Spring Premier Auction 2015
Wed, Apr 8, 2015 08:00PM EDT - Mon, Apr 27, 2015 12:30AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 1089
JUNE 22, 1938 JOE LOUIS VS MAX SCHMELING WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT FULL TICKET
Sold for
$360
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $25,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $100,000 |
| $1,500,000 | $150,000 |
Full Unused Ticket to the June 22 1938 World Heavyweight Championship Fight between Champion Joe Louis and challenger Max Schmeling held at Yankee Stadium in New York. Learning from his 12th round loss to Schmeling 2 years earlier Louis was determined to end the fight early and planned to go "all out" in the first 3 rounds. After about a minute or so of feeling Schmeling out Louis connected on 5 left hooks and one body blow which caused the referee to stop the action momentarily while he checked Schmeling out. Quickly the action resumed and Louis knocked Schmeling to the canvas for a count of 3. After action resumed Louis hit Schmeling in the head with 3 clean shots dropping him again. Louis resumed his barrage of punches and leveled him for the 3rd and final time. At the count of 8 Schmeling's corner man who had thrown in the towel when Schmeling went down entered the ring to stop the fight giving Louis a technical knockout. Louis had thrown 41 punches in 2 minutes 4 seconds landing 31 to Schmeling's 2. Front of ticket clean with good color and imagery. A few light creases around the edges that do not break the front surface paper. Corners about VG or a little less. Back clean but does have "10/10/38" written in black ink. One vertical crease noticeable to the right of center. Decent ticket to a very historic fight!
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