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Lot # 308: Type 1 1910 Johnson vs Jeffries RPPCs by Dana of SF (30+)

Starting Bid: $500.00

Bids: 12 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "2019 Fall Classic",
which ran from 11/3/2019 7:00 PM to
12/6/2019 10:00 PM



Exceptional grouping of (32) Type I RPPC's by Dana SF studios. These are the best Dana's we have seen from the most prominent early boxing photographer of the 19th and 20th century. He is known as the Charles Conlan of the boxing world. Group includes (5) Type I Percy Dana RPPC dated 1910 consisting of (4) J.J. Jeffries #J18, J19, J24, and J45, and (1) Jack Johnson JO#4; (20) type I unmarked various views of the July 4, 1910 fight between Johnson and Jeffries including stands, crowd, fight ring, and fight scenes; (6) Dana Studios July 4, 1910 panorama scenes of the arena and crowd including #6, 42, 48, 51, 85, and (1) no number; and (1) fantastic mounted type I cabinet photo of workers building the arena. A wonderful group of early Johnson & Jeffries scenes.

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