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Lot 203
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Lot Number: 203
Description: Cassius Clay sportcoat attributed to the 1960 Olympic Games. Green plaid blazer with shield shaped "U.S. Olympic Team 1960" patch sewn on breast pocket. Jacket shows minor usage wear and retains orig. McGregor "Automek Sportcoat" tagging along with dry clean tagging on inside right side lining. The offered sportcoat was obtained by Joel Platt directly from Cassius Clay Sr. and was believed to have been worn by Clay during the 1960 games as casual informal wear. The jacket is accompanied by zeroz image of Clay and several other Olympians standing in Rome, Italy in which Ali and three others are wearing the more formal blue Olympic blazer along with another athlete wearing a similar plaid blazer. Signed at a later date by Ali on breast pocket, significant item with relation to a defining era in Ali's career. Includes letter of provenance from Joel Platt, xerox copy of artwork/letter of provenance from Cassius Clay Sr.: EX
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