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[G1911]

T218 number 629 out of 632, Abe Goodman with a Tolstoi back. Only 3 cards to go

[G1911]

Got a batch with 16 different silver's in it, out of 25 different.

[Exhibitman]

Nice. That Gans is one of my favorite T cards.

[G1911]

And the extras from the lot. Nothing as cool as Gans showing off his best martial arts moves, but I like Coburn's card for the mystery of the background man and why they bothered to remove him.

[Exhibitman]

Gotta throw in the original Gans photo



"My kung fu is mightier than yours."

[G1911]

4 more premium Mayo's, getting close to a 70 card full set of the 2 main types.

Corbett is one of the better cards in the set, and cool because he dates the set to c. 1894-1895. No other card has a copyright line. SGC is able to read that copyright line and use it to date the card, but they are unable to extrapolate the seemingly obvious that all of the other cards don't predate Corbett by 4 years. Dixon was the featherweight champion of the world when this set was issued, and the only card in the series showing gloves (32 of the cards feature a fighter with his fists up facing the same direction, 3 have an arms crossed pose). Kilrain is famous for his fight with Sullivan and carries a modest premium. It is a shame there are so few boxing sets from the 19th century that are realistically completable for most collectors; Mayo's are pretty much the only one with more than a handful of cards in the set that are a realistic goal.

The Dixon seems to clearly be in worse shape than the 1.5 Corbett Name at Bottom, but this is why I'm not a professional grader.

[Exhibitman]

This one hurt to sell, but it wasn't in my future collection plans, so off it went to REA for the current auction.