N332 S.F. Hess Tom Sayers

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by G1911

Thank you Mark! 3 more new images.

Upon closer review of the scans I am gathering I believe the "Patsy Fallon" in the gallery is actually the Jack Fallon card, which has no name displayed identifying the subject, and will need to be updated.

I'd really love to see, especially, Sparrow Golden & Jack Files. I cannot yet identify men of these names at the time of the cards. These 2 seem to come from Burdick, but the Met has no image for these cards listed. These 2 are on my suspect list right now.

Also looking for the non-boxers if folks are also collecting the athletes, actors and handful of celebrities. I think we can get closer to 150 total subjects than the ~130 the checklists hover around. Thank you everyone who has shared publicly or privately their collections of these with me the last few days for checklisting and research.

It is really a shame that this set has not aged so well; when one appears with a relatively unfaded image they are really gorgeous photographs. I'm really appreciating the unique photos used in this set that we don't see on other cards.

November 23 1886
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[G1911]

Originally Posted by Pat R

November 23 1886
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Thank you Pat! That makes Golden much more likely to be an actual card than I had thought after some searches.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by G1911

Thank you Pat! That makes Golden much more likely to be an actual card than I had thought after some searches.

Glad to help Greg. Here's A Jack Files clipping.

June 2 1887
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[G1911]

I love the descriptions of old boxing. 3 hours, 44 rounds, beaten to a pulp, $1,400. Quite a lot of money then actually, but boy did they have it rough in those days

[Pat R]

Here's a Sparrow Golden supplement 11x15

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[Pat R]

Jack Files

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[G1911]

I couldn't find his unusual name on Google, DuckDuckGo or CyberBoxingZone, but he has a Boxrec. Contrary to the supplement, it makes him look like he was one of those guys who was there for better boxers to beat in fights between the actual fights. https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/40459

The photo of Files is probably the photo we will find on his card

[butcher354435]

One of the anonymous cards I have looks very similar to the Jack Files image above... Attached below. Thoughts?