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JOHNSON/JEFFRIES SOUVENIR ASHTRAY
A CAST METAL ASHTRAY DEPICTING JACK JOHNSON AND JAMES JEFFRIES DESIGNED TO ADVERTISE THEIR FIGHT IN 1910. THE PIECE CONTAINS THE INSCRIPTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE - JEFFRIES VS. JOHNSON - JULY 4, 1910 - EMERYVILLE CAL - PURSE $10,000. THE FIGHT WAS CHANGED TO RENO, NEVADA BECAUSE OF LEGAL PROBLEMS IN CALIFORNIA. A SCARCE PIECE COMMEMORATING ONE OF THE MOST HERALDED BOUTS IN HISTORY. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH A SLIGHT CRACK IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER. [W/4]
A CAST METAL ASHTRAY DEPICTING JACK JOHNSON AND JAMES JEFFRIES DESIGNED TO ADVERTISE THEIR FIGHT IN 1910. THE PIECE CONTAINS THE INSCRIPTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE - JEFFRIES VS. JOHNSON - JULY 4, 1910 - EMERYVILLE CAL - PURSE $10,000. THE FIGHT WAS CHANGED TO RENO, NEVADA BECAUSE OF LEGAL PROBLEMS IN CALIFORNIA. A SCARCE PIECE COMMEMORATING ONE OF THE MOST HERALDED BOUTS IN HISTORY. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH A SLIGHT CRACK IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER. [W/4]