I've been in search of this card forever. I finally found one. It arrived today.

Tommy Burns, 1908 Ogden's

Is Burns tough?

One thing I love about this hobby is how little I really know. Relatively speaking, I know a lot after 40+ years collecting, but compared to the total information out there, not so much. I was roving through eBay and came across this:

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I didn't even know he had a candy bar. I am a bit surprised, actually, since the candy products I'd seen before were all related to heavyweights: Dempsey, Ali, etc. Then again, his WWII stature was huge. I researched it a bit and found this from a review of one of his biographies:

"By early March 1943, his beaming, gap-toothed smile was once again on the front pages of newspapers across the nation. He was at a new apex of his fame, the accolades for Corporal Barney Ross (USMC) eclipsing even the glow of his lightweight and welterweight championship glory. His face was on Ringside bubblegum cards; he even had a Barney Ross candy bar."

OK the timing on the Ringside is a bit off but the candy bar as a WWII item is confirmed.

A little more on Ross, from Wikipedia:

He served with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines during the Battle of Guadalcanal in the South Pacific. One night, he and three other comrades were trapped under enemy fire. All four were wounded; Ross was the only one able to fight. Ross gathered his comrades' rifles and grenades and single-handedly fought nearly two dozen Japanese soldiers over an entire night, killing them all by morning. Two of the Marines died, but he carried the third on his shoulders to safety; the other man weighed 230 lb (104 kg) compared to Ross' 140 lb (64 kg). Ross was awarded America's third highest military honor, the Silver Star, as well as a presidential citation. As one of America's greatest "celebrity" war heroes, he was honored by President Roosevelt in a Rose Garden ceremony. He was also awarded the Edward J. Neil Trophy as "the outstanding boxer of 1942" by the Boxing Writers Association of New York.

Never saw that before either Adam. Cool piece.

Here's my favorite Barney Ross related war image.

Yes, it's pretty tough. I've been looking for a Burns Ogden's for 2 & 1/2 years. Much longer than I anticipated.

Picked up this pair of plastic cards produced by Adidas for an Adidas' Italian website advertising promotion. From numbering, there are at least 4 cards in the set. In addition to the Ali card, the other card is David Beckham. The Wayback Machine archives the URL on the card from 2004-2005, so the cards should have been produced during that time period.

Picked up this cabinet of Martin "Farmer" Burns recently.

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jeff

Not a boxing card collector but have been looking for one of these for some time.

Pickup up an unperforated pair of 1951 Topps Ringside Boxing cards of Gene Stanlee (wrestler) and Bob Satterfield.

That is a great card, Peter. One of his best looking early ones.

Nice Jeff what size is the photo?

Nice stuff!

After watching the Miura-Roman fight last month I decided to pick up a couple of cards of the gutsy little warrior:

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Picked up one more Clay/Ali card thanks to a board member.

Picked up a John L. Sullivan card.

Is this card uncatalogued? (possibly from a 1930's educational or trivia card set of famous people)

Love the Panini Tyson. Feel like this has a become a required card if you collect boxing.

I agree. I put it in the top five rookie cards since 1970. My run:

1973 Panini Roberto Duran

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1986 Panini Tyson

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1986 Brown's Holyfield

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1997 Brown's Mayweather

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1999 World Boxing Magazine (Japan) Manny Pacquiao

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Ali Ali Ali
 

Two additions....

Nice score Herb.

Yes, I'm very satisfied with both, but the 68 is my favorite. I like the image with the stare.

1934 Sportsmen of the World.

Nice. I've got an uncut strip of four floating around somewhere

I completely forgot about Lelands until someone cold-called me Friday at the office. Too bad for whoever was the high bidder on this 11 x 14 Marciano piece before they called:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...20Marciano.jpg

One of the few sets I'm collecting are the premiums from Slidewell/Slim Jim Bow Ties. The Marciano is #1 on my want list of course. I found a promo PC a few years ago.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...ciano%20PC.jpg

Still no actual premium, though.

