Amazing Jack Dempsey Collection of Negatives with Glass Plates (90+)

Auction: June 2005

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Amazing Jack Dempsey Collection of Negatives with Glass Plates (90+)

Magnificent collection of negs features some of the best images of the Manassas Mauler you will ever see. All original negs (there are also copy negs) are one-of-a-kind and in essence priceless. From the 1920s to the 1950s, most date from the 1920s and ‘30s. A) Glass Plates: There are 19 original first generation negatives that are mostly from the 1920s. Averaging 4x5” some of the highlights include: 1933 auto (2),1920 Miske fight (4), two amazing 1923 facials, great boxing poses (2), in corner versus Gibbons, 1924 street scene (amazing), 1932 Sing Sing, winner vs. Firpo (cracked), Arena shot vs. Carpentier, and more. B) There are also 15 glass plate copy negs (mostly 1920s). About 4x5”, they include: fighters versus Gibbons, Willard, with Babe Ruth. C) Celluloid (normal negs): There are 30 original 1st generation negatives mostly 20s-30s. Averaging 4x5” with Dempsey-Carpentier win coming out of the ring, Long Count reunion with Tunney (6), 1931 full length in “boxing togs” and more. D) There are also 18 regular copy negs. They include: fights versus Firpo (4), Gibbons, Carpentier and Willard. Many are Associated Press (AP) negs in their original envelopes. E) Miscellaneous (not included in the count): Nice group of vintage 1970s 35mm negs from his restaurant and more, several miscellaneous boxing negs, and hundreds of slides cut from an original film of the Dempsey-Willard fight in 1919. Overall condition of all is EX-MT.