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Ticket stubs from Joe Louis vs Lee Savold June 15 1951???

70ToppsFanatic70ToppsFanatic Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭
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The guy exhibiting next to me just brought out four ticket stubs from this fight and is asking for $50 each on them. I am a bit intrigued. Anyone know anything about these? Is is a good price?

Thx


Dave

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Dave ... I just did a quick search for you on eBay. I didn't find any from this fight, but there were several from other Joe Louis fights. Unless this fight was something special (it was near the end of his fighting career), I would say $50.00 is on the high end. I AM NOT A BOXING GUY ... this is just based on what I just saw on eBay.

    This one from a fight with Billy Conn went for $25.00:
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    Jim Braddock - $40.00
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    This one against Max Schmeling went for $50.00.
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    Max Baer - $58.00
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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,130 ✭✭✭
    Wow, I would have thought the Braddock one would go for more because the title changed hands in the fight. Louis won it.
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  • smokeybanditsmokeybandit Posts: 177
    Many things affect value on these so it’s going to be hard to judge without seeing them.
    Full tickets demand the most next would be the stubbles end, that being the larger end of ticket with the names and date.
    Last would be the smaller stub end of ticket. Also need to take into consideration of the separation, was it a
    clean tear along the perforations or did it get torn into the surrounding area. Any writing/creases/stains

    Smaller end of ticket (stub) I would say 50.00 is on the high end
    Stubbles probably worth more but hard to say as that really depends on who is looking. Joe Louis items
    are always in demand. Not having much experience collecting his tickets I am not sure how hard this
    fight might be to find and that would be the biggest factor in its value

    Also something to consider is this was a postponed event from June 13, 1951 so if the date is June 15th on the ticket
    this may be a added value as I have seen the June 13th but not the 15th, again I have not collected Louis tickets so not
    sure if they are harder to find but I would suspect so. Also just did an Internet search for this ticket and only found
    them for the 13th.

    Just found this note on the Internet
    "eventually take place on June 15, 1951 after a weather postponement of two days”
    This I would suspect would make a ticket with the date of June 15th a rare item as it
    would have had to be printed in a very short period and probably in very small numbers

    Here is some info on the fight (copied from BoxingTickets dot Com)

    Joe Louis had relinquished the world title to Ezzard Charles in September of 1950, but quickly returned to the ring to ascend again, with 5 fights in the 9 months prior to this event in New York City, all 10-frame affairs against legitimate opponents. Minnesota's "Battling Bartender" Lee Savold had not fought since his victory over the English master Bruce Woodcok in their 2nd duel in London in June of '50. When the world heavyweight contenders met finally on the 15th of June in Madison Square Garden rather than the Polo Grounds, Joe Louis knocked out Savold in the 6th of a scheduled 15 rounds. The loss also deprived Savold of his British world heavyweight crown, earned by his defeat of Woodcok, when, in a post-bout decision, the BBBofC rescinded the title and awarded it to Ezzard Charles.
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When did CC tickets become popular? That's another thing to consider. Off the top of my head I can't recall seeing a CC Louis ticket but I know that fights would get screened in movie theaters prior to that so it's always important to make sure the ticket is for the actual fight and not a CC or cinematic screening.
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Full tickets demand the most next would be the stubbles end, that being the larger end of ticket with the names and date.
    Last would be the smaller stub end of ticket. >>



    Unless it's the 1923 Dempsey/Gibbons fight, in which case a used ticket is much rarer. image
  • smokeybanditsmokeybandit Posts: 177


    << <i>

    << <i>Full tickets demand the most next would be the stubbles end, that being the larger end of ticket with the names and date.
    Last would be the smaller stub end of ticket. >>



    Unless it's the 1923 Dempsey/Gibbons fight, in which case a used ticket is much rarer. image >>



    Any full ticket could be made to look like a used ticket just by removing the stub
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