A set of 47 handwritten speech note cards used by Muhammad Ali during a lecture tour of schools and colleges in the late 1960’s and memorabilia from the inventor of basketball, James Naismith, will be up for bid next week when Profiles in History opens its latest auction. The Ali note cards date from a period of time when he was barred from boxing. They represent Ali’s … [Read more...] about Ali’s Speech Notes, Naismith Memorabilia Coming to Auction
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Most Expensive Sports Memorabilia of All-Time
A Babe Ruth jersey. The original rules of basketball. A T206 Wagner. Ali's boxing gloves from one of his most important fights. All pieces of sports history that wound up in the marketplace. Sports collectibles no longer take a back seat when it comes to appreciation, value and headlines. Put together a list of the biggies and you're quickly into eight figures. If it … [Read more...] about Most Expensive Sports Memorabilia of All-Time
$315,000 Endowment to Preserve Boxing Collection
Professor Tony Cucchiara, chief archivist at Brooklyn College Library, was on the trail of what he had been assured was the largest and most extensive boxing collection in the world. “When I saw it, I was stunned,” he said. The collection filled the entire two-car garage and overflowed into two rooms of boxing historian Hank Kaplan’s home in Kendall, Florida. The … [Read more...] about $315,000 Endowment to Preserve Boxing Collection