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Wrestling

A gathering of grapplers: Forty-nine vintage wrestling signatures

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A gathering of grapplers: Forty-nine vintage wrestling signatures

Great lot of forty-nine vintage signatures on off-white 5 x 3 pages, most in ink (a handful in pencil), 1920s–1950s. Many bear personal sentiments, quotations, or the date in the signer’s hand. All are affixed with small adhesive tabs to several large album pages, from which they can be carefully removed. Included: Maurice Tillet, Golden Angel, Robert Pico, Dave Levin, Buddy Rogers, Sammy Stein, Bronko Nagurski, Sandor Szabo (two: one an unsigned sentiment in Hungarian), Jimmy Sarandos (two), Pat O’Shocker, James Kilonis, Nick Lutze (two), Bill Longson, Joe Savoldi, Chief Chewehki, Arjan Singh, Juan Olaquivel, “Tiny” Roebuck, Dick Lever, Sam Stein, Jim Browning, Ira Dern (two), Matros Kirilinko, Al Manfredo, Dean Detton, Ernie Dusek, Delbert Kunkel, G. Ashley Smith, Jack Johnson, Lou Mueller, Lou Papiano, Ed “Strangler” Lewis (two), Dr. Karl Sarpolis, Don George, Joe Malcewicz, Howard Cantonwine, Gus Sonnenberg, M. R. Yokel, George D. Kotsonaros, Joe Stecher, Wayne “Big” Munn, Gus Kallio, Baron Michell Leone, and one other (unindentified). Typed collector’s notations (slightly touching writing in a few cases), binding holes at left edge, and adhesive tabs as noted above, otherwise in fine, clean condition. R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #313 - Ended September 20, 2006