Cards Of Your Favorite Boxer

[Exhibitman]

Love the Leaf misprint. Some QC department.

I've got hundreds of Joe Louis items but here are a few favorites:

The tougher small version of his RC:



1935 Detroit Free Press (M120) Joe Louis premium issued only on July 21, 1935, in a newspaper



1937 Louis v Braddock mailer was intended to be hung on doorknobs of newsstands to solicit sales of a newspaper special on the fight. Someone saved this circular all these years. Only known example:



A rare postcard soliciting sales people, it uses a Louis premium supplied by Brown & Bigelow as the bait. Only known example.



This is a colorized prototype that Ardath briefly experimented with in 1937. I bought it from noted UK collector Bill Priddy and had SGC slab it. Never issued: I guess the purple diaper look wasn't a hit. Only known example.



1938 Louis v. Schmeling head to head card. Only known example:



1940s or 1950s Joe Louis Punch decal. Only known example:



There are two known examples of this signed, die cut folding card. I have to remove that abomination of a GAI label one of these days:



Exhibit Champions Louis with Holloway Black Cow Sucker back stamp, used as a postcard:



1938 CHurchman's Louis, signed: