Favorite boxing related memorabilia

[Exhibitman]

Nice idea; I'll play:

1937 Louis-Braddock newspaper door hanger for newstands:



1963 Cassius Clay reply letter and publicity photo:



Jack Dempsey-Lou Gehrig McGovern's Gym premium:



Louis-Schmeling betting slip:



7.5" x 9.5" [10" x 12" mount] mounted photo of Jim Jeffries on his farm in Burbank with his pup, with a handwritten copyright of 1906 By Jas. J. Jeffries and Jas. M. Johnson [perhaps the photographer], captioned "The Good Friends" in pencil on the mount. From his estate by way of the Helms Sports Museum.



A spectacular Max Baer 8 x 10, inscribed and signed on 8/25/1934, during his one-year reign as heavyweight champion.



A pair of 1920s Cuban matchbox panels of Kid Chocolate



Pac-Man signing a glove for me:



Riddick Bowe signing a ticket for me:




1935 Brown & Bigelow Louis Premium:



Signed contract for 1951 Topps Ringside, from the Topps Archive, Ray Miller, Ruby Goldstein, Barney Ross:





Uncut sheet of 1940s Coney Island Arcade cards (world's weirdest selection--George Courtney???):

[Bored5000]

Wow, so much neat stuff in that post, Adam. That Louis-Schmeling betting slip is especially cool. I had never seen that before.

[Writehooks]

Hey Chad:
Don't know if "freezing" in Indiana is quite the same as the mid-minus-40s (Celsius) we're currently dealing with in Northern Alberta, but it is indeed a good time to revisit some favorite pieces of memorabilia. Here' s some of mine (sorry, can't figure out why the photos are sideways) ...

1) Cassius Clay "I Am The Greatest" 45 record, 1963
2) Dundee brothers Christmas card, 1967
3) 1920s Romeo & Julieta card of world white heavyweight champion Luther McCarty
4) 1925 Ogden Cigarettes card of Arthur Pelkey, who killed McCarty in the first minute of their white heavyweight title fight in Calgary on May 24, 1913
5) Cabinet photo of McCarty, 1912
6) Imperial cabinet photo of McCarty vs. Al Kaufman 1912
7) Ultra rare pennant from Ali vs. George Chuvalo, March 29, 1966 in Toronto
8) On-site MSG poster for Chuvalo vs. Jerry Quarry, Dec. 12, 1969
9) On-site MSG poster for Chuvalo vs. George Foreman, Aug. 4, 1970

[Exhibitman]

Magazine covers with my cousin on them:

[Writehooks]

Stern Electronics produced 2,971 Ali pinball games in 1980. Mine is one of the handful in Western Canada still in excellent working condition ...

[Exhibitman]

Ali is the king of the boxing collectible, that's for sure. I cannot believe the demand for his stuff. Even with a seemingly endless supply of autographs, for example, they just keep selling. I admire Joe Louis more but Ali has that magic, that's for sure.

[wicker56]

This is one of my favorite boxing related photos. The back states it was taken at the Cypress St. Jeffries family home in L.A.. Many years ago, I recall a paper weight that sold in a Leland's auction with the same image.

[wicker56]

This is an 8x10 of Benny Leonard from 1918

[G1911]

I only collect the trading cards, have to draw the line somewhere or I'll never have a clean home again. I have more books than I do cards it seems sometimes, but not as a collectible, just reader copies for my library. I'd love too see what others have.

My present favorite single item is probably still this piece, but this thread will be a good excuse to dig through my boxes in the back of the safe and pull some more obscure favorites. I guess my favorite is often what's come in most recently and I haven't looked at 300 times yet.