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Originally Posted by toybulldog
Here are a couple Corbett's from 1892 which I'm confident are real. The letter that has been posted is undoubtedly signed by Corbett but the heading and content are secreterial and in another hand. Instead of a small case "t" he used a capital "T" in "Truly" as is the case with the two posted here. The person who penned the content of the letter is more apt to have signed your Corbett rather than Corbett doing it himself. The "C" in the last name of the person the letter was addressed to is similar to the "C" in your "Corbett". Also the backwards 3 style "e" in "Rochester" is similar to the "e" in yor "Dec". I can't find the backwards 3 style "e" in any of Corbett's writings. I watched the offered Corbett end cheaply on Artfact and would have wacked it pretty good if it had the supporting evidence.
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it went cheap at the auction house (especially as it was suppose to be signed as champion) and more than one long time collector or dealer would have bid more on it had they believed it to be real.
here it is, it went for a whopping 258 dollars, now it is suppose to be worth 1500?
http://www.crockerfarm.com/maryland-...ight-Champion/
It didn't fly beneath the radar either, many boxing people knew it was being auctioned, they just stayed away. If it had the confidence of boxing collectors and dealers it would have went for at least 700+ if not more as it was suppose to be signed AS CHAMPION.