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Lot 1320: Complete Set of Boxing Stevensgraph with Sullivan, Smith, Kilrain and Mitchell (4)

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Reserve: $750.00
Winning Bid: $1,306.44
Price Realized: $1,561.20
Auction Date:12/15/2006 9:00 PM EST

Rarely seen complete set of these commemorative silks by Thomas E. Stevens. Each is in their original cardboard mattes with the makers name as well as the fighter. Wonderful cathedral-shaped window shows John L. Sullivan, Charles Mitchell, Jem Smith and Jake Kilrain. On the versos are complete bios of the fighters except for Mitchell who has an advertisement for these "Stevensgraphs." Silks themselves are NRMT, mattes have glue residue from framing o/w very good. Circa 1888.

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