March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
Presented is a complete set of the iconic 1948 Leaf Boxing issue, an important offering that features mostly Hall of Famers and covers several generations, showcasing the legendary figures from the sport in the company’s standard 2 3/8-by-2 7/8-inch format cards that mimic the Leaf issues from the other major professional sports. Four cards have been third-party slabbed and graded, including Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis and John L. Sullivan. The famous skip-numbered issue is typically considered complete at 49 cards, with the extreme rarity of the No. 50 Rocky Graziano card such that it’s not considered part of a complete set. The array comes out to 31 percent Ex-Mt, 17 percent Excellent and 46 percent Very Good to VG-Ex, with two cards above to Near-Mint and just a couple below to Good. The breakdown: No. 1 Dempsey – Ex-Mt, 2 – VG-Ex, 3 – Ex-Mt-Plus, 7 – Ex-Mt o/c, 8 – Ex-Mt-Plus, 9 Jeffries – VG-Ex, 13 – SGC 50, 15 Zale – VG-Ex, 17 Johnson – Very Good, 18 – VG-Ex, 19 Chocolate – VG, 20 – Ex-Mt o/c, 24 – Excellent, 25 Attell – VG-Ex, 27 – Good, 29 – VG, 32 Schmeling – Ex-Mt-Plus, 33 – Ex, 35 – VG-Ex, 36 – Ex-Mt-Plus, 38 Sharkey – Ex-Mt-Plus, 42 – Good, 44 – VG, 47 Conn – VG-Ex, 48 Ambers – Near-Mint, 49 Louis – SGC 40, 51 Pep – VG, 55 Corbett – VG-Ex, 57 – VG, 58 – VG-Ex, 60 – VG, 63 – VG, 64 Robinson – SGC 70, 65 – VG, 67 – Ex, 69 Willard – Ex-Mt, 71 – Ex-Mt, 73 Tunney – Ex, 74 – Ex-Mt-Plus, 77 – VG, 78 – Ex, 80 – Good, 82 – VG-Ex, 90 Carnera – Ex-Mt-Plus, 93 Baer – VG, 95 – Ex-Mt-Plus, 98 – Near-Mint, 101 Sullivan – SGC 60 and 102 La Motta – Ex-Mt-Plus.
1948 Leaf Boxing Complete Set; Louis, Sullivan and Robinson Slabbed (49)
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