Posted By:
Peter SpaethBoxer:Rocky Graziano
Year: 1948
Company:Leaf
Series: Boxing
Card No:??
Information courtesy of boxingcollectors.com
This card is the ultimate boxing collector's card. Although it doesn't come close to it's rare baseball counterparts in terms of value, it is still as rare.
For years collectors thought that the Leaf gum company's "Knockout" set consisted of 49 cards, erratically numbered. Indeed, uncut sheets of the cards could be found that were exactly 7 cards by 7 cards. Then, about 10 years ago, a Rocky Graziano Leaf emerged and since then one more have been found
The Graziano card may not have been released except by accident or may have been recalled. One owner of the card says he got his in a trade with a neighborhood friend in New York City in 1949 so they must have been available (information courtesy of www.boxingcollectors.com).
A recent auction saw the Graziano Leaf card (PSA VG-EX 4) sold for $17,903 (see here).