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January 17, 1943: Boxing legend Muhammad (Cassius Clay) Ali was born. The boxing gloves
PhotograPhic Journey worn by him and Sonny Liston in their May of 1965 rematch sold for $956,000 at Heritage
Auctions in 2015. Both sets of gloves were confiscated by the boxing commissioner after Ali
knocked Liston down with his first punch, known as the “phantom punch,” because some
This Month in Collecting History: said Ali did not connect. Liston was counted out before he got up.
JANUARY January 19, 1839: The birthday
of Paul Cézanne whose
by Mike McLeod painting, The Card Players,
hit the jackpot when
it auctioned for about
January 1, 1863: President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing $250 million in 2013.
the slaves in the southern states. Of the 48 copies created and signed, 26 are still known Cézanne died in 1906 from
to exist. In 2009, one copy was auctioned by Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries for
$2.085 million. In 2010, the estate of Robert Kennedy sold a copy of the Emancipation pneumonia after working
Proclamation for $3.8 million, which he bought in 1964 for less than $10,000 (nytimes, in the rain for two hours.
6/27/12). In 2016, Sotheby’s auctioned an Emancipation Proclamation signed by Pres. Cézanne’s Bouilloire et
Lincoln for $2.17 million and a manuscript copy of the Thirteenth Amendment signed by the fruits (1888–90) owned
President for $2.41 million. by former Condé Nast
January 1, 1735: The birthdate of Paul Revere, patriot, silversmith, printer, engraver—and chairman S.I. Newhouse
hit $59.3 million with
dentist? Yes, the multi-talented Revere even practiced a little dentistry at one time. Revere’s buyer’s premium in 2019 at
other handiwork, silver making, is not as rare as his dental work, but certain works are still Christie’s (artsy.net)
very valuable. For instance, a set of six silver Paul Revere tablespoons, circa 1790-1800, was
auctioned by Heritage Auctions in 2011 for $83,650. In January 2016, Sotheby’s sold two January 22, 1901: Queen Victoria of England passed away. Her
1786 Paul Revere silver serving spoons for $104,500. Each measured 11.75 inches long and 64-year record for the longest reigning queen of England
weighed half a pound. was toppled by Queen Elizabeth II in September of 2015.
January 3, 1924: The sarcophagus of King Tutankhamen was The next year in 2016, the BBC reported that a slice of
discovered by Howard Carter and opened a month later, revealing cake from the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince
a golden coffin holding two smaller golden coffins, one within the Albert in 1840 (along with its original presentation
other, all carved like King Tut’s golden mask. Carter and his crew box and Victoria’s signature on paper) coughed up
actually discovered the tomb two years before, and it contained £1,500. In January of 2020, an auction of Queen
three chambers and 3,500 objects. He died three months after Victoria’s clothing—which included in part a pair of
entering the tomb from an infected mosquito bite which started brown boots, two bodices, a black taffeta skirt and silk
the myth of the Mummy’s Curse. In 2019, Christie’s auctioned bloomers embroidered with a crown—
a quartzite head of the God Amun with the features of King commanded £17,000 at Hansons
Tutankhamen for $5.96 million. Egypt unsuccessfully tried to halt Auctioneers in the UK.
the sale saying the relic had been looted. Egyptian law declares all January 24, 1965: Winston Churchill
antiquities as state property, except those whose ownership was died at the age of 90. His Victory watch
established by 1983 when the law went into effect. The head was presented to him after WWII sold for £485,000 at Sotheby’s
appropriated before 1983 but did not have the provenance. London in September 2015. Recently, a painting of his topped
January 6, 1412: The birthday of Joan of Arc. On May 16, 1920, she was canonized as a saint, that. Jug with Bottles crashed the million-dollar mark and
centuries after her death on May 30, 1431. In February 2016, the Puy du Fou Foundation made $1.3 million in November 2020, about four times its high
had the top bid of almost $425,000 for Joan’s silver-gilt devotional ring at an auction in estimate (sotheby’s.com).
