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[Exhibitman]

From REA last night:

[Mark Webster]

Cracking cards Adam. I hope all is well pal.

[G1911]

Normally I like my boxers looking like boxers and doing boxing things, but this week's mail theme was Fat Sullivan in Suit.

The two cabinets I know are both relatively common by cabinet standards. The shared caption type makes me presume they are by the same maker. The white probably earlier than the grey border, as it has a blank back and is less well-done. The grey border has a summation of his ring record on back, going from the Goss fight to the Kilrain fight. So that one is probably from between late 1889 and mid-1892.

Sullivan is my only boxing T224/T229, as I keep trading the ones I have had for other stuff. Great set I like to keep track of, but a little too difficult to chase down a master (and difficult to checklist the details with the stamps). He will be cracked out shortly, might go for a base set here as I am running out of boxing cards to pick up from this period that can be found with any consistency

[butcher354435]

The PET/Kopec issue is one of my favorites! Congrats on a great JLS pick-up!

[G1911]

Originally Posted by butcher354435

The PET/Kopec issue is one of my favorites! Congrats on a great JLS pick-up!

Thank you, going to need a bit of luck to add many more, haven't seen a new batch of these crop up in a long time.

[G1911]

Picked up some plastic for the registry and #investing, with some cardboard on the side after a little twisting and smashing.

[Exhibitman]

Heh, I love it.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by G1911

Picked up some plastic for the registry and #investing, with some cardboard on the side after a little twisting and smashing.

Nice batch of silvers. I love those.

They are like chase/parallel cards for the tobacco era.

For some reason I can't think of any other issue that did that, in any other sport during that time period. Truly, 100 years ahead of their time.