Fine Books and Manuscripts: Featuring Important Chicago Memorabilia
Thu, Jan 10, 2019 06:30AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 189
Scrapbook of Dempsey?Tunney 1927 World?s Heavy Weight Championship Memorabilia and Related Ephemera.
Estimate: $400 - $600
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[Sports?Boxing] Dempsey, Jack and Gene Tunney. Scrapbook of Dempsey?Tunney 1927 World?s Heavy Weight Championship Memorabilia and Related Ephemera. String-tied folio scrapbook, including the official souvenir program (48pp.; pictorial color wrappers; 8 x 11?; illustrated; lightly soiled); Soldiers? Field ticket stub (2 ? x 3?; bottom left corner repaired with tape on verso, creased, else good); official Soldiers? Field seating plan for the fight (16 x 14 ??; torn along folds, marginal tears and soiling, else good); several full-page articles and clippings from Chicago newspapers regarding the fight, compiled in a single scrapbook (examples from Chicago American, Chicago Evening American, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Evening Post, and Chicago Daily Journal). An attractive collection from this historic fight.
