Lot # 2728: 1921 to 1928 Boxing Exhibits Collection (131) Including Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney

Presented is a collection of 131 boxing cards from the 1921 to 1928 Exhibits boxing series, highlighted by Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, and Gene Tunney. Condition technically ranges from Pr to Fr (including 5% better, approximately ten trimmed, and a few altered with tape), approximately half of which would have graded a bit higher except for small pencil marks on the reverse. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1921 Exhibits (25 cards): Bronson, F. Burns, T. Burns (tape repair on front, otherwise Pr), Chip, Conley, Coulon, Cross, Dillon, Driscoll, Fitzsimmons (tape repair on front and back mostly missing), Fulton, Gans (small pencil mark on reverse, otherwise Gd+), Gibbons, Jeannette (small pencil mark on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex), J. Johnson (Vg), McFarland, Mitchell, Moran, T. Murphy, B. Murray, O'Dowd, Papke, T. Ryan, F. Walsh, and Wolgast. 2) 1922 Exhibits (8 cards): Carter, Dolan, Farren, Hammer, Jamieson, Joyce, O'Brien, and O'Dowd. 3) 1923 Exhibits (21 cards): Benjamin, Burman, Clabby, Dempsey (small pencil mark on reverse, otherwise Vg), Eagel, Flowers, T. Gibbons, M. Gibbons, Green, P. Herman, F. Johnson, Kansas, Kilbane, Langford, Leonard, Lynch, Ritchie, Schoell, M. Smith, Wells, and K. Williams. 4) 1925 Exhibits (35 cards): Ballerino, Berlenbach, Burnbrook, Chapman, Curtin, Delaney, Doyle, T. Gibbons, Goldman, Herman, F. Johnson, J. Jones, Kramer, Leonard, Loughran, Mandell, McTigue, Montgomery, P. Moran, Norfolk, O'Donnell, Petrone, Poluso, Renault, Sangor, D. Shade, Silvers, Slattery, H. Smith, Stone, B. Taylor, Tremaine, A. Walker, J. Wilson, and Zivic. 5) C. 1925-1929 Postcard-Back Exhibits (8 cards): Britton, Burman, Callahan, Loughran, Rosenberg, Singer, Tunney (small pencil marks on reverse, otherwise Ex), and Wallace. 6) C. 1925-1929 "Blue Boxers" Exhibits (1 card): Tendler. 7) 1926 Exhibits (2 cards): T. Morgan and K. Wagner. 8) 1927 Blank-Back Exhibits (1 card): Cohen. 9) 1927 Exhibits (9 cards): Burke, Dundee, Fields, Garcia, Gorman, Hansen, Hurley, McGraw, and Suggs. 10) 1928 Exhibits (11 cards): Farr, Freeman, Fuller, Kaufamn, Mello, Petrone, Risko, Routis, Seifert, Tenorio, and Tunney (partially erased pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg). Also includes the following ten exhibits from series we were unable to identify, mostly due to back damage: Bass, Dundee, Garcia, Griffiths, Jeffries (Pr, with bottom-left corner clipped off), O'Dowd, Slattery, Sullivan, Tunney (Pr, with bottom-left corner clipped off), and Willard (tape repair on front, otherwise Pr). A sizable collection of cards from these desirable 1920s boxing issues. Total: 131 cards.