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[G1911]

I have two 1/1's, the blue and gold variants I think the kids call 'cracked ice', so I looked for others in the rainbow. An Orange Refractor that is not numbered but I think difficult, and a different kind of red refractor numbered to 10. I'm not quite clear how many versions I would need for a rainbow, but if they're dirt cheap I'm picking them up when I see them. Not much to collect in modern boxing. The refractors show up better in photographs in low light

[Writehooks]

Coupla recent arrivals:
- Gunboat Smith vs Georges Carpentier for the World White Heavyweight Championship, July 16, 1914 in London
- Duane Bobick vs Kallie Knoetze for the World White Heavyweight Championship, January 28, 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa

Always looking for anything on Luther McCarty, Arthur Pelkey and the White Hope era.

[mikecala98]

Love the note on the back. Match took place 9/20/1975 in Philly.



Boyd Pierce mailaway card. Tough to find.

[G1911]

Crossed off another Ogdens, this one from the B series. Love these little cards, collecting the boxers especially but the host of different subject matters makes the Black Ogden's sets a ton of fun to pick up in random lots when they appear.

Mace is a common card, but he was a significant heavyweight and middleweight champion, one of the early scientists of the ring who beat much larger men routinely. He and Mike Donovan toured together after retirement and put on shows intermittently for a number of years promoting scientific boxing. He fought exhibitions at his boxing school in Cape Town and elsewhere into his late 70's.

[Exhibitman]

is that credited as a Wood photo?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

is that credited as a Wood photo?

Yes it is. Mace has at least 3 Ogdens cards off memory using this same base photo, can’t remember if the other 2 have the Wood credit. No clue if the credit is true or not lol

[CardPadre]

I’ve been wanting to pick up some boxing, but this is the first I’ve actually grabbed. Was a Sullivan, cheap, and with a tolstoi back…so figured would be a good start.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by CardPadre

I’ve been wanting to pick up some boxing, but this is the first I’ve actually grabbed. Was a Sullivan, cheap, and with a tolstoi back…so figured would be a good start.

I like the way you think. Welcome to boxing!

[mikecala98]

More Andre goodness.

[mikecala98]

First ever Topps Magic pickup.

[Exhibitman]

Two boxers for the price of one.

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Two boxers for the price of one.

That's Mario Galento, the wrestler, shown with Canera. Not Tony Galento, the boxer.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by sthoemke

That's Mario Galento, the wrestler, shown with Canera. Not Tony Galento, the boxer.

Geez, looks just like Tony. I know Two Ton did some wrestling too.

[Mark Webster]

Im not a Wrestling buff, but, I don’t think it’s Mario Galento. Sorry. It really does look like Two Ton Tony on top! 😬

[mikecala98]

Went to an antique store today and added a nice original photo of Rocky Graziano. Owner of the store was telling fun stories of his father in law who was the manager of Tami Mauriello. Nice history lessons including Joe Louis and Frank Sinatra.

[mikecala98]

Back to wrestling. Got first dibs on a huge 80’s-90’s collection yesterday. This piece is possibly my best wrestling find ever.

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

I put some Dempsey cards up on the bay, which I'm not worried about based on the number of watchers they've already gotten, but there's a decent chance this Peter Jackson slips through the cracks and it's quite rare. If you've been looking for one, this is your chance.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175983168165



Arthur

[G1911]

Back to pickups.

Thanks to the board for this one, a collection of 23 N266's found their way to me this morning. I had 3 cards previously, so now at 20 different pictures with 6 duplicates. At least 3 of the duplicates are of both the different types though. I assume all 25 cards come both ways and I will wind up needing 50 cards, but I'm not 100% sure that they do nor have I tallied up enough to know if one type is tougher than the other type. Hard to tell which is which in scans sometimes.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by G1911

Back to pickups.

Thanks to the board for this one, a collection of 23 N266's found their way to me this morning. I had 3 cards previously, so now at 20 different pictures with 6 duplicates. At least 3 of the duplicates are of both the different types though. I assume all 25 cards come both ways and I will wind up needing 50 cards, but I'm not 100% sure that they do nor have I tallied up enough to know if one type is tougher than the other type. Hard to tell which is which in scans sometimes.

Great pick-up Greg. When you say "Different Types", do you mean the ones with the more traditional card-stock vs. the thinner stock ones that appear to have come from a Poster or ad slick...or is there some type of other variation in the set?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Great pick-up Greg. When you say "Different Types", do you mean the ones with the more traditional card-stock vs. the thinner stock ones that appear to have come from a Poster or ad slick...or is there some type of other variation in the set?

