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A Boxer\'s Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to Albert de Giovanni
Estimate: $2,000-$3,000
Passed
Live Auction
A Cut Above: The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter, Part I
Description
"color: rgb(73, 80, 87);">from Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania records that on March 19, 1912, at a boxing show, a "Kid Giovanni" of Girardville, Pennsylvania, "stepped to the front of the stage, and challenged Lightfoot Bender to fight any number of rounds from $100 to $500 a side."