Eddie Gaffney, the referee on hands and knees near the wrestlers, could not stand it. "Let up a little, Gotch, you will break his leg." The champion eased the pressure, and with a tremendous kick with his free foot Roller got free, but he was beaten right there. That awful torture to which he was subjected took the sap out of him, and he jumped 'around the ring like a lame cock who had been gaffed'.

Hey Scott. Don't know how I missed this response late last year. I'm always looking for Frank Gotch pieces. Can you post a picture of your RPPC? What other sets is Gotch known to be in?

jeff

jthorst75
05-02-2015, 08:29 PM
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=679&pictureid=18221

Ron
10-17-2015, 09:42 AM
Can not see a makers mark (possibly worn off) but look like the mitts in a 1904 spalding catalogue

smokelessjoe
10-22-2015, 12:55 PM
Max Baer vs Jimmy Braddock - Indiana Sport Avion
Jim Londos vs George zaharias - Indiana Sport Avion

Cards are actually whiter than this, not sure what I have going on with my scanner...

HasselhoffsCheeseburger
10-22-2015, 04:28 PM
Those are nice, Shawn. I've got a group of those from both the Indiana Sport and Indiana Sport-Avion sets, including Joe Louis. They're from 1936, if you're curious.

smokelessjoe
10-23-2015, 11:56 AM
Thank you Arthur - I have quite a few of both of the Indiana Series.

Here are some you guys might like?

Sociedade Industrial:

Gene Tunney
Big Boy Peterson
Tony Canzoneri
Sammy Mandell

Exhibitman
10-24-2015, 06:27 AM
Those are nice, Shawn. I've got a group of those from both the Indiana Sport and Indiana Sport-Avion sets, including Joe Louis. They're from 1936, if you're curious.

There's also a babe Ruth card.

smokelessjoe
11-05-2015, 07:07 AM
Here are some more Sociedade Industrial cards

Al Berg
Fidel LaBarba
Knute Hansen
Sid Terris

Exhibitman
11-09-2015, 02:37 PM
Sterling has some Sociedade Industrial cards in the current auction. Lot 363.

wrestlingcardking
11-09-2015, 03:16 PM
Sterling has some Sociedade Industrial cards in the current auction. Lot 363.

I am looking for the Strangler Lewis and Hans Steinke if someone can find them. I have the Joe Stecher and the Zbyszko in my collection. I actually have a spare Stecher in a PSA 7.

GasHouseGang
04-12-2016, 11:11 AM
Picked up a nice grouping of these.

herbc
04-17-2016, 12:46 AM
A few recent pickups. The 3 graded cards were part of a lot I got. The Gans, 1908 Ogden's Cream back arrived Friday.

herbc
05-19-2016, 08:48 PM
My Gans returned from PSA today

herbc
07-13-2016, 07:01 PM
Not rare, but a very nice card. I intend to have Mike Autograph this.

2006 Allen & Ginter #301.

Exhibitman
07-14-2016, 03:34 PM
I bought the same Tyson card for that exact reason...then left it on my desk when I went to the National. Not one of my better moves.

camaro69
07-17-2016, 04:05 PM
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/winniescards/Boxing/Misc.-1.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/winniescards/media/Boxing/Misc.-1.jpg.html)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/winniescards/Boxing/d0c77640-afa4-442e-a448-e552b545cd4d.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/winniescards/media/Boxing/d0c77640-afa4-442e-a448-e552b545cd4d.jpg.html)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/winniescards/Boxing/Boxing-1.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/winniescards/media/Boxing/Boxing-1.jpg.html)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/winniescards/Boxing/Boxing-2.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/winniescards/media/Boxing/Boxing-2.jpg.html)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/winniescards/Boxing/Boxing-3.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/winniescards/media/Boxing/Boxing-3.jpg.html)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/winniescards/Boxing/Boxing-4.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/winniescards/media/Boxing/Boxing-4.jpg.html)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/winniescards/Boxing/Boxing-5.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/winniescards/media/Boxing/Boxing-5.jpg.html)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/winniescards/Boxing/30059643-06ac-473c-b25d-3849d7e624ac.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/winniescards/media/Boxing/30059643-06ac-473c-b25d-3849d7e624ac.jpg.html)

1946 Jack Dempsey auto.Dempsey was in Halifax as a special guest referee at a wrestling match.The person had him sign the program along side his picture of him being discharges from the arm forces. I am sure that the Dempsey auto is a bit scarce but the program is likely more rare than his auto.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/winniescards/Boxing/Dempsey%20auto.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/winniescards/media/Boxing/Dempsey%20auto.jpg.html)

GasHouseGang
07-18-2016, 10:08 AM
Do you think this is the same Billy Graham as on your Exhibit?:D

camaro69
07-18-2016, 10:13 AM
Do you think this is the same Billy Graham as on your Exhibit?:D


I want to say no.But your photo has a Billy Graham that looks ready to go.:):)

GasHouseGang
07-18-2016, 02:46 PM
I want to say no.But your photo has a Billy Graham that looks ready to go.:):)

I know, it really was perfect!:)

Exhibitman
07-22-2016, 06:55 PM
Some modern HOF RCs back from PSA:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1986%20Browns%20Holyfield.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1990%20Browns%20Bowe.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1990%20Browns%20Camacho.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1990%20Browns%20Rosario.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1991%20Kayo%20Lewis.jpg

herbc
07-23-2016, 02:21 AM
Arrived yesterday

Exhibitman
07-23-2016, 11:35 AM
I wonder why Savarese as a signer?