I apologize for being obtuse, I didn't realize until I read your post this might not be a known thing in the hobby. I then checked Jones, Warshaw, and the online resources and none of them mention it. I can't find the two types mentioned anywhere before so far. I am a novice with the N cards

The cards (I assume all of them, but I haven't catalogued it) come with 2 different copyright captions on the front. It's a rather faint line that is often difficult to make out in pictures, but beneath the "RED" on front is that line. There are 2 very different fonts and styles, one with thicker letters in a boldface type that appears both darker and more readable, or a very faint italicized font. The two cards attached are both the Murphy/Weir pairing. The text is the same phrasing, though the italicized font often looks like "1890" to my eyes it's actually "1893" as well. I don't believe either is meaningfully more difficult than the other, but it seems there were 2 print runs of this set (plus whatever the thinner cut things with the blue subtitles at bottom are - I do not own any of those. Yet ). Comparing all my cards, I cannot find any other difference in the printing on front or back separating the two types. Not a super exciting difference, but a definite intentional production difference that will make a master set, I suspect, 50 cards in total.

[mikecala98]

[Exhibitman]

Nice Dundee. Same pose as one of his strip cards.

[mikecala98]

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[mikecala98]

Took the Dundee out of the frame. Back has some fun notes on it.

[Exhibitman]

Very cool. I love press used photos.

[mikecala98]

[G1911]

Got these a few weeks ago thanks to GFG, the tougher orientations of each subject. My last pickups for the year. Moran is my favorite, as Benny Kaufman didn't make the classic T sets I love.

[gunboat82]

I'm not a boxing collector, but my stepmom gave me some of her old keepsakes, and this cool piece was in there.

[Exhibitman]

That's a fun piece!

[jefferyepayne]

Hi all!

Looking for very early professional wrestling items from before pro wrestling became more entertainment than sport. Think Frank Gotch, Farmer Burns, etc.

Looking for cabinets, postcards, etc. from the 1800s through early 1900s.

jeff

[Bcwcardz]

Originally Posted by mikecala98

Cool posters. Some great names. I’ve seen a few a those guys live and they are great especially Andre the Giant. Wrestling isn’t what it used to be. We really miss having exciting current wrestlers.


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[Bcwcardz]

Originally Posted by mikecala98

Cool posters. Some great names. I’ve seen a few a those guys live and they are great especially Andre the Giant. Wrestling isn’t what it used to be. We really miss having exciting current wrestlers.


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[Exhibitman]

Big Bob Duncum snd Johnny Rodz sound like porn names.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Big Bob Duncum snd Johnny Rodz sound like porn names.

There's a very fine line between picking your porn name and your wrestling name.

[G1911]

I was supposed to be done for the year but I was a naughty boy and saw an advantageous opportunity to pick up a batch of Tolstoi's at a price that nets me 1 I need, will let me send a couple gratis to pals, and then sell the rest to make what I paid back and make my Hatranft free.

Hartranft is the score, as he puts me at 49 out of the 50 possible Tolstoi cards in hand. More importantly, he also puts me at 631/632 of the total possible cards for a true T218 master set; I was fortunate to manage to pick up the absolute toughest combinations which are actually in the Mecca run before the deep stretch of the Tolstoi run while I was building the checklist and figuring out what I was actually chasing. I only need a Jack Goodman Tolstoi back to finish this thing. Anyone want to trade a Jack Goodman for 2 Tolstoi's, in their favor? Send over your wantlists if you are collecting Tolstoi backs, most of the dupes will be for trade/sale/etc.

[chalupacollects]

Picked up Iron Mike auto on commemorative coin -1995IMG_5948.jpg


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[G1911]

Stretching the definition of a recent pick-up, but I bought these months ago and had COMC finally ship them not too long ago and finally got around to sorting everything into my collection. When I see old boxing for .50 to $1, I tend to just buy it even if I don't know much of anything about it, that's a fun price to just accumulate old stuff of champions.

[D. Bergin]

LOL, nice Ingemar's.

Thanks to about a 5 year span in Sweden and some of it's neighboring countries, and taking Muhammad Ali and modern rainbow variations out of the mix...Ingemar Johansson probably had more different cards produced of him than any other boxer in the hobby.

Floyd Patterson might be in 2nd place...just because of his affiliation with Johansson.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

LOL, nice Ingemar's.

Thanks to about a 5 year span in Sweden and some of it's neighboring countries, and taking Muhammad Ali and modern rainbow variations out of the mix...Ingemar Johansson probably had more different cards produced of him than any other boxer in the hobby.

Floyd Patterson might be in 2nd place...just because of his affiliation with Johansson.

After seeing just how many different Ingemar photos there are from just Dutch Gum alone, I am not surprised to learn this lol

[G1911]

And an 1889 N269 card from Lorillard's, with the Ballin & Liebler credit that I got this week. Personally, I think Mr. Pendergast's sweet mustache is more impressive than any won/loss record in the boxing ring.