The is the last of my COMC delivery. It is something dear to me that not many else collect, boxing cards. These are all 1951 Topps Ringside. Once I finished 1948 Leaf boxing (minus the Graziano which I will never own because it is more rare than a T206 Wagner) I focused my vintage boxing on the Topps 1951 Ringside set.
Tony Canzoneri is a former champion that I never heard of. All of these guys fought way before I was born but I have normally at least heard of the champions before. No this guy though.
Every so often I do a COMC search for 1951 Ringside boxing cards and sort it by price. Then I buy all the cheap ones I do not have yet. It works our pretty good, I get a handful of them every shipment. I know that one of these days though I am going to have to bite off going after some of the big names like Lamotta, Baer, Wolcott, etc.
At 2x3 these cards are smaller than the current cards. I find it odd that they didn't make them the same size as 1951 Topps Baseball.
It is kind of hard to see but this card as a perforated edge at the bottom. Some of the cards were issued one for .01 or a two card panel for .05. They don't seem to carry a premium for the perforation. Oddly I have never seen a two card panel of them that hasn't already been separated.
The backs of these 1951 Ringside are some of my favorite backs of all time. It is the glove that does it for me.
1 comment:
A. Cool set build. The glove on the back definitely sets the tone on the back.
B. I have only purchased one card for this set (#43 Ray Robinson). Maybe one day I'll add a few more.
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