Picked this up a while ago but hadn't gotten around to posting it:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingphotographsandephemera/large/Tunney%20Blackstone%20Studios%20signed%20photo.jpg

rp12367
08-04-2016, 06:32 PM
Two down and Triple G to go!

http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m334/rp12367/10e9fc95-2a9a-4ae1-a4b2-21c0e05dc13c_zpsls3tubmv.jpg (http://s332.photobucket.com/user/rp12367/media/10e9fc95-2a9a-4ae1-a4b2-21c0e05dc13c_zpsls3tubmv.jpg.html)

TheKid41
08-08-2016, 09:57 PM
I picked up this 1930 Max Schmelling/Joe Louis (Rookie)/Braddock Strip at the National over the weekend.

herbc
08-18-2016, 08:41 PM
Picked up at the convention. Finally got one.

herbc
08-18-2016, 08:45 PM
Going to a show on Saturday. The Spinks brothers will be there. Picked these up for them to sign.

2006 Allen & Ginter
1986 Panini Supersport

Grabbed the Ali just because it's a fun card.
1979 Venorlandus, Ali

Exhibitman
08-19-2016, 10:44 AM
Mike, that's not a Louis RC; PSA is just ignorant. Those sport wallet cards were a UK issue from the 1930s, not 1930. Louis was 16 years old in 1930 and years away from turning pro. This is the Louis RC:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1935%20Pattriouex%20Louis%20small.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1935%20Pattrieoux%20Louis.jpg

I just picked up the small version.

This would also probably be considered a RC, since the bio indicates a 1935 issue date:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/joelouis/websize/1936%20Chicago%20American%20Sport%20Stamp%20Louis_ %20Joe.jpg

There's also this Detroit Free Press premium issued for a week in the summer of 1935:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/joelouis/websize/024.jpg

david_l
08-20-2016, 06:23 PM
https://s10.postimg.org/y4j72u2uh/image.jpg



I was happy about these two pickups. I'm now a T225 Leach Cross from completing that set.

The Ogden's Series A pickup leaves me four short of now having that set:

76 Jack O'Brien
77 Jem Smith
78 Jim (Jem) Mace
93 Kid McCoy

I love both of these sets. There's some real stunning T225 cards especially.

Let me know if anyone has any of the above cards!

RCMcKenzie
08-22-2016, 01:11 PM
Here's a T218

david_l
08-23-2016, 08:40 PM
Here's a T218

A Tolstoi at that. Nice

butcher354435
08-25-2016, 06:50 AM
T218 Tolstoi's are very tough! Congrats on the pick-up.

Exhibitman
08-25-2016, 01:15 PM
Did anyone here get that Royal Glue Sullivan on eBay a few weeks ago?

RCMcKenzie
08-25-2016, 08:17 PM
Thanks, David and Brent. Yeah, I was underselling a little bit. I only have a few of these, but I look for them all the time. The non-boxer ones seem even scarcer...Here's another I have, not a new one...regards, Rob

Exhibitman
08-28-2016, 08:38 AM
There will be some higher grade Tolstois in the upcoming Love of the Game boxing auction.

TheKid41
08-28-2016, 05:44 PM
Hey Adam, you're right. Joe went pro in 1934. It is still possible the strip is from 1935- though I now am not really sure of the exact date of the issuing. Still a cool card. I like that Max and Joe are on the same strip.

Here is my favorite Louis Rookie.

Exhibitman
08-29-2016, 02:34 PM
Hey Adam, you're right. Joe went pro in 1934. It is still possible the strip is from 1935- though I now am not really sure of the exact date of the issuing. Still a cool card. I like that Max and Joe are on the same strip.

Here is my favorite Louis Rookie.

Hate to burst your bubble, but that is another PSA mistake. The set was issued with an album. The album has write-ups about the subjects. In the Joe Louis section it states he has defended his title 19 times. His 19th defense was 1941. The album cover also references Louis as World Heavyweight Champion, which he wasn't in 1935.

TheKid41
08-29-2016, 10:34 PM
Hate to burst your bubble, but that is another PSA mistake. The set was issued with an album. The album has write-ups about the subjects. In the Joe Louis section it states he has defended his title 19 times. His 19th defense was 1941. The album cover also references Louis as World Heavyweight Champion, which he wasn't in 1935.

Any other dreams you want to crush before I go to sleep, Adam? lol

I do think its a cool strip no matter the year. :)

Exhibitman
08-30-2016, 06:16 AM
nope. my work is done :D

Exhibitman
09-01-2016, 01:50 PM
More slabbed modern RCs:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/saleholding/websize/1997%20Browns%20Mayweather.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1987%20Browns%20Nelson.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1993%20Browns%20Forrest.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1994%20Browns%20Garcia.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1994%20Browns%20Tszyu.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1997%20Browns%20Vargas.jpg (sorta; he had a 1996 UD Olympics card)
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1986%20Browns%20Whitaker.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/Benn_%20Nigel.jpg

Exhibitman
09-02-2016, 12:55 PM
I also started filling in my type cards collection with promo and advertising cards from recent sets. Here is one:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1991%20Kayo%20Camacho%20Promo%201.jpg

aljurgela
09-04-2016, 10:49 PM
There will be some higher grade Tolstois in the upcoming Love of the Game boxing auction.

Which ones ,,Adam?!??

