ALAN MINTER (1951–2020) – GENUINE SIGNED VINTAGE BOXING PORTRAIT – WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION
An original double-sided vintage boxing publication/programme leaf featuring a large black-and-white portrait bearing a genuine hand-signed autograph of Alan Minter, with an unsigned photograph of British welterweight champion Colin Jones printed on the reverse.
The Alan Minter side features an excellent head-and-shoulders portrait credited at the foot:
“Picture by DEREK ROWE (Photos) LTD.”
A large ink autograph has been written diagonally across the lower-right portion of the portrait and surrounding margin. The signature is clearly applied over the printed image rather than forming part of the original printing. There is also an additional handwritten inscription at the upper-left.
Alan Minter was one of Britain's leading middleweights of the 1970s and early 1980s. Minter won a bronze medal for Great Britain at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, subsequently turning professional in October 1972.
Minter became British Middleweight Champion, held the European Middleweight Championship twice, and reached the pinnacle of the sport in 1980 when Minter became undisputed World Middleweight Champion.
The reverse of the same original sheet carries an unsigned action photograph captioned:
“COLIN JONES
(GORSEINON)
WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF GREAT BRITAIN”
This photograph is also credited“Picture by DEREK ROWE (Photos) LTD.”, demonstrating that the autograph survives on an original double-sided boxing publication/programme leaf rather than on a modern reproduction photograph.
Interestingly, a separate 1980 boxing programme for Kirkland Laing v Colin Jones, itself signed by Alan Minter, has appeared on the market and sold for £12, providing useful contemporary context for Minter autographs found within British boxing programme material.
A separate genuine Alan Minter signed photograph credited to Derek Rowe (Photos) Ltd. has also been documented on the collectors' market, providing an interesting comparison with the photographic credit on this sheet.
An attractive piece of British boxing ephemera, combining a genuine vintage Alan Minter autograph with a substantial period portrait and an unsigned Colin Jones British Welterweight Champion photograph on the reverse.
Condition as photos. All items can be returned for a full refund if found to be not as described.
PLEASE NOTE: I may have photographed this item on its original album page. If so, the item will be neatly removed from the page and sent without the album page it was mounted on.
PROVENANCE:
From a large collection of Autographs (c500 +) in two albums that were personally obtained by Mr Bernard Sullivan (Apr 1920 - Feb 2017), renowned Senior Toastmaster for the Society of London Toastmasters. Due to the nature of his job, whenever an opportunity arose for an autograph, Sullivan would grab whatever was to hand - a ticket, a menu, back of his notes, etc to capture his prey.
Over his long distinguished career, he worked with many people from around the world including Royalty, Heads of States, Archbishops, HM Judges, Stars of Stage and Screen , Politicians and Sportsmen, many becoming like old friends. During his 58 years as a Toastmaster, he gradually built up a large, impressive collection of autographs, which were all personally collected by him. He cherished them and proudly showed them off to friends and family.
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