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Circa 1876
BASEBALL CLOCK STORY
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STORY
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Circa 1910
ELLENSBURG WASHINGTON
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CARLTON'S PERSONAL
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Joe DiMaggio's
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MEETS AND TALKS TO
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Circa 1890
HIGH WHEELER
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19th Century
ESTES
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Circa 1887
Reed and
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c 1896
PRANG
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Circa 1900
VIENNA
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BRONZE
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Circa 1889
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JOHN L. SULLIVAN
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BOXING ANTIQUES -
Bronze
statue of
Turkey
Point Billy Smith
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Dated
1899, 30 inches
tall
Samuel
Murray, sculptor (American)
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This
statue was sculpted by Samuel Murray who was a student and
friend of the famous American painter Thomas Eakins. The boxer is "Turkey Point" Billy Smith of Philadelphia. Eakins used Smith as
the model for his 1899 boxing painting "Between Rounds"
, which is in the Philadelphia Art Museum. Click
here for a lengthy but EXCELLENT story on Eakins by Charles
F. Cooper.
This
is one of the most important American boxing statues extant. I
know of only two American 19th century bronze statues of a boxer.
This one, and another titled "The
Tired Boxer" done in 1892 by Douglas Tilden. It's of a
seated boxer reaching down for his gloves. It's nice, but
doesn't have the liveliness of this one by Murray. The Olympic
club in San Francisco had an example of Tilden's Tired Boxer,
but it was reported to have been destroyed in a fire. The
only other example is in the DeYoung Museum in San
Francisco.
I
know of only three examples of Murray's Turkey Point Billy Smith
bronze. This one in my collection, another in a private southern
California sports museum, and one at Yale University in
the Whitney Collection of Sporting Art. |
More
boxing display pieces to be added when I get time. Thanks for your
patience - Carlton
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Circa 1889
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Circa 1920
DIEGES AND CLUST
TRACK RELAY TROPHY
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Circa 1887
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Circa 1930
PEN AND INK FOOTBALL
DRAWING
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Circa 1876
BASEBALL CLOCK STORY
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JOE LOUIS
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CARLTON'S PERSONAL
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MEETS AND TALKS TO
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19th Century
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BASEBALL BAT
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Circa 1896 PRANG
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Circa 1900
VIENNA
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BRONZE
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