Exhibitman
09-06-2016, 12:30 PM
Right now we have a Gans SGC 60 and a Jeffries SGC 20. Possible we end up with more. Also a lot of other really tough cards. It is shaping up to be a card-centric auction.

aljurgela
09-13-2016, 02:27 PM
Cool... looking forward to it!! Al

Exhibitman
09-15-2016, 07:44 AM
This was probably a stupid buy but I really like the look:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2002%20BBM%20Ali%20Inoki.jpg

wrestlingcardking
09-19-2016, 09:10 PM
That Ali and Inoki card is a tough one to find. I like the look of the card as well.

Exhibitman
09-21-2016, 02:16 PM
Thanks; I'd never seen it before and thought it really popped. There are some great cards coming out of Japan over the last few decades. I love this B-Hop RC from the same set as the Pac-Man RC:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1998%20Hopkins.JPG

and this 1982 Sanchez:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1982%20Sanchez.JPG

herbc
09-23-2016, 06:48 PM
Added this to my Ali collection.

david_l
10-06-2016, 02:41 PM
New pickups. I love these cards. Gans was a fascinating fellow.

https://s22.postimg.org/a5oiha641/image.jpg

https://s16.postimg.org/4l09t2khx/image.jpg

Exhibitman
10-09-2016, 12:41 PM
More winning designs from Japan, from BBM:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2014%20BBM%20Ioka.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2016%20BBM%20Inoue.jpg

I know the fight was a dud but this card really caught my eye: I love die cut designs. It is a little taller than a standard baseball card:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2015%20Tecate%20Mayweather-Pacquiao.jpg

david_l
10-12-2016, 08:32 AM
Argh! Don't remind me of that Mayweather Pacqiao fight!

Exhibitman
10-12-2016, 10:31 AM
The fight sucked but the card is nice.

david_l
10-15-2016, 03:35 PM
Totally. I'm just teasing. It's an awesome looking card.

NewEnglandBaseBallist
10-16-2016, 01:20 PM
Just started collecting Boxing cards over the last month. This what I've got so far:

http://net54baseball.com/album.php?albumid=932


As you can see I'm kind of a fan of Floyd Patterson.

Exhibitman
10-16-2016, 08:20 PM
I don't think I've met any Patterson collectors before. Welcome
To Sherwood

Exhibitman
12-16-2016, 01:07 PM
No action here since October? Shameful...

I picked up some modern cards:

1996 Ringside promos:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1996%20Ringside%20Promos%201.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1996%20Ringside%20Promos%202.jpg

Here's a HOFer with no other cards I can find:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1962%20Rekord%20Joe%20Brown.jpg

GGG's 2016 'RC':

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2016%20Topps%20Golovkin.jpg

Though I like this 2015 'Broder' a lot more:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2015%20Ring%20Golovkin%201.jpg

Exhibitman
12-16-2016, 01:10 PM
Argh! Don't remind me of that Mayweather Pacqiao fight!

Perhaps this fight was more to your liking?

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2012%20Tecate%20Pacquiao-Marquez%204_1.jpg

david_l
12-28-2016, 09:48 AM
I was really excited to find this guy. As a bit of a budget collector, I'm always really happy when I can add one of Johnson's cards to my small Johnson collection. I love the photo. I wonder if the pic was taken after a fight as his left eye seems swollen.

https://s24.postimg.org/dv4zn6mxx/image.jpg

sthoemke
12-29-2016, 06:41 PM
Picked up 2 of these 1997 Edigamma Mike Tyson

th38larg
01-05-2017, 07:44 PM
Been meaning to pick up a nice Ali type card for a while. I was able to grab this in the LOTG auction. Really nice looking card when you have it in your hand.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170106/afc4d8f61999a89703e09a871cf08874.jpg


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david_l
01-05-2017, 09:41 PM
That's slick. Nice card!

Exhibitman
01-05-2017, 09:42 PM
That's a beauty. It's funny but I always thought that of all the Paninis that one looks the least like him.

From a set of ten cards for a UK music compilation. The set also includes Carl Froch and Tyson Fury, neither of which have other cards I know of:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2016%20Ringwalk%20Pacquiao.jpg

I cannot wait to see this guy lock horns with Chocolatito later this year:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2016%20BBM%20Inoue.jpg

herbc
01-07-2017, 08:32 PM
Latest pickup.... I plan to have it autographed next week.

GasHouseGang
01-09-2017, 05:12 PM
Here are my final acquisitions of 2016.

GasHouseGang
01-09-2017, 05:16 PM
Also, I finally picked up an Ali card.

david_l
01-10-2017, 03:03 PM
That Johnson card is one of my all time favorites. I've been on the lookout for one for some time. I've been collecting the Wills set and really like it. Maybe even my favorite overseas issue.

If anybody has any extra Wills please let me know!

D. Bergin
01-14-2017, 01:35 PM
Picked up this photo from Historic Images. Guy on the right is identified as promoter Dave Hawkins, who I could find no info on as of yet.

Fighter on the left which is unidentified, I am almost positive is a very rare image of Top Middleweight contender "Panama" Joe Gans who was blocked by the color barrier at the time from fighting for the World Title.

Did hold the "Colored" Middleweight title on more then one occasion. Beat rival Tiger Flowers twice.

Blind studio stamp on the photo indicates a Cleveland photo studio. Gans may have stopped there on his way to fight Flowers in Toledo in 1923.....or the studio may have traveled to Toledo for the fight, which was somewhat of a big deal at the time.

