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[Exhibitman]

Very nice! I have a few of the cards but didn't know of the full set checklist.

[wrestlingcardking]

What year were they?

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by wrestlingcardking

What year were they?

2016. They became rare as soon as they came out.

[Exhibitman]

If anyone wants a type card, I have several I'd make available:

Nigel Benn
Tyson Fury
Mickey Ward
Chris Eubank
Naseem Hamed
Ricky Hatton
Amir Khan

I'd also trade any one on my list for Groves or Kessler.

[Exhibitman]

This just in:

[herbc]

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

Tommy Burns, 1908 Ogden's

[Exhibitman]

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:



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.

[Exhibitman]

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:



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:



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:



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

[LuckyLarry]

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

[Exhibitman]

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...

[Exhibitman]

1960s Cinzano promotional card, signed by Nino Benvenuti:



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