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Lot 282
Sale 942 - Sports Memorabilia
Oct 26, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$3,125
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Muhammad Ali Signed Autograph Drawing of a Boxing Glove Gifted to New Orleans Restaurant The Day After Second Leon Spinks Fight In 1978,
on restaurant linen. Inscribed to Jack Cosner, owner of Restaurant Jonathan in New Orleans: "From Muhammad Ali, Three Time Heavyweight Boxing Champion Of The (World). Your Food Is The Greatest And I Will Be Back Some Day. Sept 16-19-78" the day after Ali's historic victory over Leon Spinks, making him boxing's first three-time heavyweight champion. One of the first Ali autographs with three-time champion designation.
The art would hang in Restaurant Jonathan until its closure and is referenced in the September 1980 issue of New Orleans magazine.
The art would hang in Restaurant Jonathan until its closure and is referenced in the September 1980 issue of New Orleans magazine.
Property from the Maurice Medhurst Collection