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April 2007 Catalog  >  Sports  >  Muhammad Ali

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Lot 90: Muhammad Ali Signed Bank Check and Currency In Framed Display

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $300.00
Winning Bid: $765.10
Price Realized: $914.29
Auction Date:5/3/2007 9:00 PM EST

Gold-framed and immaculately black-matted display celebrating the Ali mythology with twelve pieces of monetary exchange, highlighted with the Greatest’ black felt-tip pen signature (8.5/10) on a “Muhammad Ali Training Camp” check, dated June 10th, 1974. Other items include a Bank of Dallas check written for the ticket sales ($57,737.30) to see the Ali-Norton fight of 1976; two silver Millennium coins (front and back displayed) with Ali’s likeness and print - “Makers of the Millennium - Muhammad Ali - Born 1942” - on front; four real dollar bills with Ali’s picture pasted over George Washington’s; a blank check from “Muhammad Ali Enterprises;” a “Checking Account Deposit Ticket” with Ali’s name and address printed on it; and lastly two gold-plated coins (front and back displayed) with Ali’s likeness and print - “The Battle of New Orleans - Sept 15th. 1978 - Ali the Greatest versus Spinks the Latest.” Measures 13 ½ x 35 ½”.

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