NonSports Forum

Net54baseball.com
Welcome to Net54baseball.com. These forums are devoted to both Pre- and Post- war baseball cards and vintage memorabilia, as well as other sports. There is a separate section for Buying, Selling and Trading - the B/S/T area!! If you write anything concerning a person or company your full name needs to be in your post or obtainable from it. . Contact the moderator at leon@net54baseball.com should you have any questions or concerns. When you click on links to eBay on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network. Enjoy!
Net54baseball.com
Net54baseball.com
T206s on eBay
Babe Ruth Cards on eBay
t206 Ty Cobb on eBay
Ty Cobb Cards on eBay
Lou Gehrig Cards on eBay
Baseball T201-T217 on eBay
Baseball E90-E107 on eBay
T205 Cards on eBay
Baseball Postcards on eBay
Goudey Cards on eBay
Baseball Memorabilia on eBay
Baseball Exhibit Cards on eBay
Baseball Strip Cards on eBay
Baseball Baking Cards on eBay
Sporting News Cards on eBay
Play Ball Cards on eBay
Joe DiMaggio Cards on eBay
Mickey Mantle Cards on eBay
Bowman 1951-1955 on eBay
Football Cards on eBay

Go Back   Net54baseball.com Forums > Net54baseball Postwar Sportscard Forums > Boxing / Wrestling Cards & Memorabilia Forum

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 01-22-2022, 08:26 AM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Favorite boxing related memorabilia

I’m hoping to stir up some conversations on this site, due to it’s been pretty quiet ,as of late. The fact that it’s freezing cold here in Indiana gives me a lot of time to spend indoors. Much of that time is spent reading boxing related books, watching boxing related movies, and searching for memorabilia online. This morning my wife asked me what my favorite boxing related item was. I don’t recall anyone asking me this in the past, so it made me stop and think a bit. My answer was I don’t think I could pick just one item. So I’ve decided to break up my collection into 6 different categories. Now, I just need to pick an item from each category.


I guess my hope is that others will chime in and want to discuss some of their favorite items. I plan on posting some pics once I’ve made some choices.


Post Cards
Trading Cards
Photographs
Books
Vinyl records
Movies
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 01-22-2022, 12:34 PM
Exhibitman's Avatar
Exhibitman Exhibitman is offline
Ad@m W@r$h@w
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Posts: 13,042
Default

Nice idea; I'll play:

1937 Louis-Braddock newspaper door hanger for newstands:



1963 Cassius Clay reply letter and publicity photo:



Jack Dempsey-Lou Gehrig McGovern's Gym premium:



Louis-Schmeling betting slip:



7.5" x 9.5" [10" x 12" mount] mounted photo of Jim Jeffries on his farm in Burbank with his pup, with a handwritten copyright of 1906 By Jas. J. Jeffries and Jas. M. Johnson [perhaps the photographer], captioned "The Good Friends" in pencil on the mount. From his estate by way of the Helms Sports Museum.



A spectacular Max Baer 8 x 10, inscribed and signed on 8/25/1934, during his one-year reign as heavyweight champion.



A pair of 1920s Cuban matchbox panels of Kid Chocolate



Pac-Man signing a glove for me:



Riddick Bowe signing a ticket for me:




1935 Brown & Bigelow Louis Premium:



Signed contract for 1951 Topps Ringside, from the Topps Archive, Ray Miller, Ruby Goldstein, Barney Ross:





Uncut sheet of 1940s Coney Island Arcade cards (world's weirdest selection--George Courtney???):

__________________
Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true.

https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/

Or not...

