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← Sports Memorabilia 25th November to 11th December 2022

Collection of boxing memorabilia, including original press photographs, numerous postcard-size fighter portraits (originals and later reproductions)

Status:
Unsold
Estimated Price:

£280 - £320

Collection of boxing memorabilia, including original press photographs, numerous postcard-size fighter portraits (originals and later reproductions), some cigarette cards, collectors' cards, 20th century, various sizes and dates, generally good condition; also a group of five autographed boxing gloves, all red Everlast, with signatures in black marker pen, comprising Mike Tyson, Leon Spinks, Ken Norton, James 'Bonecrusher' Smith and Terry Downes, with COAs for the Smith, Spinks and Downes gloves, very good condition; together with a collection of 24 boxing books dating to the first half of the 20th century, comprising nine volumes of Black Dynamite by Nat Fleischer, Vol I (two), Vol II (one), Vol III (two) Vol IV (two) and Vol V (two), with other titles The Lonsdale Library - Boxing; Recollections of a Boxing Referee by Joe Palmer; Physical Energy by Billy Wells; Wignall's The Story of Boxing; Bennison's Giants on Parade; Eddie Eagan's Fighting For Fun; Memories by Harry Preston; The Sporting Queensburys by the Tenth Marquess of Queensbury; Boxing News Record 1938 edition; Battling Malone by Louis Hemon (French language); White Hope by Oswald Frederick; Ma Vie de Boxeur by Georges Carpentier (French language); Scientific Boxing by Tommy Burns; The Game by Jack London and All-Sports Record Book 1930 edition(with boxing content), fair to good condition (qty.)