WEBVTT 00:02.000 --> 00:06.266 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: I brought a collection of boxing cards that I found in a rental unit about 20 years 00:08.366 --> 00:13.366 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% ago. The renters had left, and other renters came in, and maybe two or three down the road, 00:14.566 --> 00:16.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% they found them back in the back of the closet. 00:16.000 --> 00:17.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: They were basically abandoned. 00:17.533 --> 00:18.766 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 00:18.766 --> 00:19.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Then to your possession. 00:19.566 --> 00:21.566 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: Yeah, right. 00:21.566 --> 00:25.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Well, what we have here are four beautiful examples of early 1900s real-photo 00:27.566 --> 00:31.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% postcards. These were actually printed with the intention of being mailed. The nice thing 00:33.166 --> 00:35.366 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% we have here today is that, from the backs of these, none of these were mailed. 00:35.366 --> 00:37.400 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Right. 00:37.400 --> 00:41.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: So what we have here today are the three different boxers in four postcards. 00:43.300 --> 00:46.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% On the top two, both are of Jack Johnson, first African-American world champion in 1908. 00:46.700 --> 00:49.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And then Peter Jackson, the closest to you on the bottom. 00:49.333 --> 00:51.333 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 00:51.333 --> 00:54.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: He was the Australian champion. Then we come down to the lowest one next to 00:54.200 --> 00:56.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% me, and that's Jim Jeffries. 00:56.133 --> 00:58.200 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 00:58.200 --> 01:01.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Jim Jeffries was also an American world championship boxer. In 1910, Jim Jeffries 01:01.633 --> 01:04.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% comes out of retirement, far past his peak. 01:04.966 --> 01:07.066 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 01:07.066 --> 01:10.966 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% APPRAISER: Comes out of retirement to fight Jack Johnson strictly for the purpose of showing 01:13.000 --> 01:17.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% that the white man's a better boxer. And in 15 rounds, he was defeated by Jack Johnson. 01:19.333 --> 01:22.666 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% On the one closest to you, Peter Jackson, Australian world championship. In 1891, he 01:24.633 --> 01:27.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% went up against James Corbett. I don't know if you heard about that fight. That fight 01:27.233 --> 01:32.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% was stopped in the 61st round when the referee decided there just will not be a winner in 01:32.133 --> 01:33.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% this fight. The 61st round. 01:33.900 --> 01:35.600 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: 61st... 01:35.600 --> 01:37.466 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% APPRAISER: And I saw some reports that said the 64th round. 01:37.466 --> 01:39.433 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 01:39.433 --> 01:40.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: In fact, there was a little label with yours that said, "64th round." 01:40.833 --> 01:42.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Right. 01:42.100 --> 01:43.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: My research says the 61st round. 01:43.966 --> 01:45.200 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 01:45.200 --> 01:45.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: But, still, that's remarkable. 01:45.966 --> 01:48.066 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 01:48.066 --> 01:51.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: These are all between approximately 1908 to 1912 or so. Some really great examples 01:55.200 --> 01:59.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% of early boxing history right here. Have you ever had these appraised or... Have you offered 01:59.400 --> 02:01.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% them to anybody before? 02:01.333 --> 02:04.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: I had a whole-- a collection of them. They offered me $150 for all of them. 02:04.866 --> 02:06.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: For all of them that... All of them. 02:06.366 --> 02:08.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: Yeah, that I have. 02:08.333 --> 02:11.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Well, it's a good thing you didn't take that offer. That was a good move. So 02:11.400 --> 02:15.433 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% we'll start with the Jack Johnson closest to me. I have not seen that real-photo postcard 02:15.433 --> 02:20.433 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% of Jack Johnson before. That one I would expect to sell at auction for $1,000 to $1,500, for 02:22.400 --> 02:23.400 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% that one alone. 02:23.400 --> 02:25.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 02:25.466 --> 02:28.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: The other Jack Johnson image, of him getting ready for the punch, I've seen 02:28.033 --> 02:33.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% that one trade hands before at auction. About $500 for that one. The Peter Jackson, I've 02:35.033 --> 02:40.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% also seen that postcard come up before. That one, again, would sell at auction for $500 02:42.000 --> 02:45.600 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% or so. The Jim Jeffries on the bottom, I've not seen that one before. That's likely a 02:45.600 --> 02:49.233 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% one-of-a-kind or never-before-seen image. This is, somebody took that, obviously, where 02:49.233 --> 02:54.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% he's either in training, beginning of training, or even just simulating training. 02:54.833 --> 02:56.366 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 02:56.366 --> 02:58.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: That one I would say, at auction, $300 to $500. 02:58.000 --> 02:58.600 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay.