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[wicker56]

This just arrived today after a few weeks in the mail. I have no idea if these are relatively common, or not. I just found it pretty interesting. I would guess circa 1932 -1934 due to this was when he was the Flyweight champion. It looks like he fought Young Perez on a couple of different occasions.

[G1911]

46/50 Tolstoi backs down, and 628/632 for what I suspect is every printed front/back combination. All the toughies, recognized and unrecognized, are done, just waiting for the last Tolstoi's I need to come up again and finish this one.

[Exhibitman]

They aren't easy Chad, but as is the case with so many boxing cards, rare and obscure go hand in hand. I have one I got several years ago. Haven't seen too many others. Is it in Seconds Out?

Greg, those gold Ringsides are nice. I picked up several of them for very cheap about two years ago. I think the company did itself a disservice by not formally numbering them.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Greg, those gold Ringsides are nice. I picked up several of them for very cheap about two years ago. I think the company did itself a disservice by not formally numbering them.

Nelson was $1.25, the Turkey's $6.50. Kind of a shame this set evidently failed on the market, as far as I am aware it is the last serious attempt at a real boxing card set. We may never get another one.

[wicker56]

Originally Posted by G1911

Nelson was $1.25, the Turkey's $6.50. Kind of a shame this set evidently failed on the market, as far as I am aware it is the last serious attempt at a real boxing card set. We may never get another one.

If I recall correctly the Turkey Reds came in three colors. I believe they were red, gold and black. The gold and red each came in two different poses. I’ve only seen the black in a single pose.

[Exhibitman]

The onyx black cards were 1/1s. I bought one of them but I can't find a scan, so here's a gold one instead:

[G1911]

I like the base design, but the Turkey's are right up my alley with the T9 fronts and the T220 backs. I really like the Onyx 1/1's but I haven't seen a Onyx Turkey come up for sale for one of the old timers that fits in with my collection. Hopefully one day, I'd like to get one as a type example. I have no idea what they would be worth; there are apparently less than 9 people that really care about the golds.

Most of the fighters have 2 cards, but some of the old timers only have 1 card, like Jeffries and Corbett.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

They aren't easy Chad, but as is the case with so many boxing cards, rare and obscure go hand in hand. I have one I got several years ago. Haven't seen too many others. Is it in Seconds Out?

I just checked my copy; Jones didn't have this card listed in Seconds Out.