no.259 may-june, 2011 1 JO SPORTS, INC. BOXING SALE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.josportsinc.com Thousands Of Boxing Items For Sale! SIGNED BOXING GLOVES: • Armstrong-Zivic • Muhammad Ali Signed Glove: Official Program: Bold black sharpie signature 1/17/41, EX, Clean. on Ali Center red leather $425.00 glove. • Basilio-Langlois Official $750.00 Program: • Muhammad Ali & Joe Frazier 9/18/53, EX, Clean, Signed Glove: Cover signed by BOXING FULL TICKETS: Bold black sharpie signatures Basilio. • Corbett-Fitzsimmons Full on red leather Everlast glove. $275.00 Ticket: $1,250.00 • Canzoneri-McLarnin 10/31/1895, EX., • Rubin “Hurricane” Carter Official Program: Postponed-Dallas. Signed Glove: 10/5/36, EX., Clean. $2,000.00 Bold black sharpie signature $350.00 • Gans-Erne Full Ticket: on red leather Everlast glove. • Canzoneri-Petrolle 5/12/1902, EX, Fort $75.00 Official Program: Erie, Canada. • Cus D’Amato Signed Glove: 11/4/32, EX, Clean. $1,750.00 Bold black sharpie signature $350.00 • Hart-Root Full on red leather Everlast glove. • Carnera-Neusel Official Ticket: $425.00 Program: 7/3/1905, EX, • Jerry Quarry Signed Glove: 11/1/35, EX, Clean, Reno. Bold thin sharpie signature on Scored. $7,500.00 red leather Everlast glove. $475.00 • Ryan-Root Full $200.00 • Clay-Cooper I Official Ticket: • Manny Pacquiao Signed Program: 11/23/1904, VG, Glove: 6/18/63, EX, Clean. Philadelphia. Bold black sharpie signature $275.00 $750.00 on Team Pacquiao red leather • Garcia-Pacho Official • Villa-Taylor I Full glove. Program: Ticket: $200.00 7/22/37, EX, Clean. 9/8/1923, EX, • Jersey Joe Walcott Signed $275.00 Chicago. Glove: • Archie Moore- $850.00 Bold ink signature on red Lavorante Official leather Everlast glove. Program: $250.00 3/30/62, EX, Clean. $425.00 Boxing Programs: • Patterson-Quarry • Ali vs. Superman Signed Official Program: Comic Book: 6/9/67, EX, Clean. Vintage 1978 comic book $350.00 signed 6 times in vintage hand • Petrolle-Ran Official by Ali. Program: $1,500.00 1/22/32, EX, Clean, • Ali-Frazier I Official Program: Scored. 3/8/71, Near Mint, Clean. $275.00 $650.00 • Robinson-Armstrong • Ali-Liston II Official Program: Official Program: TERMS: 3/25/65, VG, Clean. 8/27/43, EX, Clean. 1. Please add $8.00 for postage. Foreign orders billed separately. $400.00 $2500.00 2. NYS residents add 8.625% sales tax. • Ali-Mildenberger Official • Salvador Sanchez- 3. All autographs are guaranteed for life. Program: Lopez II Official 4. Check or money order payable to: JO Sports, Inc. 9/10/66, EX., Clean. Program: 5. Visa, Mastercard & American Express accepted. $500.00 6/21/80, VG, Scarce. 6. Paypal to our account: [email protected] (no L in account name) • Armstrong-Garcia I Official $400.00 7. Payment is due within 10 days of order. Program: JO SPORTS, INC. - Craig Hamilton 11/2/38, EX, Clean. P.O. Box 607 $425.00 Brookhaven, NY 11719 Phone/fax 631-286-0970 Email: [email protected] 2 HARDCARD In memorabilia, "firsts" count, especially cards. That's why rookie cards demand high prices and so the earliest card ever made must also matter. These two taken in NYC of John C. Heenan are dated 1861 and that may just be the oldest card made for any sport. We have run British CDV's that likely date to that year or before but these carry the date right on them in a caption at the bottom and their reverse carries the logo of the photographer so they aren't second generation photos. That has to at least make them the oldest American boxing cards. Thanks to subscriber, Andy Baran for the images and info. 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Great, but what if you already have a subscription and it is not near lapsing? No prob- lem. Just go on the site and email me and I will send you your password. You may also email me at [email protected]. Oh and while on the site, take the pop quiz! 4 Here are some frequently asked questions already about the new site: How about swapping links? If you are a regular dealer advertising in BCN, we will be happy to include a link on our dealer page. We will be adding some helpful links to the members-only site in days to come but we see long lists of links as simply not helpful to our subscribers or BCN. Can I run an ad on the website? In the future this will be added and existing long- time dealers will have first shot but BCN never wants a site crammed with ads that do not connect directly with the needs of collectors. In fact, if it doesn't mean any- thing to the hobby, it won't run. Is it true BCN is going all digital? We can’t rule this out but it is not in the cards for the foreseeable future. For those of you who still do not have a computer, just keep your mailbox - for now. This site has been live only three weeks at this writing and we are fielding phone calls daily from people with something to sell or wanting to buy. We have also added new subscribers and, frankly, some old ones who had lost track of BCN and we them. I am proud to finally bring a website to BCN that it and you deserve. Like I said, isn’t it about time? 5 IBHOF 2011 Easily the two biggest draws of the weekend and the two hardest signatures, Stallone and Tyson. Every one of the 22 Hall of Fame induction weekends in Canastota has been unique in some way Attention, shoppers and so alike all the others in many other ways. Some The rumor on Thursday was that Tyson and old timers attend for the uniqueness, some for the Stallone wouldn’t even be there until Sunday. comfort of the sameness. Me, I just go for the total By Thursday afternoon I had purchased a experience. couple of photos and some HOF T-shirts when the This year there were the same events as always, Craigmobile pulled up and started off-loading boxes the same show with different actors and the of collector gold. Jo sports doesn’t set up at the moments that you can see coming but still enjoy. Saturday collector show any more. He doesn’t have Then there were a few of those “Wow” moments to. that remind you that we all can still be surprised. Thursday, like Wednesday was Texas hot and just I arrive, as usual, on Wednesday even though going through the material in the parking lot was a the first event isn’t until Thursday afternoon when real challenge. Nevertheless, I spent lots of money. the weekend really starts. Several collectors drag in With Craig’s website, if you want to see something and a few sales and swaps happen. Trunks open in in person before you buy it, the weekend is perfect Graziano’s parking lot and before the first celebrity for that. If you saw that oversized photo of Nonpareil signs, there are autographs for sale and programs Jack Dempsey on his website, that’s what I had to and posters and more. see. Turns out the foxing wasn’t as bad as it looked But Wednesday was nothing special this year on the site so I went for it. except for the ominous sign that Graziano’s bar was Still, Mark Ogren’s framed pieces were the class a bit fuller than usual on Wednesday evening.