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I love pre-WWI cards and history. Here's some of my suggestions, most of which I already talked about..
Another gorgeous T218 ![]() T220 Peter Jackson ![]() 1902 Ogden's Jefferies and Fitzsimmons. ![]() It's hard to go wrong with T225. Beautiful set ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I only own 1 20th Century Boxing Card, so I guess it's my favorite. It's the Romeo y Julieta John L. Sullivan vs. Jake Kilrain card. I love that it shows them as old men, rather than using an old photo from their fighting days. I still need to find the Sullivan/Corbett from this set.
As far as pure aesthetics go, I'd have to choose the Ogdens Boer War Bob Fitzsimmons and the Susini Jack Johnson. I don't own either, and have only ever seen 1 example of the Fitz. |
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I was thinking of the Susini Johnson as an example of a much better looking Cuban card than the R y J.
The Ogdens is interesting; wouldn't mind having it as a type card. That company got around; there are some rare Aussie Ogdens cards too, like this Peter Jackson, which has only a few known examples: ETA: so yeah, I bought it even with the corner missing. One of the best parts of boxing cards is how far-flung they are. I have stuff from every continent except Antarctica, and if penguins could box there'd probably be cards of those too. That's one reason why it is so hard to assess rarity. How do you even begin when there are so many cards of 5 or fewer specimens from all over the world?
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That Jackson card is so amazing. I constantly hope that one day I'll stumble across one. Probably not very likely. Definitely deserves to be in the top 5. I love that the card says "Champion pugilist of the world." Damn straight.
Agreed on your points about how far flung these cards are. Just another fun aspect of collecting pugilist cards that some of our card collecting brethren miss out on. Last edited by david_l; 10-06-2016 at 02:08 PM. |
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I was reading up on Bob Fitzsimmons recently. Really cool guy who was a sparring partner of Jackson's for a bit. He was quoted as saying something like future generations will look poorly upon fighters who draw a color line. Very astute thinking for the time.
I also loved that Fitzsimmons publicly refused to fight Peter Jackson. Not because he was black (like Sullivan claimed) but because he was a bad dude (and I mean that in the best of ways). So much really cool history in the sport. Last edited by david_l; 10-06-2016 at 02:30 PM. |
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Andy, that's my Fitz Ogdens. Found it in the strangest of places (old antique bookshop within a folder of cards). Hadn't ever seen one in my time of collecting. Also found two of the Ogden's Jacksons in odd places in Australia (within 2 weeks of each other !). The only two I have ever seen however is the one Adam has posted, and the one I have sitting at home.
In terms of nice looking cards, it's hard to go past the T218's, T9's and T220's. ![]() ![]() As for my favorites, for pure image aesthetics, I cannot go past the Felix Potin Jack Johnson - still one of my favorite cards in my collection. ![]() The La Morena's have some funky images. ![]() The Aussie stadium cards around the WW1 period had some awesome graphics ![]() ![]() And I always liked the colors on the Danish Rich's cards: ![]() |
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Wowza that Aussie card is sharp. Also super jealous about your Jackson finds.
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As long as we're talking crazy-ass rarities I have to give a shout out to Adam Hats: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Them's some good looking hats!
Out of curiosity, was there any 19th Century Peter Jackson cards produced? I have your book but don't remember it being mentioned. Awesome stuff everyone. This thread has turned into a nice show and tell. |
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19th Century Jackson Cards:
N310 Mayo would be the easiest to find and afford. There is an N338 SF Hess. And the N566 Newsboy cabinets. And N266 Jackson-Slavin.
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lol. Sorry. I have the 2008 version of your book and I noticed that you mention Jackson a LOT. I just managed to retain none of the info. ![]() |
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