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[G1911]

A couple more crackouts. Like most of this issue, I have a hard time seeing the slab grade as being accurate once they are free for proper examination. The lower left corners are too rough for VG-Ex, the bottom gouge in Gans, the upper left corner crease in Jackson. PSA is very generous on these. Still need a true EX copy at some point.

[G1911]

31/50 of the Red Sun series now. The Condon was like $3.25 shipped, I have a few of this issue but haven't made any effort to get them. Nice looking cards.

[G1911]

The Saginaw Kid

[G1911]

A cheap postcard to fill the void. Jeffries was like $12 here.

[G1911]

A box topper for Panini Golden Age, pretty nice Exhibit style bonus.

[D. Bergin]

Collectors don't seem to care about him in the slightest, unless it's a fight involving a more popular boxer, but I think Gene Tunney is crazy under-rated by both collectors and historians.

[Exhibitman]

Yeah, I agree. Tunney was probably the best lt. heavyweight-heavyweight of the 1920s. Greb mauled him early on, but he came back and beat Greb repeatedly, and never lost again, including twice against JD. He just wasn't a beloved character; I think because he more or less left the sport and the public eye early while still champ when he married Polly Lauder and went to CT to breed senators. Dempsey arguably had the lesser record. His title defenses after Willard were pretty much gimmes: a smaller guy with a fatal kidney disease (Miske), two small guys (Carpentier, Gibbons), a guy he'd already beat handily (Brennan), and a guy with a puncher's chance (Firpo). But he beat Firpo, then went out on his shield, twice, and became the every-man hero in the process, then kept himself relentlessly in the public eye in NY with his restaurant.

[Jerry G]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Collectors don't seem to care about him in the slightest, unless it's a fight involving a more popular boxer, but I think Gene Tunney is crazy under-rated by both collectors and historians.

Totally agree yet, I am a big Tunney fan. The folks at the time and maybe still today, appreciate the aggressive big hitter, Jack Dempsey . After the excitement of a Dempsey championship the folks didn't have the same enthusiasm for the thoughtful, defensive expert, Tunney.

What a great life he led! He enlisted in the Marines during WWI and left as a decorated officer. Retired from boxing with all his faculties and had very successful second career.