Exhibitman
01-14-2017, 04:56 PM
If it helps w/ID:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1920s%20romeo%20y%20julieta%2019%20Gans%20white%20 var.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/saleholding/large/Nacionales%201.jpg

sthoemke
01-15-2017, 12:54 AM
Picked up a 1932 La Pie Qui Chante - Primo Carnera

D. Bergin
01-15-2017, 09:34 AM
If it helps w/ID:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1920s%20romeo%20y%20julieta%2019%20Gans%20white%20 var.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/saleholding/large/Nacionales%201.jpg


Thanks Adam, saw that image before. Almost looks like Kid Norfolk to me. I based the ID on the following photo, but the more I look at it now, the more I think I might be wrong.

<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ebP-7FSxl_0/Vkme-UKdYtI/AAAAAAAAB6k/8OBRjhxELAI/s640/gans-panama-joe-3.jpg">

Then I also found this one which makes me even more unsure...

<img src="http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/panama-joe-gans-panamanian-middleweight-champion-picture-id157455794">



Other similar fighters who fought extensively in the Ohio area during that time include Jamaica Kid and Tut Jackson, but I can't find anything on them who would match this guy either.

GasHouseGang
01-17-2017, 02:45 PM
Never got around to posting this in the "finds" thread. These Stevengraphs are really little works of art. Still haven't figured out if I want to remove it from the frame.

Exhibitman
01-17-2017, 03:31 PM
Best I can do on the Kid:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards/websize/1925%20Norfolk.JPG

D. Bergin
01-17-2017, 03:45 PM
Best I can do on the Kid:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards/websize/1925%20Norfolk.JPG


Thanks Adam, I meant the guy on the Cuban Panama Joe Gans card looked a lot like Kid Norfolk, who's definitely not my guy.

Guess it will probably go in the dreaded "Unidentified" photo box, which seems to be getting filled with more and more photos then I care to admit.

jeromebelasco
01-18-2017, 05:53 AM
issued in 1925 according to my Murray's price guide

Exhibitman
01-18-2017, 10:37 AM
Bunsens are tough to find. I got one at the National a few years ago and was very pleased.

sthoemke
01-18-2017, 04:23 PM
Picked of a few 1953 Donaldson Sports Favourites

Exhibitman
01-18-2017, 05:02 PM
All those 'favourites' cards from the various sets are so ugly they're kind of endearing.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1951%20Baytch%20Fighting%20Favourites%20Louis.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/joelouis/websize/1950%20Priddy%20Kiddyqus%20Favourites%20Louis.JPG

sthoemke
01-19-2017, 11:37 PM
Picked up a few Swedish Rekord Journal cards dating within the range of 1956-1962.

These hand-cut magazine cards aren't for everyone, but I like them.

Exhibitman
01-20-2017, 11:06 AM
Great way to get cards of fighters who aren't available in other sets, like Joe(y) Brown. I was happy to add one of those to my HOF set.

On the subject of magazine cards, I posted these in a set specific thread but thought I would throw them up here too. From Fight Beats Magazine (1984), the cards were the inside of the back cover:

2/84 issue:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/Fight%20Beat%201984%2002.jpg

4/84 issue:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/Fight%20Beat%201984%2004.jpg

Some cuts:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1984%20Fight%20Beat%20Arguello.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1984%20Fight%20Beat%20Camacho.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1984%20Fight%20Beat%20Benitez.jpg

ETA: I love adding new sets to the book...

sthoemke
01-20-2017, 11:49 AM
Picked up a few 1929 Godfrey Phillips Sporting Champions

sthoemke
01-23-2017, 05:04 PM
Complete 27-card set shown below. Card were used to promote a CD of boxing entrance songs. Cards were distributed to news organizations in a promotional package, and to the first 50 people to purchased the CD online.

Exhibitman
01-23-2017, 05:38 PM
Very nice! I have a few of the cards but didn't know of the full set checklist.

wrestlingcardking
01-23-2017, 08:20 PM
What year were they?

sthoemke
01-24-2017, 11:18 AM
What year were they?

2016. They became rare as soon as they came out.

Exhibitman
01-24-2017, 12:49 PM
If anyone wants a type card, I have several I'd make available:

Nigel Benn
Tyson Fury
Mickey Ward
Chris Eubank
Naseem Hamed
Ricky Hatton
Amir Khan

I'd also trade any one on my list for Groves or Kessler.

Exhibitman
01-30-2017, 06:21 PM
This just in:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/miscellaneous5/websize/2016%20Topps%20Allen%20Ginter%20Golovkin%20signed% 20card.jpg

herbc
02-03-2017, 08:51 PM
I've been in search of this card forever. I finally found one. It arrived today.

Tommy Burns, 1908 Ogden's

Exhibitman
02-07-2017, 10:49 AM
Is Burns tough?

One thing I love about this hobby is how little I really know. Relatively speaking, I know a lot after 40+ years collecting, but compared to the total information out there, not so much. I was roving through eBay and came across this:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/1940s%20Ross%20Candy%20Wrapper.jpg

I didn't even know he had a candy bar. I am a bit surprised, actually, since the candy products I'd seen before were all related to heavyweights: Dempsey, Ali, etc. Then again, his WWII stature was huge. I researched it a bit and found this from a review of one of his biographies:

"By early March 1943, his beaming, gap-toothed smile was once again on the front pages of newspapers across the nation. He was at a new apex of his fame, the accolades for Corporal Barney Ross (USMC) eclipsing even the glow of his lightweight and welterweight championship glory. His face was on Ringside bubblegum cards; he even had a Barney Ross candy bar."

OK the timing on the Ringside is a bit off but the candy bar as a WWII item is confirmed.

