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Lot 301: The Gene Tunney Collection (35)

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $100.00
Winning Bid: $435.46
Price Realized: $520.38
Auction Date:8/28/2006 9:00 PM EST

Smashing collection of 35 images with some GREAT purely boxing material. Includes: in the ring with Harry Greb, 1925 in the ring with Tommy Gibbons including KO (2), three in the ring training for Dempsey (1927), great Carpentier image, losing to Greb (1957), four training for Dempsey (1926), Tex Rickard beats him in golf and Tunney Pays him (1928 with black caddy), with Dempsey (1935), with his socialite wife, birth of his son, in early auto, and superb 1925 Dempsey weigh-in. About half are pure boxing, all are vintage. Original paper captions and stamps. Overall EX and 7x9”.

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