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[G1911]

And some more silver cardboard while I impatiently wait for my needs to crop up for sale or trade.

[Bill77]

Cool press photo of Gene Tunney I found on ebay.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Bill77

Cool press photo of Gene Tunney I found on ebay.

Damn, that Tuna is more then twice the size of Dempsey.

If Tunney actually caught it on that reel by himself (I'd have to guess he had a little bit of help), I'd imagine it had to be one of the toughest fights of his life....Dempsey and Greb included.

[G1911]

Fantastic, that's the coolest photo I've seen in a minute.

[D. Bergin]

Picked up a Thomas Hearns, Pipino Cuevas, Funk Brothers sticker sheet from Japan. Issued October 1981 by "Gong".

Earliest Hearns issue that I know of....if you want to call it a card. If not.......well..........then no.

Will go with my similar Salvador Sanchez issued a little earlier. Not quite the condition I wanted, but it's a crap shoot when you order these from overseas. There's also an Arguello I'll probably pick up when I see one I like that doesn't cost 30 bucks to ship over.

Not sure if there's any other boxers issued in sticker sheets like this during this time period. I know there's at least a couple other sheets that just have wrestlers on them.

Also came with a neat little retirement booklet for Boxing Hall of Famer, Yoko Gushiken.

[psychosem17]

John L. Sullivan cabinet and a trimmed cabinet of his manager Billy Madden.

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[psychosem17]

John L. Sullivan cabinet and a trimmed cabinet of his manager Billy Madden.

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[psychosem17]

John L. Sullivan cabinet and a trimmed cabinet of his manager Billy Madden.

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[G1911]

Hopefully some upgrades here for my nice set. Really not a fan of how the cards just bounce all over the place in the older PSA slabs; that cannot be good for preserving condition.

Still trying to positively identify who exactly Glover is with some certainty (thank you to Dave for identifying some possibilities). By random chance of what material survived T220 silver is one of the best documented and evidenced sets of the T/E card explosion in 1909-1912 but we still don't even know who one of the subjects really is. Love boxing-on-the-docks Burke's picture.