A little more on Ross, from Wikipedia:

He served with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines during the Battle of Guadalcanal in the South Pacific. One night, he and three other comrades were trapped under enemy fire. All four were wounded; Ross was the only one able to fight. Ross gathered his comrades' rifles and grenades and single-handedly fought nearly two dozen Japanese soldiers over an entire night, killing them all by morning. Two of the Marines died, but he carried the third on his shoulders to safety; the other man weighed 230 lb (104 kg) compared to Ross' 140 lb (64 kg). Ross was awarded America's third highest military honor, the Silver Star, as well as a presidential citation. As one of America's greatest "celebrity" war heroes, he was honored by President Roosevelt in a Rose Garden ceremony. He was also awarded the Edward J. Neil Trophy as "the outstanding boxer of 1942" by the Boxing Writers Association of New York.

D. Bergin
02-07-2017, 11:30 AM
Never saw that before either Adam. Cool piece.

Here's my favorite Barney Ross related war image.

herbc
02-08-2017, 01:25 AM
Is Burns tough?

Yes, it's pretty tough. I've been looking for a Burns Ogden's for 2 & 1/2 years. Much longer than I anticipated.

sthoemke
02-09-2017, 08:14 PM
Picked up this pair of plastic cards produced by Adidas for an Adidas' Italian website advertising promotion. From numbering, there are at least 4 cards in the set. In addition to the Ali card, the other card is David Beckham. The Wayback Machine archives the URL on the card from 2004-2005, so the cards should have been produced during that time period.

jefferyepayne
02-11-2017, 08:40 PM
Picked up this cabinet of Martin "Farmer" Burns recently.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7mDEMPfljLI/WJ_ayh0eJmI/AAAAAAAAIto/bR7wF_fbtdM77Fp9ZFGf-QJn-fC9oFrLwCLcB/w328-h437-no/Farmer%2BBurns.jpg

jeff

Peter_Spaeth
02-12-2017, 10:29 AM
Not a boxing card collector but have been looking for one of these for some time.

sthoemke
02-14-2017, 01:06 PM
Pickup up an unperforated pair of 1951 Topps Ringside Boxing cards of Gene Stanlee (wrestler) and Bob Satterfield.

Exhibitman
02-14-2017, 02:20 PM
That is a great card, Peter. One of his best looking early ones.

aaroncc
02-15-2017, 07:01 AM
Picked up this cabinet of Martin "Farmer" Burns recently.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7mDEMPfljLI/WJ_ayh0eJmI/AAAAAAAAIto/bR7wF_fbtdM77Fp9ZFGf-QJn-fC9oFrLwCLcB/w328-h437-no/Farmer%2BBurns.jpg

jeff

Nice Jeff what size is the photo?

Exhibitman
02-15-2017, 11:10 AM
Nice stuff!

After watching the Miura-Roman fight last month I decided to pick up a couple of cards of the gutsy little warrior:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2014%20BBM%20Miura.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2016%20BBM%20Miura.jpg

Peter_Spaeth
02-25-2017, 09:30 PM
Picked up one more Clay/Ali card thanks to a board member.

Exhibitman
03-08-2017, 12:46 PM
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1986%20Panini%20Tyson.jpg

sthoemke
03-08-2017, 06:05 PM
Picked up a John L. Sullivan card.

Is this card uncatalogued? (possibly from a 1930's educational or trivia card set of famous people)

th38larg
03-09-2017, 07:18 AM
Love the Panini Tyson. Feel like this has a become a required card if you collect boxing.

Exhibitman
03-09-2017, 11:16 AM
Love the Panini Tyson. Feel like this has a become a required card if you collect boxing.

I agree. I put it in the top five rookie cards since 1970. My run:

1973 Panini Roberto Duran

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1973%20Panini%20Duran%20RC.jpg

1986 Panini Tyson

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1986%20Panini%20Tyson.jpg

1986 Brown's Holyfield

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1986%20Browns%20Holyfield.jpg

1997 Brown's Mayweather

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1997%20Browns%20Mayweather.jpg

1999 World Boxing Magazine (Japan) Manny Pacquiao

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1999%20World%20Boxing%20Pacquiao.jpg

herbc
03-10-2017, 09:28 PM
Two additions....

Exhibitman
03-11-2017, 07:39 AM
Nice score Herb.

herbc
03-11-2017, 12:17 PM
Nice score Herb.

Yes, I'm very satisfied with both, but the 68 is my favorite. I like the image with the stare.

sthoemke
03-11-2017, 03:38 PM
1934 Sportsmen of the World.

Exhibitman
03-12-2017, 08:44 AM
Nice. I've got an uncut strip of four floating around somewhere

Exhibitman
03-20-2017, 03:42 PM
I completely forgot about Lelands until someone cold-called me Friday at the office. Too bad for whoever was the high bidder on this 11 x 14 Marciano piece before they called:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/saleholding/websize/Slidewell%20Marciano.jpg

One of the few sets I'm collecting are the premiums from Slidewell/Slim Jim Bow Ties. The Marciano is #1 on my want list of course. I found a promo PC a few years ago.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/dropins/websize/1950s%20Slidewell%20Marciano%20PC.jpg

Still no actual premium, though.

Slidewell used a few of the ads to create promotional broadsides (11 x 14) for specific fights, basically by enlarging the premiums and adding the fight details across the bottom. Tough as the set is, these are almost impossible. I've seen one with Archie Moore and this one:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/Slidewell%20Bows%20Murphy%20broadside.jpg

I saw the Marciano in the catalog, opened the lot, and forgot all about it...until they called me.

