Neil Leifer pays tribute to the legendary Muhammad Ali&nbsp;in an exclusive set of classic photographs.<ul><li>Neil Leifer (American, b. 1942).</li><li>Original photo taken, 1970.</li><li>This work is offered unframed.</li></ul>

The Mouth That Roared, Muhammad Ali

Signed limited Champ’s Edition of GOAT—GREATEST OF ALL TIME, the ultimate tribute to Muhammad Ali.<ul><li>Jeff Koons (American).</li><li>Köln:&nbsp;Taschen, 2004.</li><li>792 pages.</li><li>Hardcover.</li><li>Edition of&nbsp;1,000.</li><li>Signed by Ali and Koons.</li><li>Accompanied with four gelatin silver prints signed by photographer Howard L. Bingham and Muhammad Ali and the Jeff Koons sculpture&nbsp;Radial Champs, composed of two inflatables and a stool.</li><li>Bound in pink leather, the color of Ali’s first Cadillac.</li><li>Presented in a silk-covered box, illustrated with Neil Leifer’s iconic 1966 photo&nbsp;Ali vs Williams.</li></ul>

GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali

Black and white photograph of a young Muhammad Ali at the famous Fifth Street Gym in Miami.<ul><li>Flip Schulke (American, 1930-2008).</li><li>This work is offered unframed.</li><li>Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.</li><li>Signed Flip Schulke on reverse with gallery label.</li><li>Artist lifetime print from the 1990s.</li></ul>

Muhammad Ali at the Fifth Street Gym, Miami Beach

Ma Liangjun's work on Islamic <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Religion&amp;Book%20Subject=Religious%2520manuscripts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">theology</a> and <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Astronomy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">astronomy</a>.<ul><li>Two parts in 1 volume.</li><li>Ma Liangjun [Muhammad Yusuf al-Hijrani] (Chinese).</li><li>Hashiyya al-Hijrani, a work on Islamic theology, astronomy and global affairs.&nbsp;</li><li>Al-Balda al-Jadida,’ [Ürümqi], Xinjiang: Qazani Press, dated 1348 AH and 1929 ‘Miladi’ AD.&nbsp;</li><li>Type-set printed in Arabic with 16 woodblock printed diagrams.</li><li>331 pages.</li><li>Typographic black ink Arabic text, with cosmological diagrams with captions in Arabic and Chinese scripts.</li><li>Contemporary leather-backed marbled boards.</li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;Ma Liangjun (1871-1957) was a renowned Hui Muslim Akhund in the Northwest and a famous Islamic scholar (‘Hui’ referring to an ethno-religious group of Chinese speaking Muslims mostly based in North-west China). The author’s name is only given in Arabic in this publication, but ‘Ma Liangjun’ and ‘Muhammad Yusuf Hijrani’ are the same person; ’Ma’ being synonymous with the Arabic ‘Muhammad’ among the Hui population and ‘Hijrani’ being the Arabic name Ma Liangjun appointed himself. He was a prominent local figure that advocated peace and national unity in Xinjiang and was responsible for much of the modernisation and development in the local Islamic education systems. He authored many books and articles in Arabic, Persian and Chinese, many of these were Islamic in nature. As well as making a significant literary contribution to Islamic studies in Xinjiang, he was also a progressive figure in China Hui cultural developments.&nbsp;&nbsp; The first part of this text deals primarily in Islamic theology, with commentaries by the author on a number of Islamic scholars including al-Taftazani. The second part of the text comprises a number of shorter extracts on astronomy, includes maps of the world and touches on global affairs including the Serbian Campaign of 1914. Examples of Arabic printing in China are rare and the variations in transliteration make it difficult to find comparables on Western databases, but no other copies of this author’s works have been traced on OCLC.&nbsp;

