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Old 06-17-2005, 05:29 PM
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Default I'll Trade You a Wagner for a 1948L Rocky Graziano

Posted By: warshawlaw

The Rock did not like his image being used without compensation. He threatened to sue and they quickly pulled the card. I think (I have no proof) that the Willie Pep was the substituted card, based on the sheet configuration. Obviously, the holy grail of boxing cards.

The last one I saw sold went for nearly $18,000 in a PSA holder (I think it is the one pictured above).

Graziano also is AWOL from the 1951 Topps Ringside set. The only contemporaneously-issued domestic card I know of for him is the Exhibit card. I think he is in a couple of British sets from the era.

Wagner is kind of like a fancy restaurant. Just because it has the cachet and is more expensive doesn't mean it is the best. There was a thread some time ago where we named literally hundreds of cards that were considered rarer than the Wagner.

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