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Lot 21
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← Sporting Memorabilia 15th May 2012

A good collection of boxing postcards, books and ephemera mostly relating to Australia, a good quantity of postcards, and some photographs, formerly f

Hammer Price:
£450
Estimated Price:

£200 - £400

A good collection of boxing postcards, books and ephemera mostly relating to Australia, a good quantity of postcards, and some photographs, formerly from the collection of Bill O'Loughlin who was the editor of Australian Ring Magazine, with a number bearing signatures and quite often dedicated ''To Bill'', many of Australian interest but also good American representation, sold together with a file of correspondence from Nat Fleischer at The Ring magazine, also a letter from John A. Oebbecke Director at St Joe's Athletic Academy, Philadelphia, and another from William Lawless who wrote under the nom de plume ''Solar Plexus'', plus others; also copies of Australian Ring Magazine; and a large press cutting album relating to boxing and sport in Australia in the 1930s; and books of Australian interest The Darcy Story, The Life Story of Bobby Blay, Griffo His Life Story and Record, Scientific Boxing In Your Home, Full and Graphic Story of The Great Fight, Burns v Johnson (a qty.)