The interesting thing is that the Marciano was a complete re-do of the premium, because the premium itself was issued pre-championship, as the PC shows. The Murphy was just a reuse of the premium art. Since all are National Studios credited and the Marciano poster image is a commonly used Marciano image found with many other products as well as on his training camp souvenirs, I have a feeling that National did the photos and created the art for the Slidewell/Slim Jim set.

I just love these career-issued Marciano promo pieces.

Exhibitman
03-25-2017, 12:04 PM
2016 Vegas Outlaws Don King. The Tyson quote at the bottom makes this card a classic. I have an extra so I may send it to King for a TTM signature...

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2016%20Vegas%20Outlaws%20King_%20Don.jpg

Exhibitman
03-27-2017, 10:25 AM
1960s Cinzano promotional card, signed by Nino Benvenuti:

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FdcAAOSwQJhUhL8c/s-l1600.jpg

For those who don't know, Cinzano is booze.

sthoemke
03-31-2017, 05:09 PM
Picked up 1940's Parade Sportive Jack Dempsey.

Exhibitman
04-06-2017, 11:23 AM
Here is an interesting study in PSA anomalies. This is the 1966 DC Hornet supplement, which contains athletes of various stripes from the UK, plus Ali:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1965%20DC%20Hornet%20Clay%20full%20page%202.jpg

Is it a card or a cut-out? Well, somebody somehow convinced PSA to grade these as cards. Here is one I have for sale right now:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1966%20DC%20Thompson%20Hornet%20Clay.jpg

Through the magic of TPG blessing it is now a highly collectable card. Needless to say, I bought the full item to get this for my type collection:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1966%20DC%20Hornet%20Clay.jpg

And I have a bunch of soccer teams and players left to resell.

D. Bergin
04-06-2017, 02:08 PM
Very interesting pick-up Adam. Helps somewhat that it's blank back, I guess.

Exhibitman
04-21-2017, 10:46 AM
This came from Argentina after a long, long journey from Buenos Aires to NYC back to Buenos Aires, back to NYC then to Cali. That's nearly 20,000 miles.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1920s%20Chocolatines%20Colombo%20Dempsey.jpg

It is typical of South American chocolate album sets of the era, printed on thin stock, 2.25" tall 1.5" wide. Photoengraved. Only one I've ever seen.

Also picked up this Andre Ward signed RC:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2008%20Topps%20Co-Signers%20Ward.jpg

th38larg
04-21-2017, 12:22 PM
Great discovery...nice work.

D. Bergin
04-21-2017, 01:44 PM
Adam, that Dempsey looks just like the c. 1928 Salem/Josetti/Jasmatzi card issued in Germany.

Makes sense with the large number of German immigrants moving to Argentina during the 1st half of the 20th century.

Exhibitman
04-21-2017, 02:23 PM
Correct; the base artwork for the Salem/Josetti/Jasmatzi/Sulima/Manoli cards was used in at least two SoAm sets, this one and the Chilenas de Tabacos set.

GasHouseGang
04-26-2017, 05:41 PM
Picked up just my second Ali. Is there a reason mine has that triangle on the back? I've seen some other cards in this set that look like this, and others that have a clean white back.

searching
04-28-2017, 06:26 AM
Got this Jem Smith CDV, can anyone confirm the guy in the background.

GasHouseGang
04-28-2017, 09:41 AM
Yes, there is definitely a guy in the background. :D

Exhibitman
04-28-2017, 11:51 AM
Picked up just my second Ali. Is there a reason mine has that triangle on the back? I've seen some other cards in this set that look like this, and others that have a clean white back.

The card is misgraded. The triangle is a stain from album mounting. PSA missed it.

GasHouseGang
04-28-2017, 12:18 PM
Really? Hmm, I was thinking that might be the answer, but it was such a perfect triangle I thought it was probably something else I wasn't aware of. I've seen others with discoloration on the back, and they often haven't downgraded those cards either because of the stains.

aaroncc
04-28-2017, 01:58 PM
Got this Jem Smith CDV, can anyone confirm the guy in the background.

It's Jack Harper, Jem Smith's second.

Exhibitman
04-28-2017, 07:59 PM
It is a stain. I have cards with them too.

Exhibitman
06-07-2017, 03:36 PM
Too many people plugging their wares and not enough card talk lately on this forum.

I recently added this gem:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2013%20UD%20Tyson%201.jpg

It is one of the employee exclusive UD 'thank you' cards, #'d to 125.

Also this signed Benny Leonard piece:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/Leonard_%20Benny%201940s%20Leon%20Eddie%201.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/Leonard_%20Benny%201940s%20Leon%20Eddie%202.jpg

Peter_Spaeth
06-07-2017, 04:51 PM
Added to my collection of a few Clay/Ali cards. Strange pose from a somewhat unusual set, but (so far) I like it.

Bored5000
06-07-2017, 08:17 PM
Added to my collection of a few Clay/Ali cards. Strange pose from a somewhat unusual set, but (so far) I like it.

Nice Simon Chocolate card of Ali. I know the cartoonish image isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the Simon Chocolate card has long been one of my favorite Ali cards because it captures his personality so well.

Of course, I also like Superman-Ali Samlarsaker card as well. ;)

Peter_Spaeth
06-08-2017, 08:26 AM
Which reminds me of an alleged conversation between Ali and an airline hostess.

Ali (protesting instruction to fasten his seat belt): Superman don't need no seat belt.

Hostess: Superman don't need no plane.

