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Georges CARPENTIER – Georges COOK. Affiche combat Carpentier et Cook, 1992. image 1
Georges CARPENTIER – Georges COOK. Affiche combat Carpentier et Cook, 1992. image 2
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Georges CARPENTIER – Georges COOK.
Affiche combat Carpentier et Cook, 1992.

17 – 26 March 2025, 12:00 CET
Online, Paris, avenue Hoche

€2,000 - €2,500

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Georges CARPENTIER – Georges COOK.

Affiche combat Carpentier et Cook, 1992.

Affiche de la retransmission du combat entre Carpentier (alias The Orchid Man) et Cook (Australien) le 12 janvier 1922 au Royal Albert Hall, Kensington.
Le jour de ses 28 ans, Carpentier met KO le poids lourd australien en quatre rounds d'un gauche du droit au menton et d'une droite à la mâchoire. Le boxeur à genou ne se relèvera pas à la fin du décompte de l'arbitre Jack Smith. Rare affiche entoilée, dans un état moyen (manques et décollements). Traces d'impression au dos de l'affiche. Hauteur 149 cm, largeur 108 cm.

Poster of the broadcast of the fight between Carpentier (aka The Orchid Man) and Cook (Australian) on January 12, 1922 at the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington.
On his 28th birthday, Carpentier knocked out the Australian heavyweight in four rounds with a left right to the chin and a right to the jaw. The kneeling boxer will not get up at the end of referee Jack Smith's count. Rare canvas poster, in average condition (missing and detachment). Printing traces on the back of the poster. Height 149 cm, width 108 cm.

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