As I understand it, Angelo Marino's art work was peddled by his dufus son Greg Marino. Nobody wanted these ugly messes. Wayne Bray was one of the only ones who ever wanted the Artwork of Angelo Marino. Greg would trade these to Wayne for Don Mattingly cards. What an idiot. It wasn't until Greg Marino started forging those pieces that anybody wanted them. Now, I would agree with Zipper...NOBODY wants these ugly tainted artwork from an untalented Artist like Marino.
As far as Ali, you have the most noteworthy expert collector on Boxing in Travis asking for a close up picture of the scan to give you his opinion for free. I would rather burn 7 dollar bills than to give it to PSA quick opinion, when you have a known expert in Boxing agreeing to give his opinion for nothing. My advice is to take advantage of it.
The back story is nice and all, but as a collector, you know you can't trust that AT ALL. Pictures of signings and "family stories" only go so far in this day and age.
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