Heavyweight boxing champion of the world, 1915-1919. Vintage fountain pen signature, “Jess Willard,” on a 5.5 x 2.75 blue card from the Albert R. Chestnut collection. In fine condition, attached to a slightly larger white card, with a small photo attached to the left blank area (slightly overlapping the tail of the “J”). From his Pennsylvania home, Chestnut, a printer by profession, began collecting autographs in 1935. He sent these personally-printed cards to over a thousand celebrities and received favorable replies from the vast majority, finally retiring from collecting to raise his family when postage increased from 2¢ per card! Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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