Slidewell used a few of the ads to create promotional broadsides (11 x 14) for specific fights, basically by enlarging the premiums and adding the fight details across the bottom. Tough as the set is, these are almost impossible. I've seen one with Archie Moore and this one:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...0broadside.jpg

I saw the Marciano in the catalog, opened the lot, and forgot all about it...until they called me.

The interesting thing is that the Marciano was a complete re-do of the premium, because the premium itself was issued pre-championship, as the PC shows. The Murphy was just a reuse of the premium art. Since all are National Studios credited and the Marciano poster image is a commonly used Marciano image found with many other products as well as on his training camp souvenirs, I have a feeling that National did the photos and created the art for the Slidewell/Slim Jim set.

I just love these career-issued Marciano promo pieces.

2016 Vegas Outlaws Don King. The Tyson quote at the bottom makes this card a classic. I have an extra so I may send it to King for a TTM signature...

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...ing_%20Don.jpg

1960s Cinzano promotional card, signed by Nino Benvenuti:

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For those who don't know, Cinzano is booze.

Picked up 1940's Parade Sportive Jack Dempsey.

Here is an interesting study in PSA anomalies. This is the 1966 DC Hornet supplement, which contains athletes of various stripes from the UK, plus Ali:

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Is it a card or a cut-out? Well, somebody somehow convinced PSA to grade these as cards. Here is one I have for sale right now:

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Through the magic of TPG blessing it is now a highly collectable card. Needless to say, I bought the full item to get this for my type collection:

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And I have a bunch of soccer teams and players left to resell.

Very interesting pick-up Adam. Helps somewhat that it's blank back, I guess.

This came from Argentina after a long, long journey from Buenos Aires to NYC back to Buenos Aires, back to NYC then to Cali. That's nearly 20,000 miles.

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It is typical of South American chocolate album sets of the era, printed on thin stock, 2.25" tall 1.5" wide. Photoengraved. Only one I've ever seen.

Also picked up this Andre Ward signed RC:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...ers%20Ward.jpg

Great discovery...nice work.

Adam, that Dempsey looks just like the c. 1928 Salem/Josetti/Jasmatzi card issued in Germany.

Makes sense with the large number of German immigrants moving to Argentina during the 1st half of the 20th century.

Correct; the base artwork for the Salem/Josetti/Jasmatzi/Sulima/Manoli cards was used in at least two SoAm sets, this one and the Chilenas de Tabacos set.

Picked up just my second Ali. Is there a reason mine has that triangle on the back? I've seen some other cards in this set that look like this, and others that have a clean white back.

Jem Smith
 

Got this Jem Smith CDV, can anyone confirm the guy in the background.

Yes, there is definitely a guy in the background. :D

The card is misgraded. The triangle is a stain from album mounting. PSA missed it.

Really? Hmm, I was thinking that might be the answer, but it was such a perfect triangle I thought it was probably something else I wasn't aware of. I've seen others with discoloration on the back, and they often haven't downgraded those cards either because of the stains.

It's Jack Harper, Jem Smith's second.

It is a stain. I have cards with them too.

Too many people plugging their wares and not enough card talk lately on this forum.

I recently added this gem:

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It is one of the employee exclusive UD 'thank you' cards, #'d to 125.

Also this signed Benny Leonard piece:

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Added to my collection of a few Clay/Ali cards. Strange pose from a somewhat unusual set, but (so far) I like it.

Nice Simon Chocolate card of Ali. I know the cartoonish image isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the Simon Chocolate card has long been one of my favorite Ali cards because it captures his personality so well.

Of course, I also like Superman-Ali Samlarsaker card as well. ;)

Which reminds me of an alleged conversation between Ali and an airline hostess.

Ali (protesting instruction to fasten his seat belt): Superman don't need no seat belt.

Hostess: Superman don't need no plane.

Picked these up yesterday at a card show. A trusted dealer had a stack of exhibit cards which I know nothing about, he said they were original, $2 each or 3 for $5. I said how much for the whole stack of 37? I bought them all for $25 three boxers, seven actors, one joke card, and twenty-five baseball players.

