1910 T218 Jack Johnson 🥊 Front Facing & Side Facing Variations
Jack Johnson is one of the greatest World Heavyweight Champions of all-time and the first African-American to hold the title.
These cards are well over 100 years old and the artwork is amazing.
Jack Johnson had two cards in the iconic T218 Champions set, pictured here.
The front facing variation is significantly more scarce than the side facing variation.

1910 T218 Champions Abe Attell 🥊
1910 T218 Champions Jack Johnson (side facing) 🥊
These are the first two boxing cards I acquired, about 6 years ago.
Abe Attell was my first boxing card, I won on eBay auction for $8.
Before Abe, I was primarily a vintage baseball card collector, which led me to the story of the 1919 Black Sox and Abe Attell. Attell was alleged to be the "bag man" in the deal, handling the transfer of money. Attell was never convicted of any associated crimes though.
I was so smitten with Abe's card that I started looking into other 1910 T218 cards and boxing history in general.
My investigation led me to the side-facing Jack Jackson card, which I also won on the cheap in an eBay auction.
Since then, I've acquired quite a few boxing cards, most having significance to boxing history.
This was the start of my love for boxing cards.

World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
Jack Johnson casts a large shadow in boxing history.
He was a man ahead of his time and true pioneer of the sport.

1911 W.D. & H.O. Wills Green Star & Circle Issue 🥊 Jack Johnson
This issue is over 100 years old and among the earliest UK tobacco cards issued featuring Jack Johnson.
I bought this card raw and sent it in for grading.
This set has a total of 36 boxers and was printed by Wills for its Scissors brand cigarette cards and later for its Wills brand cigarettes. The Wills cigarette cards are more scarce and have a star and circle logo on the backs, which is where this set gets its name. These are two different sets but use the same images for the cards.
Graded examples of this card are are not wildly abundant in the U.S. like domestic issues or the later international sets.

I don’t often purchase non-baseball cards, but when I do, it’s gotta be a bad$ss vintage Jack Johnson card. Love this guy…