Last edited by Exhibitman; 01-22-2022 at 01:02 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 01-22-2022, 04:19 PM
Bored5000's Avatar
Bored5000 Bored5000 is offline
Eddie S.
Eddie Smi.th
 
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Fleetwood, Pa.
Posts: 1,265
Default

Wow, so much neat stuff in that post, Adam. That Louis-Schmeling betting slip is especially cool. I had never seen that before.
__________________
Flawless BST transactions with Wondo, Marslife, arcadekrazy, Moonlight Graham, Arazi4442, wrestlingcardking and Justus.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 01-22-2022, 04:35 PM
Writehooks Writehooks is offline
Murr the Blurr
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Republic of Alberta, Canada
Posts: 327
Default

Hey Chad:
Don't know if "freezing" in Indiana is quite the same as the mid-minus-40s (Celsius) we're currently dealing with in Northern Alberta, but it is indeed a good time to revisit some favorite pieces of memorabilia. Here' s some of mine (sorry, can't figure out why the photos are sideways) ...

1) Cassius Clay "I Am The Greatest" 45 record, 1963
2) Dundee brothers Christmas card, 1967
3) 1920s Romeo & Julieta card of world white heavyweight champion Luther McCarty
4) 1925 Ogden Cigarettes card of Arthur Pelkey, who killed McCarty in the first minute of their white heavyweight title fight in Calgary on May 24, 1913
5) Cabinet photo of McCarty, 1912
6) Imperial cabinet photo of McCarty vs. Al Kaufman 1912
7) Ultra rare pennant from Ali vs. George Chuvalo, March 29, 1966 in Toronto
8) On-site MSG poster for Chuvalo vs. Jerry Quarry, Dec. 12, 1969
9) On-site MSG poster for Chuvalo vs. George Foreman, Aug. 4, 1970
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 20220122_152141.jpg (74.3 KB, 136 views)
File Type: jpg 20220122_152041.jpg (72.6 KB, 135 views)
File Type: jpg 20220122_151358.jpg (74.4 KB, 137 views)
File Type: jpg 20220122_151407.jpg (74.3 KB, 137 views)
File Type: jpg 20211124_220421.jpg (66.6 KB, 136 views)
File Type: jpg 20211124_220018.jpg (62.4 KB, 139 views)
File Type: jpg MLGpennant.jpg (71.3 KB, 136 views)
File Type: jpg Quarry.jpg (69.0 KB, 135 views)
File Type: jpg Foreman.jpg (71.1 KB, 138 views)
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 01-22-2022, 04:50 PM
Exhibitman's Avatar
Exhibitman Exhibitman is offline
Ad@m W@r$h@w
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Posts: 13,042
Default

Magazine covers with my cousin on them:


__________________
Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true.

https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/

Or not...

Last edited by Exhibitman; 01-22-2022 at 04:51 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 01-22-2022, 05:29 PM
Writehooks Writehooks is offline
Murr the Blurr
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Republic of Alberta, Canada
Posts: 327
Default

Stern Electronics produced 2,971 Ali pinball games in 1980. Mine is one of the handful in Western Canada still in excellent working condition ...
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 175_1.jpg (12.4 KB, 135 views)
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 01-22-2022, 05:57 PM
Exhibitman's Avatar
Exhibitman Exhibitman is offline
Ad@m W@r$h@w
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Posts: 13,042
Default

Ali is the king of the boxing collectible, that's for sure. I cannot believe the demand for his stuff. Even with a seemingly endless supply of autographs, for example, they just keep selling. I admire Joe Louis more but Ali has that magic, that's for sure.


__________________
Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true.

https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/

Or not...

Last edited by Exhibitman; 01-22-2022 at 05:59 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 01-22-2022, 06:39 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Jeffries, Wolgast, Coulon, Attell

This is one of my favorite boxing related photos. The back states it was taken at the Cypress St. Jeffries family home in L.A.. Many years ago, I recall a paper weight that sold in a Leland's auction with the same image.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Jeffries 7 3.jpg (26.6 KB, 133 views)

Last edited by wicker56; 01-22-2022 at 07:57 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 01-22-2022, 06:56 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default The Ghetto Wizard

This is an 8x10 of Benny Leonard from 1918
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Benny 1 (2).jpg (46.2 KB, 136 views)

Last edited by wicker56; 01-22-2022 at 09:40 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 01-22-2022, 07:00 PM
G1911 G1911 is online now
Gr.eg McCl.@y
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 6,302
Default

I only collect the trading cards, have to draw the line somewhere or I'll never have a clean home again. I have more books than I do cards it seems sometimes, but not as a collectible, just reader copies for my library. I'd love too see what others have.

