Icons & Immortals: High-End Sports Memorabilia and Card Auction
Lot 68:
Description
BID PER WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO, NOT THE AI GENERATED TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS! Three 1963 Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson II Heavyweight Championship Unused Full Tickets
This exceptional collection consists of three full, unused "phantom" tickets for the world heavyweight championship rematch between Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson. Originally scheduled for the evening of April 4, 1963, at the Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Florida, the fight was postponed after Liston sustained a knee injury during training. The bout was eventually moved to Las Vegas in July 1963, rendering these Miami Beach tickets obsolete. Because the event never took place at this venue, these specimens survived with their original admission stubs intact. The collection includes three distinct seating tiers: an orange Working Press ticket (Section 4, Row A, Seat 2), a premium green Ringside ticket (Section 23, Row 1, Seat 15) with a face value of $50.00, and a light blue Grandstand ticket (Section J, Row 5, Seat 1) with a face value of $10.00. Each ticket features iconic photographic portraits of champion Sonny Liston and challenger Floyd Patterson. These items represent a significant moment in boxing history, documenting the logistical challenges of the 1960s heavyweight division.
Condition report:
These raw tickets are in excellent, well-preserved condition. All three specimens feature sharp, square corners and crisp edges with no evidence of handling wear. The surfaces are remarkably clean, free of creasing, staining, or foxing. The original perforations between the main ticket body and the admission stubs remain fully intact and show no signs of separation. The ink remains bold and the colors are vibrant, with no visible fading from light exposure.
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