BCN 205 Woodland Park no.243 georgetown, TX 78633 march, 2009 FIRST CLASS MAIL HOF 2009 BCN on the web at www.boxingcollectors.com The number on your label is the last issue of your subscription PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW. HEAVYWEIGHTCOLLECTIBLES. COM FOR RARE, HARD-TO-FIND BOXING ITEMS SUCH AS, POSTERS, AUTOGRAPHS, VINTAGE PHOTOS, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, ETC. WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO Billy Soose PURCHASE UNIQUE ITEMS. and Gorilla Jones PLEASE CONTACT LOU MANFRA AT 718-979-9556 OR EMAIL US AT [email protected] 16 1 JO SPORTS, INC. Les Wolff, LLC 1. Muhammad Ali auto- BOXING SALE graphed Everlast glove Memorabilia #3 with a full JSA letter. $1250 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: 2. Henry Armstrong 8x10 www.josportsinc.com color magazine photo Over 8,000 Boxing Items For Sale! autographed personal- ized $150 BOXING AUTOGRAPHS: 3. Nino Benvenuti 8x10 1. Tommy Burns: One page hand written letter to Nat BxW photo autographed Fleischer dated 11/26/36. Bold ink signature, Yours $50 Truly Tommy Burns. Excellent condition. $750.00 4. Jim Corbett 5x7 BxW 2. James J. Corbett: Ink inscription & signature, photo with Kathleen Yours truly Jas J Corbett June 10/1907, on a period O’Connor autographed antique mounted photograph in formal attire. 5 ¼” by both from the movie x 7 ¼.” Excellent. $650.00 The Midnight Man $750 3. Leach Cross: Two page hand written letter to #7 5. Diego Chico Corrales Johnny Hauck dated April 2, 1947. Discusses the #2 8”x10” color photo McCoy-Choynski fight, Horton Law and Theodore autographed 2 different Roosevelt. Bold ink signature, Sincerely Dr. Leach X poses $150 NYU Dental 1907. Quite Rare. $750.00 6. Marvin Hagler 8x10 4. Jake Kilrain: Two page handwritten letter to John- color photo autographed nie Murphy dated January 4, 1886. Talks about $100 lack of money in fighting and suggest Murphy 7. Sultan Ibragimov 8x10 learn to mix drinks for work as a barkeeper. Boldly color photo autographed signed, Excuse Mistakes John Kilrain. Excellent. Heavyweight Champion $2,000.00 $100 5. Charlie Mitchell: Bold ink signature on paper, May 8. Vitali Klitchko 8”x10” 8th 1891 Philadelphia Charles W. Mitchell Champion autographed color photo Boxer. 3 ½” x 4.” Excellent. $750.00 $75 $75 6. Philadelphia Jack O’Brien: One page typed letter 9. Sergei Liakhovich 8x10 dated January 8, 1929 to Walter Jacobs on illustrat- color photo autographed ed O’Brien letterhead. Bold ink signature. Some of the newest heavy edge wear. $425.00 weight championship 7. Norman Selby (Kid McCoy): One page typed letter l-r, top-bottom: from Russia $150 $150 to Nat Fleischer acknowledging he will write some Burns, Kilrain, 10. Joe Louis 8x10 program stories on the old timers in boxing. Bold ink Cross, Selby, #12 photo autographed per- signature, Norman Selby. Very rare. Ex. $2,000.00 sonalized. From a Hall 8. Tom Sharkey: One page typed letter to Nat Mitchell of Fame book. Stun- Fleischer dated September 14, 1938. Bold ink ning. $750 signature, Tom Sharkey. Discusses writing columns 11. Oleg Maskaev 8x10 col- comparing old heavyweights and modern ones. or photo autographed. Excellent. $800.00 New Heavy Weight 9. John L. Sullivan: Two page hand written let- Champion. $150 ter dated January 4, 1910. Discusses his upcom- TERMS: 12. Samuel Peter 8x10 color ing schedule and lists places and dates he will be 1. Please add $8.00 for postage. Foreign orders billed separately. photo autographed 5 at. Bold ink signature, John L. Includes original 2. NYS residents add 8.625% sales tax. different poses WBC envelope to James Miner. Slight separation at folds. 3. All autographs are guaranteed for life. #5 Heavy Weigt Champion $2,000.00 4. Check or money order payable to: JO Sports, Inc. $100 5. Visa, Mastercard & American Express accepted. 13. Fernando Vargas 8”x10” 6. Paypal to our account: [email protected] (no L in account name) #8 color photo autographed AUTOGRAPH POLICY: 7. Payment is due within 10 days of order. Each autograph offered for sale is scrutinized before it is placed on our website. It is compared $50 with examples collected over thirty years of dealing and collecting boxing memorabilia. Each autograph will come with a letter of authenticity from JO Sports, Inc. If an item we sell has a letter WANTED: of authenticity from anyone else it will be noted in our writeup and sold with the item. I do not recognize so called third party expert authenticators. Any purchaser desiring an opinion from these Autographs, Antique & Wire Photos, Cabinet Cards, Posters, so called experts should obtain it before making the purchase from JO Sports, Inc. No refund will Programs, Tickets, Advertising Items, Championship Belts, be granted because an autograph sold by JO Sports, Inc. has been rejected or granted a “no opinion” Awards & Trophies, Rare Books and Bound Volumes of The by any third party authenticator. Unlike these experts I am unable to authenticate baseball players, football players, soccer players, hockey players, world leaders, presidents, senators, movie stars, Ring, Boxing Illustrated, Boxing & Wrestling and The Police crime figures, literary figures, billiard players, astronauts, NASA scientists, inventors, the rich and Gazette. famous, rock and roll singers, jazz singers, opera singers, song writers, civil rights leaders, historical LES WOLFF SPORTS, LLC figures or real estate moguls. I can not authenticate Mother Teresa, Roberto Clemente, Al Capone, PO. Box 917, Plainview, NY 11803 - (516) 933-7787 - Fax (516) 933-7747 Charles Dickens, Pele, Wernher Von Braun, Jim Thorpe, Moses, Shirley Temple or the Magnificent JO SPORTS, INC. - Craig Hamilton Seven. My only expertise is boxing. I do know that a purported signature of Battling Nelson on a P.O. Box 607 email [email protected] picture of Terry McGovern is likely not a signed photograph of Battling Nelson. I do pay attention Brookhaven, NY 11719 Appraising, Auctioning, Collecting, Buying, Selling, and Trading Sports memorabilia to the history behind each autograph sold. People who obtain exemplars from me will not then sit since 1970 in judgment of my expertise. Please review my policy carefully and review each signature carefully phone/fax 631-286-0970 before buying. There will be no exceptions to this policy. Visit my website: Leswolffsportsllc.com email: [email protected] How much is it really worth? Don't wait, call today for you appraisal 2 15 Fifteenth Round Well, Austin finally got a decent fight (or any fight) card the other night and, I must say, it was an awesome card. "Lightweight Lightning" was exactly that. For those of Boxing Mailing you who saw it on PPV, you know exactly what I mean. 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