Arthur Mercante Autographs
Arthur Mercante Sr. (January 26, 1920 – April 10, 2010) was an American boxing referee. His career spanned from 1954 until 2002.
Mercante was born in Brockton, Massachusetts and moved with his family to Brooklyn at age 7. During his teenage years, he fought in the Golden Gloves as a welterweight and graduated from Boys High School in 1938. In his youth, Mercante was a member of the Merchant Marines.
He earned Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from New York University in 1942 and 1947 respectively, the latter after serving in the United States Navy during World War II as a boxing instructor as part of a physical training program headed by heavyweight champion Gene Tunney. After the war he refereed Golden Gloves and college bouts and became varsity boxing coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy until the sport was phased out at the intercollegiate level.
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Traded items with a signature of Arthur Mercante
The most expensive item with a signature of Arthur Mercante (ARTHUR MERCANTE REFEREE BOXING HOFer AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL 10x8 AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO) was sold in August 2025 for $209.00 while the cheapest item (ARTHUR MERCANTE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH CARD BOXING REF DECEAS) found a new owner for $0.99 in August 2010. The month with the most items sold (17) was June 2026 with an average selling price of $11.98 for an autographed item of Arthur Mercante. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with $209.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.31 was February 2010. In average, an autographed item from Arthur Mercante is worth $10.98.
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