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[G1911]

Last of the Mayo's for awhile, I expect. After cracking these out and closely examining, I still cannot find a mark on Hall that PSA notated. Not that it matters much in this grade, but I was curious. Usually with the right angle you can make a subtle mark appear clearly present, but I came up empty. The damage between his legs is paper loss, not a mark.

McAuliffe was a great lightweight world champion. Hall was an excellent fighter who was a rival of Fitzsimmons and tried and failed to take Dempsey's MW crown after their bout was cancelled because Hall got into a fight and was stabbed. Daly was a decent fighter who was a sparring partner for Corbett and Jeffries later in his career, and also wrestled.

[G1911]

One more T225 down for the master, 151/250 scratched off.

[G1911]

Formerly an SGC 1.5. Thankfully PSA certified that the SGC slab was authentic and let me have my card to then destroy said certified slab. James J. was getting damaged by the slab, with the top wall of the black insert intruding over the top of the card and the top edge stuck under it. He's rescued from the casket and added to my set. 41/50 crossed off, 9 to go of which 4 are basically impossible to find.

[G1911]

94/109 into the largely boxing-collected C52's now. Plus a Silver, just because.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Very happy to have secured a Red Sun recently. How tough are these? I've heard they are very hard to find.


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[G1911]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Very happy to have secured a Red Sun recently. How tough are these? I've heard they are very hard to find.


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Nice pick. Red Suns are tough, but not truly rare. They’re available with patience. If I had to guess there’s probably a bit less than 50 of each of the white guys around. The same ones seem to keep rotating, entering the market over and over every couple of years. The grading rate for this issue appears, from my subjective experience, to be abnormally high for a boxing issue.

[G1911]

Surprised to win this; Greg Morris had it listed at Vg-VGEX even though it has at least 16 different creases and when he overgrades people usually pay up. Thankfully they didn't and so I got it at a fair price. It is hard to beat the N43's for aesthetic value. Frank Murphy's only other cards are his rare N332 SF Hess and the small size version of this set, N29. Ike Weir claimed the Featherweight title after fighting Murphy to a draw over 80 rounds that both men severely wounded.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by G1911

Nice pick. Red Suns are tough, but not truly rare. They’re available with patience. If I had to guess there’s probably a bit less than 50 of each of the white guys around. The same ones seem to keep rotating, entering the market over and over every couple of years. The grading rate for this issue appears, from my subjective experience, to be abnormally high for a boxing issue.

Thanks Greg. Good to get the viewpoint of an experienced boxing collector as I have little to no experience with Red Suns to date. Was just thrilled to get this one though. I really want the Attell of course. Someday, right?



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