Primo Carnera Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
PRIMO CARNERA
Born: October 26, 1906 in Sequals, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Died: June 29, 1967 in Sequals, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Died: June 29, 1967 in Sequals, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Primo Carnera (1906-1967) was World Heavyweight Boxing Champion from 1933-1934. The enormous Carnera, called "the Ambling Alp", stood 6'5", weighted 265 pounds, and had enormous hands. He won the title by knocking out Jack Sharkey in the sixth round in Madison Square Garden on June 29, 1933. He lost the title on June 14, 1934 in Madison Square Garden when he was knocked out by Max Baer in the 11th round, and was crushed by Joe Louis the next year. Abused and cheated first by mob-connected managers and then by Nazi occupiers of his Italian village during World War II, Carnera made an astonishing comeback as a professional wrestler (1946-1961), going 152-14-19 and being declared world champion. He became a US citizen in 1953. Carnera appeared in a few films, including The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933), in which he fought Max Baer, his real life ring opponent the next year.
1977 Knockout (Other), 2008 Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed (Other), 1956-1957 Sheriff of Cochise (Performer), 1954 Casanova's Big Night (Performer), 1952 Il tallone di Achille (Performer), 1949 Mighty Joe Young (Performer), 1943 Harlem (Performer), 1942 I cavalieri del deserto (Performer), 1939 Traversata nera (Performer), 1973 Titanes en el ring (in person), 1933 Bombshell (in person), 1953/II Roar of the Crowd (Other), 1940 La nascita di Salomè (Performer), 2005 Biography (Other), 1957 Matinee Theatre (Performer), 1941 La corona di ferro (Performer), 1976 ABC's Wide World of Sports (Other), 1953 The Joe Louis Story (Other), 1999 The Sweet Science (Other), 1954 Prince Valiant (Performer), 1943 Due cuori fra le belve (Performer), 1940 Senza cielo (Performer), 1933 The Prizefighter and the Lady (Performer), 1942 Sette anni di felicità (Performer), 1959 Hercules Unchained (Performer), 1993 The Great Depression (Other), 1955 A Kid for Two Farthings (Performer), 1940 La figlia del corsaro verde (Performer), 1940 Vento di milioni (Performer), 1931 The Bigger They Are (Performer), 1954 The Big Fight: Jack Sharkey vs. Primo Carnera (in person), 1934 World's Heavyweight Championship: Primo Carnera and Max Baer (in person), 1933 Mr. Broadway (in person)
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PRIMO CARNERA Primo Carnera signs a pink piece of paper. Signature: "Primo/Carnera", 2½x1¾ pink piece of paper. Primo Carnera (1906-1967) was World Heavyweight Champion from 1933-1934. He won the title by knocking out Jack Sharkey in the sixth round in Madison Square Garden on June 29, 1933. read more...Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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PRIMO CARNERA The "Ambling Alp" signs an album leaf. Signature: "Primo/Carnera", 5x3¾ album leaf. Primo Carnera (1906-1967) knocked out Jack Sharkey on June 29, 1933 in the sixth round to become World Heavyweight Champion. read more...Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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PRIMO CARNERA and JULIE HARRIS Primo Carnera and Julie Harris sign an album leaf. Signature: "Primo/Carnera", 5¾x4 yellow album page. 1½x2¼ magazine photograph of Carnera affixed at lower right. read more...Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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PRIMO CARNERA Primp Carnera signs an autograph sentiment on a penny postcard to a collector. Autograph Sentiment Signed: "Sincerily (sic)/Primo/Carnera" on verso of a 3¼x5½ penny postcard addressed in another hand to a collector in Fall River, Mass. read more...Sale Price $935.00
$1,100.00
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PRIMO CARNERA Early signed black and white photo (3½x5½) of the "The Ambling Alp" Photograph Signed: "Primo Carnera" on verso. B/w, 3½x5½. Primo Carnera (1906-1967) was World Heavyweight Champion from 1933-1934. read more...Sale Price $1,615.00
$1,900.00
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PRIMO CARNERA Primo Carnera signs a business card in teal ink. Business card signed: "Primo Carnera", 3½x2¼. Primo Carnera (1906-1967) was World Heavyweight Champion from 1933-1934. He won the title by knocking out Jack Sharkey in the sixth round in Madison Square Garden on June 29, 1933. read more...Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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PRIMO CARNERA California wrestling license with his enormous thumb prints, signed the year he became the only man ever to have won world heavyweight titles in both boxing and wrestling Document signed: "Primo Carnera" on verso, 2 pages (front and verso), 8½x13. read more...Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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PRIMO CARNERA and JOAN TURNER Primo Carnera and Joan Turner sign an album leaf. Signature: "Primo/Carnera" and a 2nd, unidentified, signature, and on verso "Good luck, Bill!/Joan Turner/1951", 8x6 album leaf. read more...Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
