June 2009 Catalogue > Photo Collection > Boxing
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Lot 1233: Battling Nelson Collection
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Several (12) small photographs of turn-of-the-century, world lightweight boxing champ, Battling Nelson. Highlights include an artistic image (6 ½ x 4”) by noted San Francisco photographer Percy Dana, with raised-lettered “Dana Studio San Francisco” stamp on front, as well as Nelson postcard postmarked “1913 ILL,” and a bowlered Nelson getting into car with “Frank W. Leslie, Newspaper Photographer” stamped on back.
Avg. size 4x6” to 6x9”, range VG to EX-MT.
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