My present favorite single item is probably still this piece, but this thread will be a good excuse to dig through my boxes in the back of the safe and pull some more obscure favorites. I guess my favorite is often what's come in most recently and I haven't looked at 300 times yet.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg IMG_0675 copy.jpg (77.7 KB, 134 views)
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 01-22-2022, 07:15 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default McCarty

Writehooks


That McCarty Romeo & Julieta card is really nice. You definitely don’t see many Of those. I actually wasn’t aware that he was in the Romeo & Julieta set. I have a couple of McCarty post cards in a box somewhere. McCarty is buried just a couple of hours away from where I live.

I also really like the Ali record. I’m not an Ali fan, but I’d still buy a copy of that record, if I ever get a chance.
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 01-22-2022, 07:23 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Donovan Panel

Gregg,


I wondered if you would post a pic of the Donovan panel. It really is a great piece. Do you plan on framing it?
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 01-22-2022, 07:45 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Johnson Susini

I have had these Susini's for years and not thought much about them. For some reason they caught my eye yesterday, when I was going through some scans.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Jack 1 (2).jpg (68.6 KB, 136 views)

Last edited by wicker56; 01-22-2022 at 08:48 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 01-22-2022, 08:03 PM
G1911 G1911 is online now
Gr.eg McCl.@y
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 6,302
Default

I have not got it framed yet; I wanted to piece together and frame the whole sheet but that's not going to happen. Still, I want to wait for the others to come to market and to try and connect with whoever it was that bought the Beecher and Moore sheets, so that they can perhaps, even if momentarily, be reunited all together so that someone may piece each panel into it's slot by comparing the edges, so we can know the total sheet layout.

I also need to compare the 8 images on the panel to the 4 known Donovan final-production cards. On all the panels, there are differences between of the 8 image slots (some major, like the 'stain' looking dark mark in the upper right of 1 of the Driscoll slots, and some very minor and hard to spot), it may prove useful to connect each Donovan to it's slot to perhaps get some idea what may have happened that led to the extreme SP'ing.

Eventually I'll give up on repiecing the sheet and frame it to protect it, It's in a big top loader right now inside a soft sleeve designed to hold an 8x10 piece of paper, but that's not ideal for the long term.

Very nice Susini's, I love that image of Johnson. Greatly regret not getting one when they were more affordable
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 01-22-2022, 08:30 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Johnson Postcard

Johnson Polin Brothers postcard
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Jack Postcard (2).jpg (74.2 KB, 134 views)
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 01-22-2022, 08:41 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Johnson salesman sample.

Out of all of the Johnson postcards out there, this has to be the most popular image. I think it really shows how many people actually despised Johnson.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Jack Salesman (3).jpg (40.1 KB, 130 views)
File Type: jpg Jack Salesman 2 (3).jpg (31.8 KB, 132 views)
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 01-22-2022, 09:14 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Johnson, Greb panel

This is a blank back panel. Johnson and Greb are two of my favorite boxers to read about. I'll share some of the books that I have of each, some time tomorrow. I know most don't like the 48 Leaf set , but it happens to be one of my favorites. I have to admit that the 48 Leaf of Johnson is probably one of his worst cards though.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Johnson Panel (2).jpg (72.8 KB, 132 views)

Last edited by wicker56; 01-24-2022 at 07:36 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 01-22-2022, 09:52 PM
Writehooks Writehooks is offline
Murr the Blurr
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Republic of Alberta, Canada
Posts: 327
Default

More from my McCarty file...
Attached Images
File Type: jpg McCarty window card.jpg (19.7 KB, 135 views)
File Type: jpg McCarty postcard.jpg (8.2 KB, 131 views)
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 01-23-2022, 04:23 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Louis- Schmeling

Adam,

that Louis Schmeling ticket is really cool. How long ago did you acquire it? How big are those Kid Chocolate Cuban cards?

