Online Auction 3 Page:1 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A BOXING Lot 691 BOXING Lot 691 Autographs c1930-2000s collection with signed postcards/photographs (18), pieces (16) Estimate A$500 & covers (4) including Len Harvey, Sigi Tennenbaum, Jackie Daniel, Bobby Dunlop, Manoel Santos, Carmen Rotolo, Bill De Belin, Rocky Gattellari, Jack Pettifer, Hughie Reserve A$380 Dwyer, Mickey Tollis, Tony Mundine, Lionel Rose, John Famechon, Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu, mainly fine condition. (38 items) Lot 692 BOXING Lot 692 Books including 'The All-England Series - Boxing' by Allanson-Winn [London, 1901]; 'The Estimate A$300 Complete Boxer' by Gunner Moir [London, 1909]; 'Modern Boxing - A Practical Guide to Present Methods' by Bombadier Wells [London, c.1914]; 'How to Second and How to Reserve A$230 Manage A Boxer' by Nat Fleischer [USA, 1951], mainly Good/Fine condition. (12 items) Lot 693 BOXING Lot 693 Collection including Lionel Rose song sheet 'I Thank You'; photographs (4) including Estimate A$300 Jack Johnson; 1948-93 boxing magazines (36) including 'The Ring', 'Boxing Illustrated' & Reserve A$230 'Fighter' and with 6 magazines signed by Jeff Fenech. (41 items) Lot 694 BOXING Lot 694 Collection including 'The Art of Boxing with a Special Section on Physical Culture' by Billy Estimate A$120 Grime (signed) [Melbourne, 1944]; signed postcards of Tony Mundine (2); boxing postcard of Nelson Mandela; 1940-42 scrapbook of boxing press clippings; 1947 Freddie Dawson Reserve A$90 flyer; 1912 VAAA Boxing and Wrestling Championships programme; trade cards (3). (12 items) Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au 20 - 23 November 2020 Lot 695 BOXING Lot 695 Postcards c1900-80s collection in album with postcards/photographs (89) including Peter Estimate A$500 Jackson, Dave Sands, Alfie Sands (2), Jack Sharkey, Bombadier Wells, Max Baer, Ray Robinson, Jimmy Wilde, Vic Toweel; also flyer, tickets (4) with 1953 Randolph Turpin v Reserve A$380 Charles Humez, 1992 Fenech v Nelson, 1993 Fenech v Calvin Grove; covers (6); trade cards (3); 'Heavyweight Champions from John L Sullivan to Ezzard Charles'; mainly fine condition. (105 items) Lot 696 BOXING Lot 696 Share Certificate 'The National Sporting Club Limited', share certificate No.12 for one Estimate A$70 share owned by B Glass, dated 11th Feb.1905. Signed by Sec R Isaacs & Director S Myers, with handstamps 'The National Sporting Club Limited, Melbourne'. Folded up into Reserve A$55 small green leather holder with a diamond faced window. [The club opened in Sydney in October 1902 with the heavyweight boxing championship of Australasia, McColl v Doherty, but collapsed in 1906]. Lot 697 BOXING Lot 697 Postcards c.1920s postcards from 'Don Photo Series', comprising Jack Dempsey, Jess Estimate A$120 Willard, Jimmy Wilde, Arthur Wyns, Bert Spargo, Billy Grime, condition varies. (6 items) Reserve A$90 Lot 698 BOXING Lot 698 JIMMY CARRUTHERS: collection including boxing & sport magazines (20); 'The Jimmy Estimate A$200 Carruthers Souvenir Course' Books 1-10; programme 1953 World Bantamweight Championship - Jimmy Carruthers v Pappy Gault. [Jimmy Carruthers (1929-1990) was an Reserve A$150 Australian boxer who became world champion in the bantamweight division] (31 items) Online Auction 3 Page:3 Lot 699 BOXING Lot 699 JAMES J CORBETT: Book 'The Life & Battles of Jas J Corbett - One of America's Most Estimate A$150 Famous Boxers' published by Health & Strength [London, 1909], paperback, 32pp, Good/Fine condition. Reserve A$115 Lot 700 BOXING Lot 700 LES DARCY: collection with 1917 song sheet 'Les Darcy: A Song of Remembrance'; book Estimate A$400 'Upper Cuts - Stories of the Ringside' by Fritz Holland (American who fought Darcy 4 times) [Sydney, 1929]; two prints 'Len Darcy - Australia's Best' by UK artist Stephen Doig Reserve A$300 (signed by the artist); reprinted photographs (2); videos (2); brochures (3); 'ABC Radio Guide - The Darling Darcy'; badge 'Les Darcy Memorial - Maitland Marvel'; mainly fine condition. (13 items) Lot 701 BOXING Lot 701 JACK JOHNSON: Golden Wedding souvenir from Judge George Albert Carpenter. Rare Estimate A$100 item of memorabilia. [Jack Johnson became the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion 1908-1915. Married to a white woman, in 1913 he was convicted of Reserve A$75 'transporting a white woman across State lines'. & sentenced to 1 year & 1 day. After the conviction, Johnson skipped bail and left the US for 7 years. On his return in 1920 he served his sentence. In 2018, he was finally given a pardon for his racially motivated imprisonment. The ultimate irony is that this item was a gift from the judge who sentenced him!] Lot 702 BOXING Lot 702 JOE LOUIS: Sheet music 'You Can Run But You Can't Hide', Lyric by Joe Louis, Music by Estimate A$100 Mari Horton, published by Allan & Co [Melbourne, 1956], with picture of Joe Louis on front cover; together with badge 'In Memory of JOE LOUIS, 1914-1981, The Brown Bomber, Reserve A$75 Greatest of the Champs', superb condition. (2 items) Page:4 www.abacusauctions.com.au 20 - 23 November 2020 Lot 703 BOXING Lot 703 VIC PATRICK: Attractive hand-coloured 1940s photograph, with 'Vic Patrick, Light-weight Estimate A$100 Champion of Australia', on mount, framed & glazed, overall 49x60cm. A couple of tone Reserve A$75 spots on mount. Together with scrapbook of 1940s-60s boxing press clippings. (2 items) Lot 704 BOXING Lot 704 RON RICHARDS: Large b/w photograph, with 'Ron Richards', attached to mount, framed Estimate A$70 & glazed, overall 44x54cm. [Ron Richards was an indigenous middle/light-heavyweight boxer who won several Australian titles, and was inducted into the Australian National Reserve A$55 Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003] Lot 705 BOXING Lot 705 DAVE SANDS: 1949 programme and ticket for Dave Sands (Australia) versus Lucien Estimate A$100 Caboche (France) at Albert Hall, London, superb condition; plus book 'The Fighting Sands' by Ray Mitchell [Sydney, 1965]. [Dave Sands (1926-52) was an Australian Reserve A$75 aboriginal boxer, middlewight but held the Australian light-heavyweight and heavyweight championship titles at the same time and was also a Commonwealth Middleweight champion] (3 items).