England and brought it back home to France. Facetted faces on the ring show “I” and “IHS” January 24, 2019: A 1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig #160 card, mint 9,
for “Jesus” and “M” and “MAR” for “Maria” (timelineauctions.com). hit $576,000. Gehrig’s 1937 game-worn Yankees jersey with photos
January 8, 1935: The King was born. Elvis Presley made Tupelo, Miss., famous. Fans and matched to two home-run games sold for $2.58 million in August 2019. In February
collectors still go crazy for the King; he earned about $39 million in 2019, even though he 2020, a Lou Gehrig 1922-23 game-used, side-written bat rated PSA/DNA GU 10,
passed away on Aug. 16, 1977 (forbes.com, 10/30/19). Elvis’ 1960 Omega watch hit $1.8 hammered for $1,025,000 at Heritage Auctions. It was one of only two known bats
million at Phillips,18 times higher than its estimate (Fortune.com, 5/15/2018). A lock of from his early days.
his hair once sold for $115,000. In 2014, Bonham’s sold Elvis’ 1963 Rolls-Royce Phantom
V Touring Limousine for $396,000. In October 2018, the Asheville January 27: The birthdays of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, in
Citizen newspaper reported that Mike Harris sold a guitar given to 1832 in England and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1756 in Austria. A prolific author and
him by Elvis onstage in 1975 at a concert. It was eventually sold for mathematician, Carroll also invented a double-sided adhesive tape and a nyctograph for
$334,000. Elvis also gave away a ring with 50 diamonds in it at the writing in the dark. His books about Alice and Wonderland made him world famous. His
same concert; it went for $100,000 in 2018. personal copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland sold for $1.54 million in 1998, one of
January 10, 1776: Thomas Paine published Common Sense and sold up only six original 1865 editions left (nytimes.com, 12/1198). A handwritten score of two
minuets by 16-year-old Mozart hit the right note at $413,000 on Nov. 19, 2019 at Sotheby’s
to 500,000 copies of it, making him a pretty penny while helping to in Paris (thejakartapost.com, 11/19/19). In 1987, a document of nine symphonies written
spark the American Revolution. Even with that many printed, one Mozart crescendoed at $4.3 million, also at Sotheby’s (chicagotribune.com, 5/23/87).
copy Common Sense sold in 2013 for $545,000 but not all copies sell
that well. January 28, 1919: In the little town of Cairo, Ga., Jackie
January 13, 1930: The day Mickey Robinson was born, destined to break the color barrier
Mouse first appeared in a cartoon in American baseball. His skills earned him a spot in
in the U.S. In 2012, a Mickey Mouse the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. He played nine
stock poster (Celebrity Productions, 1928) one sheet (27 x years for the Brooklyn Dodgers and retired with a
41 inches) made $101,575, and in 2003, a Mickey Mouse .311 batting average, 137 home runs and 1,518 hits.
poster for the cartoon “The Mad Doctor” (1933) fetched Robinson’s 1947 game-worn Brooklyn Dodgers rookie
$138,000; both sold at Heritage Auctions. “Color Barrier” jersey, rated MEARS A9, hit $2+ million
January 14, 1892: Hal Roach, the gold prospector and mule in November 2017 at Heritage Auctions. The previous
month, Jackie Robinson’s specially made cap sold for
skinner who became a great movie producer, was born $590,994 by Lelands, making it the most valuable
in New York. He lived to the age of 100. Starting in 1915, sports cap in history (forbes.com, 10/28/17). The cap
he produced movies for about 50 years, bringing classic was created (as Lelands listed it), “To fend off racially
comedy and drama (Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, the motivated beanballs.”
Little Rascals, Topper, Of Mice and Men, etc.) to the big
screen. The only known Laurel and Hardy poster for Any
Old Port (1932, MGM) was part of a treasure trove of 17 Mike and Marla McLeod’s book, This Day in Collecting
History with 650+ photos and collecting history events for every day of the year, is available
movie posters found under the floor of an old house in on Amazon.com and Schifferbooks.com. It’s a great gift for collectors, pop culture enthusiasts,
Pennsylvania. Any Old Port was sold by Heritage Auctions for $8,962; altogether, the hoard history buffs and for yourself.
brought $219,000. All photos not credited are public domain.
January 17, 1706: Born this day in Boston was Benjamin Franklin. A three-page letter he wrote
(dated September 13, 1781) while serving as ambassador to France that was addressed to
his son-in-law made $26,000 in 2012 at Early American in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.