Last edited by wicker56; 01-24-2022 at 06:50 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 01-23-2022, 04:50 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Louis postcard

I'm interested to hear what others think of the lines on this postcard. My guess is that the card was once mounted in a frame or something. You really don't see too many Louis postcards for sale, even on Ebay.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Joe Louis.jpg (33.5 KB, 125 views)
Reply With Quote
  #21  
Old 01-23-2022, 04:58 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Greb postcard

When I purchased this postcard I was pretty sure it had been trimmed. The Apeda signature is partially missing from the bottom right corner. I was pleasantly surprised when I compared it to several other AZO postcards, it was the exact same size.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Greb 1.jpg (29.8 KB, 124 views)
File Type: jpg Greb 2.jpg (74.4 KB, 127 views)

Last edited by wicker56; 01-23-2022 at 05:00 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 01-23-2022, 07:00 PM
G1911 G1911 is online now
Gr.eg McCl.@y
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 6,302
Default

That Louis post card is a great image, love it.
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 01-24-2022, 07:37 AM
Exhibitman's Avatar
Exhibitman Exhibitman is offline
Ad@m W@r$h@w
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Posts: 13,042
Default

Louis might've been in one of those single PC holders from the era. I've seen a few. Here's one from the same series:



That image is the base for an Orcajo PC of Louis.

__________________
Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true.

https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/

Or not...
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 01-24-2022, 08:24 AM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Louis postcards

I love those Louis postcards, Adam. The Harrison postcards seem to be really rare. I’ve only seen a few over the years. I especially like the one with his wife. Louis looks really young in that photo. Thanks for sharing!

Last edited by wicker56; 01-24-2022 at 08:43 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #25  
Old 01-24-2022, 10:46 AM
Exhibitman's Avatar
Exhibitman Exhibitman is offline
Ad@m W@r$h@w
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Posts: 13,042
Default

Thanks, Chad. They are very, very tough. There's at least one other Joe and Marva card. The images look to be from the same photo shoot that produced some premiums. I'd say 1935-1937.

Louis PCs just don't get to market. I was looking at mine the other day and trying to remember the last time I'd seen some of them offered for auction and realized that it's been years.
__________________
Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true.

https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/

Or not...

Last edited by Exhibitman; 01-24-2022 at 10:56 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #26  
Old 02-17-2022, 12:41 PM
G1911 G1911 is online now
Gr.eg McCl.@y
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 6,302
Default

Too much potential to let this thread die already.

Here's a cool one I have on my desk. For some reason, the majority of unique-oddities in T220 are of Joe Coburn, over 50% of what I've seen are his card. There's a couple really cool yellow proof/incompleted cards that I don't have. I like the mystery of it, the odd removal of the generic man-to-left that seems to be completely pointless.

Top Row, the Silvers:
Here's an incomplete T220 with a blank back and no name on bottom. SGC slabbed this as a proof, which I do not believe is accurate. I think it more likely this is just from a scrapped sheet.

Second card is a normal silver, except... there's almost no silver. There are just a few flakes here and there of the silver coating, and his name is printed twice in a very bold way. I cannot be sure if this card was screwed up in printing or some kind of damage occurred over the years. I've owned some really beat up, exposed and nasty T220-1's and never found one with this kind of damage, nor have I for a similar ATC card. I'm 50/50 agnostic on if this card left the factory this way at the moment. I am pretty confident these two cards are a clue to the printing of the name. I have some cards where the name is clearly printed below the silver, others where the black ink name is clearly printed on top of the silver. The evidence does not all point the same direction, to the name being printed with the original black pass, being printed after the silver application, or being printed twice. SGC slabbed this one a 10, which seemed wrong. It should be an A, either because it's been altered or because it's an incomplete card.

The third card is a correct, final silver card.

