{"title":"Boxe","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"autografos-de-cassius-clay-e-jesse-owens-1960","title":"Autographs by Cassius Clay and Jesse Owens (1960)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eThis item is no longer available. However, we may be able to put you in contact with its owner — who knows, they might accept your offer? — or, alternatively, suggest other items of similar interest, without any obligation. Contact us via WhatsApp: +55 31 98221-5758 or email: contato@glorias.com.br\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlobal sports legends and icons in the fight against racism, Jesse Owens and Cassius Clay, meet at the Rome Olympics in 1960.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePostcard of the Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, with autographs from Cassius Clay, Jesse Owens, and other international athletes who participated in the 1960 Olympics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eBelonged to a French journalist who passed away in 2011.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e13.3 cm x 8.5 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eFair condition, right edge slightly damaged.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eUnique piece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Muhammad Ali and Jesse Owens knew each other. They weren't close friends, but they had great respect for each other's successes. Jesse Owens was closer friends with Joe Louis because they were the same age,\"\u003c\/em\u003e says Marlene Owens Rankin, Jesse Owens' daughter, with whom we discussed this very rare document, as the two legendary athletes had few opportunities to meet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1960, Cassius Clay (1942 - 2016) won the gold medal in boxing at the Olympics and, with his talent and charisma, became a global celebrity at just 18 years old, beginning an incredible championship career. In the same year, Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980), who was 47, had retired from athletics, publicly represented major American companies, and developed a social program for children and teenagers. Both appreciated each other, especially because they had much in common: both were famous Black athletes and victims of racism in their own country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout his life, in his autobiography or interviews, Jesse Owens recounted his humiliating return to the United States in 1936, despite the four gold medals won against Hitler at the Berlin Olympics:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Joe Louis and I were the first Black athletes who were allowed to represent America,\" Owens said, \"but neither of us was allowed to sign endorsement contracts because the American South would not have bought such advertised products. This was the social stigma to which we were subjected.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"When I returned from the Olympic Games to my American homeland, after all the stories about Hitler, how he supposedly snubbed me, I still had to sit in the back. I couldn't live where I wanted... I wasn't actually invited to shake Hitler's hand, but I also wasn't invited to the White House to shake the American president's hand.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1960, it was young Cassius Clay's turn to return to\u003c\/span\u003e the United States after the Olympics and, despite his recent fame due to a gold medal, face racism, just like Jesse Owens twenty-five years earlier. It was around this time that he decided to become a Muslim, change his name to Muhammad Ali, meet Reverend Martin Luther King, and begin to actively participate in the fight for Black rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe have no record of other documents signed by Cassius Clay and Jesse Owens at this very special moment in the future Muhammad Ali's career. 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Please contact us via WhatsApp: +55 31 98221-5758 or email: contato@glorias.com.br\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1948, future boxing world champion Marcel Cerdan, desperately in love, writes to his famous mistress Edith Piaf.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHandwritten letter from Marcel Cerdan to Edith Piaf.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne page, front and back, on headed paper with Marcel Cerdan's initials \"MC\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn French.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16.9 cm x 24.4 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParis, January 17, 1948.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExcellent condition, with a few small tear stains.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnique piece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExcerpts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy dear little Piaf,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(...) I've been writing to you non-stop and haven't heard anything back from you, what's happening? Have you changed your mind? Have you found someone more interesting who is always by your side? Have you gone back to your little boyfriend?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(...) I won't bother you much, and if you don't want me anymore, you won't see me again, because I know how to suffer in silence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(...) Thinking about it, I'm lucky because I can live with good memories of you, and when I hear your songs, everywhere, I always have a little bitter smile. But still, I'm happy inside and I think that I was with her and that she sang just for me, maybe you don't remember, it was going down Sixth Avenue and you were singing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(...) You are a woman everyone loves, and you didn't have time to think about this uneducated little boxer who was a bit silly in front of you.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(...) Now I'm going to tell you what's happening with me and why I'm not in New York yet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(...) I prefer a fight in Paris before facing the tough guys in New York because, if it doesn't work out, it's better to happen here than there, especially considering the money I earned last time. I'll tell you not to believe everything people say about me. The fight in Canada earned me 1,000 dollars, and the one in Chicago 3,000, all because of my managers, who argued with Madison Square Garden. I pay the price for this because, in the end, I'm the one who takes the punches and suffers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(...) I love you. I'm yours. Write to me soon. 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Contact us via WhatsApp: +55 31 98221-5758 or email: contato@glorias.com.br\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLegendary boxer Jack Dempsey signs a beautiful vintage postcard depicting his first world title.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage postcard with an autograph by Jack Dempsey.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e14 cm x 8.6 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eNew York, no date information.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSome moisture stains, but in good condition\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eUnique piece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the front, it is printed: \u003cem\u003eJack Dempsey knocks out Jess Willard and becomes champion of the world. 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