Hashiyya al-Hijrani

A program for <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Muhammad%20Ali&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Muhammad Ali</a>'s legendary rematch against <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Sonny%20Liston&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sonny Liston</a>, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> as "Muhammad Ali" shortly before the bout, only a year after he took the name.<ul><li>Program is signed by Ali in blue ink to verso of first leaf, over his image.&nbsp;</li><li>Additionally signed by three other heavyweight champs present at Ali's training camp: Joe Louis, Jim Braddock, and Jersey Joe Walcott.</li><li>Published by Inter-Continental Inc., 1965.</li><li>8 leaves.</li><li>Illustrated in black and white.</li><li>Black-and-white pictorial wrappers with red and blue elements, saddle-stapled.</li></ul> "The punch jarred him. It was a good punch, but I didn't think I hit him so hard he couldn't have gotten up [...] [P]eople said maybe the first fight was fixed. So the second time, I wanted to whup him bad. I didn't want him making excuses or quitting. I wanted him to get up, so I could show everyone how great I was." — Muhammad Ali (quoted in Hauser) Ali's swift and crushing defeat of Sonny Liston in the first round of their second title fight in May of 1965 remains not only one of the most iconic moments of Ali's storied career and of boxing history — but also in all of sports. An almost 2-1 underdog, Ali's knockout after less than two minutes was famously captured in photographer Neil Leifer's legendary image of Ali towering over the fallen Liston. It remains one of the greatest sports photographs ever taken. The fight's status today, however, is belied in many ways by the humble circumstances of its original context. Postponed due to Ali's hernia surgery, it was then rescheduled in the small industrial Maine town of Lewiston — partially because it was the one of the few arenas procurable on short notice, but also because major venues were reluctant to be associated with Ali, who was increasingly seen as a draft dodger. The fight was sparsely attended: by most accounts only about 2500 of the roughly 4500 seats in the Lewiston high school hockey rink were filled that night. Thus surviving examples of this program are scarce. Prior to the bout, Ali had holed up at the Schine Inn in Chicopee, MA to train, talk to the media, and receive well-wishers. On May 20, 1965, five days before the fight, he hosted three fellow champions: the "Brown Bomber" Joe Louis, Jim Braddock, and Jersey Joe Walcott (who would also be the referee for the match), where all four of these signatures were gathered (the original owner noting as much above the signatures of Louis, Braddock, and Walcott). The program also reflects the confusion, controversy, and outright resistance surrounding Ali's recent name change. (At the start of the fight itself, the boxer was booed by the Lewiston crown when the ring announcer introduced him as "Muhammad Ali.") Ali is referred to throughout the program as both Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali (and sometimes both at once). Ali had taken the name only the previous years after an address by Elijah Muhammad conferred him with the honorific (meaning "most high one worthy of praise"). This signature, therefore, represents one of the verifiably earliest "Muhammad Ali" autographs — and on the program (and at the training camp) for one of his most famous matches. A rare document, linking Ali not only to the great Black boxers who immediately preceded him, but capturing him at the very cusp of his popular transformation from heavyweight champion to civil rights leader, anti-war activist, and ultimately legendary humanitarian. A totemic object from the career of one of the 20th century's most famous, important, and influential figures.

Souvenir Program for Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston May 25th, 1965 | Signed by Muhammad Ali

Flip Schulke (American, 1930-2008).Gelatin silver print.Signed by Muhammad Ali and the artist, Flip Schulke, in pen below image recto; dated 1961 in pen below image recto; original print in pen verso.&nbsp;This work is offered unframed.Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Flip Schulke and Muhammad Ali at the Sir John Hotel Pool in Miami Photograph

Black and white photograph featuring a young Muhammad Ali at the famous 5th Street Gym.<ul><li>Flip Schulke (American, 1930–1908).</li><li>Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.</li><li>Signed Flip Schulke on reverse with West Palm Beach studio label.</li><li>This work is offered unframed.</li><li>Artist lifetime print from the 1990s.</li></ul>

Movie poster for the 1975 re-release of Skill, Brains and Guts, the documentary chronicling legendary boxer Muhammad Ali's career.<ul><li>The Big Fights, Inc.</li><li>Unframed, linen backed and unfolded.</li></ul>

Skill, Brains and Guts Movie Poster

An important treatise relating to the Shi'a interpretations of irfan (ethics), fiqh and usul (roots and principles of Islamic jurispudence).<ul><li>Murtada ibn Muhammad Amin Ansari (Iranian).</li><li>Also known as Risala'i Taj al-Hijaj.</li><li>Qajar Persia, Tehran: dated Muharram 1274 AH (September 1857 AD).</li><li>145 leaves.</li><li>Decorated manuscript on blue paper, in Arabic and Farsi.</li><li>Single column, 15 lines formal black naskh script, catch-words throughout, early ink ownership seals to first and final leaves.</li><li>The dyed blue paper and the scribal hand present in this manuscript indicate production in a formal Qajar scriptorium. The volume was either commissioned directly by the royal household of Fath'Ali Shah, for personal use by the Royal Family, or was acquired by them shortly after copying.</li></ul>

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