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Lot # 1760: Filing Cabinet Full Of Boxing Negatives (1,000)

Starting Bid: $750.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Summer/August 2006 Catalog",
which ran from 7/30/2006 12:00 AM to
8/28/2006 9:00 PM



Small file drawer that contains 1,000 copy negatives. More than 900 individual shots read like a virtual Who's Who in boxing: Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, Jack Johnson, John L. Sullivan, Henry Armstrong, Rocky Graziano, Benny Leonard, Sonny Liston, Abe Attell, James Braddock, Rex Layne, Jake LaMotta, Willie Pep, Don Cockell, Joe Walcott, Max Baer, James Jeffries, Carmen Basilio, Tommy Loughran, Joe Frazier, Tony Zale, Mickey Walker, Jack Sharkey, Billy Conn, Sandy Saddler, Jess Willard, Tommy Ryan, Sam Langford, Battling Nelson, Young Corbett, Honeyboy Finnegan, Gene Fullmer, Tommy Burns, Joey Maxim, Barney Ross, Roland LaStarza, Stanley Ketchel, Marvin Hart, Tony Galento, Marcel Cerdan, Georges Carpentier, Prmo Canera, Beau Jack, Emile Griffith and Paddy DeMarco are just some of the notables present. The balance is in-action group negatives mostly from fights. Excellent to Near Mint overall.

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