Row 2, The White Errors:
Again, not sure if some kind of pre-production piece or from a scrapped sheet. The card is handcut, and has an upside down back of Joe Gans. This is probably significant as a clue to sheet layout. Gans was the 3rd of 5 cards on the right side of the sheet in the Silver run. Coburn cannot be placed because his Silver sheet does not exist or has not yet appeared. This may suggest that, for him to be printed upside down here, Coburn was on the left edge of the sheet. It is also possible the type 2's have no relation to the layout of the type 1's, though that would seem to create unnecessary work for Brett Lithography to achieve nothing by rearranging everything. It seems likeliest there were 2 sheets for T220-2. This card is certainly from the early print run, if not from a test/proof run. The man to Coburn's left has been removed but appears as a blue haze, which indicates it is from early production before the image was edited again.

The next card is a fully printed and produced blue haze man-to-left. These cards are pretty darn tough, though recurring. They so far have only been discovered with 649 backs. I suspect the first printings were Mecca 649, though not all Mecca 649's were produced before all Mecca 30's. Tolstoi appears to have been issued significantly later.

Row 3, the boring ones:
A Mecca 30, Mecca 649 and Tolstoi back cards with the normal removal of the man at left, where he can faintly be seen in black, not a blue haze.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg IMG_0738.jpg (78.4 KB, 88 views)
File Type: jpg IMG_0739.jpg (78.0 KB, 87 views)
Reply With Quote
  #27  
Old 02-17-2022, 01:42 PM
Exhibitman's Avatar
Exhibitman Exhibitman is offline
Ad@m W@r$h@w
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Posts: 13,042
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by wicker56 View Post
Adam,

that Louis Schmeling ticket is really cool. How long ago did you acquire it? How big are those Kid Chocolate Cuban cards?
Sorry, missed this.

I traded for that one at least ten years ago at a National. I don't recall which one.

The Kid 'cards' are matchbox panels. They are about the size of a Goudey card.

And more:



H815 Adam Hats Jake LaMotta premium. Only known example.



1937 Veteran Boxers Association of Illinois presentation photo inscribed to HOF sportswriter Grantland Rice. L to R: Jimmie Barry, Harry Forbes, Johnny Coulon, Battling Nelson, Buddy Ryan, George Gardner
__________________
Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true.

https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/

Or not...
Reply With Quote
  #28  
Old 02-19-2022, 07:46 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default T220

Greg,

I admire your dedication. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a card with 8 different variations, before. I enjoy the rare backs of the Tolstoi’s, but I’m also very fond of the blank back cards, for some reason.

Thanks for sharing. Now I need to go choose a couple of scans to keep the thread going.






Quote:
Originally Posted by G1911 View Post
Too much potential to let this thread die already.

Here's a cool one I have on my desk. For some reason, the majority of unique-oddities in T220 are of Joe Coburn, over 50% of what I've seen are his card. There's a couple really cool yellow proof/incompleted cards that I don't have. I like the mystery of it, the odd removal of the generic man-to-left that seems to be completely pointless.

Top Row, the Silvers:
Here's an incomplete T220 with a blank back and no name on bottom. SGC slabbed this as a proof, which I do not believe is accurate. I think it more likely this is just from a scrapped sheet.

Second card is a normal silver, except... there's almost no silver. There are just a few flakes here and there of the silver coating, and his name is printed twice in a very bold way. I cannot be sure if this card was screwed up in printing or some kind of damage occurred over the years. I've owned some really beat up, exposed and nasty T220-1's and never found one with this kind of damage, nor have I for a similar ATC card. I'm 50/50 agnostic on if this card left the factory this way at the moment. I am pretty confident these two cards are a clue to the printing of the name. I have some cards where the name is clearly printed below the silver, others where the black ink name is clearly printed on top of the silver. The evidence does not all point the same direction, to the name being printed with the original black pass, being printed after the silver application, or being printed twice. SGC slabbed this one a 10, which seemed wrong. It should be an A, either because it's been altered or because it's an incomplete card.

The third card is a correct, final silver card.

