Auction Date:2010 Apr 14 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Featherweight boxing champion of the world 1901–1912. Attell later became one of the instigators of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal. Gripping vintage matte-finish 14 x 11 photo of the brutal conclusion of Attell’s bout against Harlem Tommy Murphy in San Francisco, California, on August 3, 1912, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To a Real Fellow and a Pal Joe Murray, From the Little Champ, Abe Attell.” In fine condition, with a few scattered light creases and some mild handling wear.
Attell is widely considered one of the best pugilists of all time, consistently ranking among the greatest featherweights to ever step into the ring. His stamina is plainly evident in this graphic pose—a contest widely considered to be one of the bloodiest ring battles of all time…even by early boxing standards. It was the fight portrayed here that led one spectator to recount how, by end of the fight, “each man was covered in blood from head to toe.” Attell also took his lumps outside the ring, facing allegations of fixing the 1919 World Series as well as fights, including one battle with Murphy five months before this beatdown. Both bloody fights ended in a draw. A brutal portrayal of the sweet science, signed by one of its greatest, albeit controversial, practitioners. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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