How much tougher are the boxing cards compared to the baseball players?

Larry

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The boxing cards post-1930 are variable in terms of rarity. There are certain series that are very, very difficult to find, mostly from the depths of the Great Depression. The three you posted are a bit later and are common.

Thanks Adam!

I believe this is Larry Holmes first card.

Yep.

In the Mail
 

Wasn't sure what section to post this in, but been looking for a while and happy to finally get one.

From the National:

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Newly retired, along with Klitschko, Sugar Shane Mosley, Tim Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez:

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Also picked up this pair:

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A Miggie siggie

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1997 Brown's Boxing
 

My latest pickup. Had to track it down.... it's been floating around "out for delivery" since Friday (yep 5 days).

I'd have held out for an 11, Herb :D

Beautiful card. I hope he ices MacGregor quickly...

Thanks, I would only hold out for a PSA 11:rolleyes:
Haven't decided if this fight is worth my $100 and time. I hear the bets are now swaying in favor of Mac ???:eek:

Signed Photo.....
 

Max & Joe~! :)

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Some nice additions to my T226 effort.

Yuuuupppp!

Did you get the others?

Nice pick-ups Ed. I love the T226 Red Sun issue. You will find there are a handful of subjects that no matter how much money you have to offer it will take you years to locate. A tough set to complete!

Yeah, these are the only boxing cards I collect (probably why you don't see me post here much). I'm up to 19, I know where others I need are, but the price is always too much for the quality of the card. I'm not condition sensitive, but the price should be less for a more beat up card than a pristine one. I keep my eyes open, but yeah, I am sure my last card I will need is Langford. I'm also doing the T211, so I have a long, expensive road ahead of me. I can't think of much cooler than a complete T211/226 set, though.

Wilma Rudolph rookie
 

Kind of goofy looking but for some reason prefer this to the single.

Recent Pickups
 

Some recent additions with more interesting backs than fronts. The T220 Tolstoi Sullivan, Poor and mangled as it is, brings me to 41/50 on the tough Tolstoi set. Picked up the Dixie Queen Beecher on eBay recently for cheap. Traded with a friend for the C52 Ketchel, complete with somewhat creepy inscription on the reverse. I'll upgrade this last one down the line, if I can find another copy

Apologies, can't the pic down to the file size limit: https://imgur.com/a/sJyLU

I was looking for one of these for years:

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And then it popped up on eBay. With this:

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Yeah, I got 'em both. 1975 St. John's Natural Ice Cream Ali premiums.

And this PC of Marcel Thil.

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A nice PC, but I'd not have picked it up, except that he signed the back.

and another Benny Leonard:

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Primo carnera
 

Now that I've never seen before. Nice.

Carnera
 

Jersey Joe Walcott vs Hein Ten Hoff
 

Hell there’s tons of stuff I’ve never seen before. A PC of Carnera trying to squeeze out a little fart is definitely special.

Boxing currency

Brilliant buck, JC.

Another early Clay.

Nice.

These aren't really pick-ups but my PSA/DNA submission finally came back and I went 5 for 5:

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Sweet card!!!

To me this is a great looking card and even better in such nice condition.

WOW that boxer Gene Tunney looks like a movie star. He must have had ladies crawling all over him. Nice!

Actually that was a Hollywood photo from his movie career. The Fighting Marine married well; Polly Lauder, heiress to the Lauder cosmetics fortune.

You can still find deals on eBay. Got this t226 JJ in a mislabeled lot for cheap. Been waiting on this type card for a while.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5ecea01a54.jpg


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It’s a T227. Nice pickup.

:eek: lol, thanks for catching error. too many numbers for me to keep track of.

Not really a boxing collector. But was intrigued by this 1947 Sugar Ray Robinson photo. A smiling Sugar Ray on the front contrasts the dated stamp on the back: the day he fought (and killed) Jimmy Doyle in his first defense of his title.

Photo by Dork?

Looks like a press photo. The stamped date might be the publication date for a newspaper.