Row 2, The White Errors:
Again, not sure if some kind of pre-production piece or from a scrapped sheet. The card is handcut, and has an upside down back of Joe Gans. This is probably significant as a clue to sheet layout. Gans was the 3rd of 5 cards on the right side of the sheet in the Silver run. Coburn cannot be placed because his Silver sheet does not exist or has not yet appeared. This may suggest that, for him to be printed upside down here, Coburn was on the left edge of the sheet. It is also possible the type 2's have no relation to the layout of the type 1's, though that would seem to create unnecessary work for Brett Lithography to achieve nothing by rearranging everything. It seems likeliest there were 2 sheets for T220-2. This card is certainly from the early print run, if not from a test/proof run. The man to Coburn's left has been removed but appears as a blue haze, which indicates it is from early production before the image was edited again.

The next card is a fully printed and produced blue haze man-to-left. These cards are pretty darn tough, though recurring. They so far have only been discovered with 649 backs. I suspect the first printings were Mecca 649, though not all Mecca 649's were produced before all Mecca 30's. Tolstoi appears to have been issued significantly later.

Row 3, the boring ones:
A Mecca 30, Mecca 649 and Tolstoi back cards with the normal removal of the man at left, where he can faintly be seen in black, not a blue haze.
Reply With Quote
  #29  
Old 02-19-2022, 08:00 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Veteran boxers of Chicago

Adam,


The other night when you posted the veteran boxers of Chicago photo, I couldn’t recall where I had seen it before. So, today I searched online until I found it. The South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame website was the place. The photo is also a great reminder of just how small Johnny Coulon, really was.







Quote:
Originally Posted by Exhibitman View Post
Sorry, missed this.

I traded for that one at least ten years ago at a National. I don't recall which one.

The Kid 'cards' are matchbox panels. They are about the size of a Goudey card.

And more:



H815 Adam Hats Jake LaMotta premium. Only known example.



1937 Veteran Boxers Association of Illinois presentation photo inscribed to HOF sportswriter Grantland Rice. L to R: Jimmie Barry, Harry Forbes, Johnny Coulon, Battling Nelson, Buddy Ryan, George Gardner
Reply With Quote
  #30  
Old 02-19-2022, 09:23 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Rob Roy Souvenir

When looking at the the postcard lot in the Leland's auction last weekend, I noticed a couple of Jeffries Rob Roy cards. You don't see them come up for sale all that often.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Johnson PC (2).jpg (77.0 KB, 58 views)
File Type: jpg Johnson PC 1 (2).jpg (53.0 KB, 59 views)
Reply With Quote
  #31  
Old 02-19-2022, 09:34 PM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Johnson - Burns

This Johnson - Burns card is one of my all time favorite cards. I have no idea why the scan is so grainy. It's hard to believe that PSA has slabbed a couple of 7's. In the ring this fight wasn't much, but it's influence on the sport was felt for many many years.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Johnson Burns (2).jpg (70.6 KB, 62 views)
File Type: jpg Johnson Burns 1 (2).jpg (67.5 KB, 60 views)
Reply With Quote
  #32  
Old 02-19-2022, 10:56 PM
G1911 G1911 is online now
Gr.eg McCl.@y
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 6,302
Default

The Johnson/Burns is my favorite Johnson picture on a card. His Turkey Red is his best aesthetic card to me largely due to the size allowing better quality, but I love this one. It seems to come up more than his other 2 cards in the E79 set and remains pretty affordable. The red back version of it is near the top of my want list
Reply With Quote
  #33  
Old 02-20-2022, 10:26 AM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default 2006 turkey red

Greg,

It took me years of collecting to actually purchase a Turkey red card for my collection. The cards were just too large for my liking , I guess. The strange thing is that I always admired the 2006 Turkey Red series. The 06 series in my mind is simply incredible, and the cost is a fraction of what the originals are.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg TURKEY RED (2).jpg (138.0 KB, 57 views)
File Type: jpg TURKEY RED BACK (2).jpg (126.0 KB, 55 views)
Reply With Quote
  #34  
Old 02-20-2022, 10:37 AM
Jerry G's Avatar
Jerry G Jerry G is offline
Jerry.Gal.le.ano
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 677
Default

