Lot # 5939: 1910 to 1926 Mecca, Strip-Card, and Surbrug Boxing Collection (50) Including Jack Dempsey and Sam Langford

Impressive collection consisting of fifty cards featuring boxers from seven different sets spanning the years 1910 to 1928. This collection consists of the following: 1) Circa 1910 T218 Mecca "Champion Athletes and Prizefighters" (32 cards): 46% Gd to Vg and 54% Pr to Fr (including some due to pencil on the reverse). Issued with Hassan and Mecca tobacco products. this grouping onsists of seventeen Hassan backs and fifteen Mecca backs. Includes the following: Baldwin, two Brannigan (Hassan and Mecca backs), Coulon, Driscoll, Gardiner, Gardner, Hyland, Langford (Gd), Lewis, Loughery, two Marto, two McFarland (Hassan and Mecca backs), two Mellody (Hassan and Mecca backs), two Moran, Murphy, Neil, O'Brien, three Papke (two Hassan and Mecca backs), two Russell (Hassan and Mecca backs), two Stewart, Stone, Sullivan, and West. 2) 1910 T220 Mecca Champions (5 cards): Cross (Gd), Donovan of Today (Vg), Jordan/silver border (Pr), Maher (Pr), and Welsh (Vg). 3) 1911 T225 Surbrug "Prize Fight Series 101" (4 cards): Barry (Pr-Fr), Cross (Fr), Goodman (Fr), and Hart (Fr). 4) 1920 W529-2 (2 cards): #56 Bekcett (Pr) and 58 Carpentier (Pr). 5) 1921 W551 (1 card): Lynch (Fr). 6) 1926 W512 (5 cards): #41 Dempsey (Pr-Fr), 42 Villa (Fr), two 43 Dundee (both Pr-Fr), and Carpentier (Pr-Fr). 7) 1928 W513 (1 card): #95 Mandell (Pr). Total: 50 cards.