LuckyLarry
06-25-2017, 11:57 AM
Picked these up yesterday at a card show. A trusted dealer had a stack of exhibit cards which I know nothing about, he said they were original, $2 each or 3 for $5. I said how much for the whole stack of 37? I bought them all for $25 three boxers, seven actors, one joke card, and twenty-five baseball players.

How much tougher are the boxing cards compared to the baseball players?

Larry

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w185/larrytipton/Scan_54.jpeg (http://s176.photobucket.com/user/larrytipton/media/Scan_54.jpeg.html)

<a href="http://s176.photobucket.com/user/larrytipton/media/Scan%201_35.jpeg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w185/larrytipton/Scan%201_35.jpeg" border="0" alt=" photo Scan 1_35.jpeg"/></a>

Exhibitman
06-27-2017, 10:00 AM
The boxing cards post-1930 are variable in terms of rarity. There are certain series that are very, very difficult to find, mostly from the depths of the Great Depression. The three you posted are a bit later and are common.

LuckyLarry
06-27-2017, 11:42 AM
Thanks Adam!

The boxing cards post-1930 are variable in terms of rarity. There are certain series that are very, very difficult to find, mostly from the depths of the Great Depression. The three you posted are a bit later and are common.

Peter_Spaeth
06-29-2017, 01:23 PM
I believe this is Larry Holmes first card.

Exhibitman
06-29-2017, 05:14 PM
Yep.

herbc
08-03-2017, 11:29 PM
Leon and Michael...

Arazi4442
08-04-2017, 07:04 PM
Wasn't sure what section to post this in, but been looking for a while and happy to finally get one.

Exhibitman
08-08-2017, 09:12 AM
From the National:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1948%20Leaf%20misprint%20Leonard.jpg

Exhibitman
08-17-2017, 05:49 PM
Newly retired, along with Klitschko, Sugar Shane Mosley, Tim Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2016%20BBM%20Uchiyama.jpg

Also picked up this pair:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2008%20Ringside%20Marquez-Vasquez.jpg

A Miggie siggie

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/2003%20Cotto_%20Miguel.jpg

herbc
08-22-2017, 11:57 PM
My latest pickup. Had to track it down.... it's been floating around "out for delivery" since Friday (yep 5 days).

Exhibitman
08-23-2017, 11:38 AM
I'd have held out for an 11, Herb :D

Beautiful card. I hope he ices MacGregor quickly...

herbc
08-23-2017, 02:10 PM
I'd have held out for an 11, Herb :D

Beautiful card. I hope he ices MacGregor quickly...


Thanks, I would only hold out for a PSA 11:rolleyes:
Haven't decided if this fight is worth my $100 and time. I hear the bets are now swaying in favor of Mac ???:eek:

vthobby
08-23-2017, 02:22 PM
Max & Joe~! :)

285072

edjs
08-30-2017, 03:05 PM
Some nice additions to my T226 effort.

Exhibitman
08-30-2017, 04:57 PM
Yuuuupppp!

edjs
08-30-2017, 06:46 PM
Yuuuupppp!

Did you get the others?

butcher354435
08-31-2017, 08:55 AM
Nice pick-ups Ed. I love the T226 Red Sun issue. You will find there are a handful of subjects that no matter how much money you have to offer it will take you years to locate. A tough set to complete!

edjs
08-31-2017, 11:01 AM
Nice pick-ups Ed. I love the T226 Red Sun issue. You will find there are a handful of subjects that no matter how much money you have to offer it will take you years to locate. A tough set to complete!

Yeah, these are the only boxing cards I collect (probably why you don't see me post here much). I'm up to 19, I know where others I need are, but the price is always too much for the quality of the card. I'm not condition sensitive, but the price should be less for a more beat up card than a pristine one. I keep my eyes open, but yeah, I am sure my last card I will need is Langford. I'm also doing the T211, so I have a long, expensive road ahead of me. I can't think of much cooler than a complete T211/226 set, though.

Peter_Spaeth
08-31-2017, 02:27 PM
Kind of goofy looking but for some reason prefer this to the single.

G1911
09-04-2017, 03:04 AM
Some recent additions with more interesting backs than fronts. The T220 Tolstoi Sullivan, Poor and mangled as it is, brings me to 41/50 on the tough Tolstoi set. Picked up the Dixie Queen Beecher on eBay recently for cheap. Traded with a friend for the C52 Ketchel, complete with somewhat creepy inscription on the reverse. I'll upgrade this last one down the line, if I can find another copy

Apologies, can't the pic down to the file size limit: https://imgur.com/a/sJyLU

Exhibitman
10-05-2017, 11:01 AM
I was looking for one of these for years:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1975%20St%20Johns%20Ali%20bag.jpg

And then it popped up on eBay. With this:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/1975%20St%20Johns%20Ali%20port.jpg

Yeah, I got 'em both. 1975 St. John's Natural Ice Cream Ali premiums.

And this PC of Marcel Thil.

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpostcards/websize/Thil%20signed%20PC.jpg

A nice PC, but I'd not have picked it up, except that he signed the back.

and another Benny Leonard:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpremiums/websize/Leonard%20PC%20sized%20publicity%20photo.jpg

FourStrikes
10-17-2017, 01:24 PM
early PRIMO CARNERA "Necchi Sewing Machines" postcard

Exhibitman
10-17-2017, 03:09 PM
Now that I've never seen before. Nice.

FourStrikes
10-17-2017, 04:50 PM
Now that I've never seen before. Nice.

thanks, Adam - if YOU haven't seen it, that's sayin' something...