Original 1965 Jack Dempsey versus Luis Firpo Aurora plastic model. Not perfect, but better than the one I built at 12 years old. The first one was blown up with firecrackers along with my airplane and monster models of the era.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Dempsey 1 (2).jpg (191.2 KB, 57 views)
Reply With Quote
  #35  
Old 02-20-2022, 11:16 AM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default Dempsey vs Firpo

Very nice, Jerry. I recall seeing one of these on Ebay, not long ago. The picture of one actually completed is much more impressive, then just looking at the box.
Reply With Quote
  #36  
Old 02-20-2022, 11:21 AM
wicker56's Avatar
wicker56 wicker56 is offline
Chad
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 95
Default 2013 Panini Box Topper

Sticking with the topic of larger cards are more appealing. I also really like the 2013 Box Toppers. The cards are readily available and the image is great.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg JOHNSON BOX TOPPER (2).jpg (102.8 KB, 58 views)
File Type: jpg JOHNSON BOX TOPPER BACK (2).jpg (87.5 KB, 58 views)
Reply With Quote
  #37  
Old 02-21-2022, 12:40 PM
Jerry G's Avatar
Jerry G Jerry G is offline
Jerry.Gal.le.ano
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 677
Default

As my eyes get older, my appreciation for bigger cards expands.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg IMG_1900 (2).jpg (215.4 KB, 49 views)
File Type: jpg IMG_1902 (2).jpg (194.5 KB, 52 views)
File Type: jpg IMG_1903 (2).jpg (190.8 KB, 50 views)
File Type: jpg IMG_1904 (2).jpg (190.1 KB, 49 views)

Last edited by Jerry G; 02-21-2022 at 12:42 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #38  
Old 02-21-2022, 01:25 PM
G1911 G1911 is online now
Gr.eg McCl.@y
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 6,302
Default

I collected all three of the baseball Topps Turkey Red sets when they came out, and the 2006 football series. I have a beautiful George Washington box topper from the 06 footballs picturing him at prayer that I love. The modern size base cards also had a few presidents that I enjoyed trying to get in every color (Ford, Reagan, Grant, Kennedy). There was an insert series in one of the baseball sets showing all the presidents in the T9 design I liked too.

I hadn’t realized Johnson was in the series. I have my own checklist of modern boxing cards that have appeared in other sports sets but this one was not even on my list. I need to find one of these now, it will look gorgeous next to the original showing both the sets designs.

I’m a big fan of the Panini Golden Age sets too.
Reply With Quote
  #39  
Old 02-22-2022, 11:06 PM
Exhibitman's Avatar
Exhibitman Exhibitman is offline
Ad@m W@r$h@w
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Posts: 13,042
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by wicker56 View Post
When looking at the the postcard lot in the Leland's auction last weekend, I noticed a couple of Jeffries Rob Roy cards. You don't see them come up for sale all that often.
The Rob Roy and the 1907 D & K Publishing are the only PCs I collect by set. I chased that lot but only needed two cards from it so couldn't justify another bid. If anyone got the lot, I need two of the dupes.

Quote:
Originally Posted by wicker56 View Post
Adam,


The other night when you posted the veteran boxers of Chicago photo, I couldn’t recall where I had seen it before. So, today I searched online until I found it. The South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame website was the place. The photo is also a great reminder of just how small Johnny Coulon, really was.

SD. Boy you get around.

Here's a complete set of Max Baer Gillette contest premiums from Canada, ca. 1935. Printed on paper about as good as a magazine section in a newspaper.

__________________
Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true.

https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/

Or not...

Last edited by Exhibitman; 02-22-2022 at 11:13 PM.
Reply With Quote
Reply



Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Pre-rookie related memorabilia Forever Young Net54baseball Sports (Primarily) Vintage Memorabilia Forum incl. Game Used 59 04-17-2013 02:41 PM
What are some of your favorite baseball related books? Buythatcard Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 53 06-10-2010 02:01 PM
Looking for any Alameda, CA related memorabilia Dewey2007 Net54baseball Sports (Primarily) Vintage Memorabilia Forum incl. Game Used 6 02-01-2010 11:52 PM


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 08:40 AM.


ebay GSB