This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/1/2012
This is an eclectic array of signed items from Angelo Dundee's personal collection, including a publisher's proof of his 1985 autobiography "I Only Talk Winning," with Mike Winters. The 208-page 8 1/2-by-11-inch proof is signed in bold black Sharpie at the top of the manuscript and is in overall Ex-Mt condition. Dundee also signed in bold black Sharpie on the dust jacket of "Muhammad Ali" by Wilfrid Sheed, a 9 1/2-by-11 1/4-inch book loaded with stunning color photography from Ali's career; the book is Ex-Mt; the dust jacket is in Good condition. An Ex-Mt condition copy of Willie Pep's 1973 book "Friday's Heroes," with Robert Sacchi, is signed by Pep on the inside first page, with inscription, "To Angelo - You're the Greatest, OK Pal." The dust jacket included with the book is in Poor condition. An 8-by-11-inch copy of Boxing Digest from 1980 has an intriguing picture on the front with Sugar Ray Leonard, Howard Cosell (with his shirt open to his navel. Yikes!) and Dundee. Dundee signed the 70-page Ex-Mt condition magazine on the front and back (back page is a MacGregor advertisement with Dundee in the photo; on the front he signed in blue Sharpie directly over Howard's hirsute torso, "Me and my Buddy Howard." A three-page 8-by-10-inch LeRoy Neiman color Sketchbook boasts reproductions of three Liston-Clay paintings and a strong black Sharpie Dundee autograph on the front (Nr-Mt). There is a 4-inch Winning miniature boxing glove with laces and in Nr-Mt condition; Dundee signed boldly across the top of the glove hand. There is also a splendid Muhammad Ali ballpoint signature on the back of a 4-by-2-inch ticket stub from "The Main Event," featuring George Burns and Bob Hope on April 13, 1985, at the Riviera Convention Center in Las Vegas (Ex-Mt but torn). 19" by 24" abstract colorful portrait painting of Angelo Dundee by artist Walt Majeski signed "Atsa me!! Angelo Dundee".
Comes with Letter of Authenticity from the Dundee Family.