FourStrikes
10-17-2017, 04:55 PM
1950's Walcott-Hoff "Super Film" promo postcard (Germany)

Exhibitman
10-17-2017, 11:52 PM
Hell there’s tons of stuff I’ve never seen before. A PC of Carnera trying to squeeze out a little fart is definitely special.

BeanTown
11-13-2017, 01:05 PM
Boxing currency

Exhibitman
11-13-2017, 01:47 PM
Brilliant buck, JC.

Peter_Spaeth
12-28-2017, 03:06 PM
Another early Clay.

Exhibitman
12-29-2017, 10:46 AM
Nice.

These aren't really pick-ups but my PSA/DNA submission finally came back and I went 5 for 5:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/dropins/websize/img002.jpg
https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/dropins/websize/img003.jpghttps://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/dropins/websize/img004.jpg
https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/dropins/websize/img005.jpg

Dpeck100
12-29-2017, 03:12 PM
Another early Clay.



Sweet card!!!

To me this is a great looking card and even better in such nice condition.

Dpeck100
12-29-2017, 03:13 PM
Nice.

These aren't really pick-ups but my PSA/DNA submission finally came back and I went 5 for 5:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/dropins/websize/img002.jpg
https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/dropins/websize/img003.jpghttps://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/dropins/websize/img004.jpg
https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/dropins/websize/img005.jpg



WOW that boxer Gene Tunney looks like a movie star. He must have had ladies crawling all over him. Nice!

Exhibitman
12-29-2017, 04:52 PM
Actually that was a Hollywood photo from his movie career. The Fighting Marine married well; Polly Lauder, heiress to the Lauder cosmetics fortune.

th38larg
01-11-2018, 02:52 PM
You can still find deals on eBay. Got this t226 JJ in a mislabeled lot for cheap. Been waiting on this type card for a while.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180111/ea8ec20210af0ca9867ed95ecea01a54.jpg


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butcher354435
01-11-2018, 05:09 PM
It’s a T227. Nice pickup.

th38larg
01-12-2018, 06:53 AM
:eek: lol, thanks for catching error. too many numbers for me to keep track of.

Dewey
01-20-2018, 05:37 PM
Not really a boxing collector. But was intrigued by this 1947 Sugar Ray Robinson photo. A smiling Sugar Ray on the front contrasts the dated stamp on the back: the day he fought (and killed) Jimmy Doyle in his first defense of his title.

Photo by Dork?

sthoemke
01-20-2018, 11:51 PM
Looks like a press photo. The stamped date might be the publication date for a newspaper.

sicollector1954
01-22-2018, 12:51 PM
Picked this up at the beginning of the month....at an estate sale from a former MLB player....probably headed to auction in the future....only have seen 2 others signed on a ball.

Exhibitman
02-06-2018, 12:18 PM
Don't know what it is exactly but it was expensive:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/HuMAAOSwqfZac0iU/s-l1600.jpg

I suspect it is from a set that I've not been able to catalog but that has a Fitzsimmons that I've known of for years.

Exhibitman
02-12-2018, 01:00 PM
More info on McGovern:

The card arrived today. It is machine-cut, measuring exactly 1.5" across and 2.25" tall. Blank back and thick cardboard. Similar to a Mayo in thickness. I thought it was a half-tone print but under magnification it is photo-engraved, which indicates it was created some time around the turn of the 20th century. Makes sense since McGovern's career ended in 1908.

G1911
02-22-2018, 12:37 PM
More info on McGovern:

The card arrived today. It is machine-cut, measuring exactly 1.5" across and 2.25" tall. Blank back and thick cardboard. Similar to a Mayo in thickness. I thought it was a half-tone print but under magnification it is photo-engraved, which indicates it was created some time around the turn of the 20th century. Makes sense since McGovern's career ended in 1908.

I saw this card on eBay when it came up and was interested in what it was. Do you have a photo of the Fitzsimmons you mentioned earlier by chance? I’ve never seen anything from whatever this set was before

GasHouseGang
02-22-2018, 01:13 PM
Picked this up after it was graded. It ended up a PSA 5.5. Looked 6ish to me, but I'm happy with it.

Exhibitman
02-22-2018, 03:08 PM
I saw this card on eBay when it came up and was interested in what it was. Do you have a photo of the Fitzsimmons you mentioned earlier by chance? I’ve never seen anything from whatever this set was before

http://nebula.wsimg.com/b1d1e7cdbb8fe5980497b3bd6632adf7?AccessKeyId=14649 6913BFA23096015&disposition=0&alloworigin=1https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/Unc%20McGovern.jpg

G1911
02-22-2018, 03:20 PM
http://nebula.wsimg.com/b1d1e7cdbb8fe5980497b3bd6632adf7?AccessKeyId=14649 6913BFA23096015&disposition=0&alloworigin=1https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards/websize/Unc%20McGovern.jpg

Thank you! Very cool cards

chalupacollects
02-25-2018, 01:03 PM
Not my wheelhouse but anything this old is worth the pickup... Anyone familiar with these and how rare (or not) they may be?

Thanks!

Exhibitman
02-26-2018, 10:13 AM
I cover all the Exhibit cards in my book. The 1922 set is tougher than 1921, easier than 1923.

Exhibitman
02-27-2018, 03:13 PM
I got one PC recently:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/boxingpostcards/websize/1928%20Chicago%20Herald%20Examiner%20Tunney%20Heen ey%20PC.jpg

This kind of single event PC is like pizza to me: can't resist it. Checks all the boxes:

--Vintage
--Rare
--HOFer depicted