Fine Books & Ephemera (1357) January 14, 2010 EDT, Main Floor Gallery Lot 194
Estimate: $300 - $500 (plus Buyer's Premium) Lot. Boxing Programs & Ephemera relating to Jack Dempsey: Official Program. "World's Championship. Gene Tunney vs. Jack Dempsey. Sesqui-Centennial Stadium, September 23, 1926" - cover title. (Philadelphia), (1926). 4to, orig. orange & brown printed pictorial tan wrappers; minor creasing to corners. Photo illus., adverts. * "For The World's Heavy Weight Championship, Official Souvenir. Gene Tunney, Champion. Jack Dempsey, Challenger. Soldier's Field, Sept. 22, 1927. Chicago, Ill." (Chicago), (1927). 4to, orig. color pictorial wrappers; slightly dusty, moderate creasing at bottom fore-edge corner. Photo illus., adverts. Slightly toned, moderate internal creasing at bottom fore-edge corner, some chipping with minor paper loss at foot of several early leaves. Scattered minor internal dust soiling. * Unused tickets (6), Willard-Dempsey, Toledo, Ohio, July 4, 1919. * Ticket stub, Jack Dempsey vs. Billy Miske, Boston Harbor, Mich., Sept. 6, (1920). * Ticket stub, Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier, (Jersey City, N.J.), July 21, 1921. * Ticket stub, Jack Dempsey vs. Tom Gibbons, Shelby, Montana, July 4, 1923. * Ticket Stub, Jake Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney, (Philadelphia), Sept. 23,1926. * Ticket stub, Gene Tunney vs. Jack Dempsey, (Chicago), Sept. 1927. * Large format slot card, "Photos of famous prize fighters and wrestlers, Jack Dempsey, Salt Lake City, Utah." N.p., n.d. [ca. 1920]. 6 1/2 x 7 inches (165 x 178 mm). Crisp & generally clean. With photo of Jack Dempsey. * Press photo. Dempsey and Tex Rickard sign articles for fight, Ft. Worth, Tex., 4-24- 26, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (165 x 216 mm). * Press photo, Dempsey vs. Willard, Third round, 7 x 9 inches. * Press photo, Dempsey Gibbons fight, 12th round, 7, 7, 23, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. * Press photo, Dempsey knocks out Firpo, Polo Grounds, New York City, 9/14/23, 7 x 9 inches. * Press photo, Dempsey and Tunney meet in New York, 8, 10, 26,8 x 10 inches. * Press photo, Tunney taking the 14 count, Sept. 22, 1927, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. [All press photos in VG or better condition]. * Small format poster. "Jack Dempsey, Heavyweight Champion of The World, Will Appear at The Base Ball Game This Afternoon, Between The Saranac Lake College Players and The Grogan A.C. of Troy." [ca. 1925]. 11 x 8 1/2 inches (280 x 215 mm). Black ink on green stock. Minor edge wear. * Circus program. "Cole Bros. Circus. Official Route - Program Season, 1941." N.p., 1941. 12mo,orig. wrappers. Photo illus. Light wear. "Featuring Jack Dempsey, The Idol of Millions." * Boxing periodical. International Boxing Blade. Minneapolis, Aug. 21, 1926. 16 pp, orig. folio self-wrappers. * The Sept. 11, 1926 issue of the preceding, 16 pp. folio. Both issues, photo illus. on pink stock, both with features relating to the upcoming 1st Dempsey vs. Tunney fight.