Cuban & Negro League Baseball Pick-Ups

[Kenny Cole]

Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

[triwak]

Thanks Phil and Anthony - and you too, Derek (not for bidding me up, but for the kind words, haha)! And Kenny - hope you and your's are safe from the tornadoes rolling through OK tonight. Just a lot of rain here, in Spfd., MO.

[bcbgcbrcb]

And to think, I had that Judy Johnson postcard at one time, bought it for $900 and sold it for around $500 (not one of my wisest moves). Guess I should have given it to Hake's for auction. I should note, this was all well before the Merkin collection hit the market............

[Kenny Cole]

Originally Posted by triwak

Thanks Phil and Anthony - and you too, Derek (not for bidding me up, but for the kind words, haha)! And Kenny - hope you and your's are safe from the tornadoes rolling through OK tonight. Just a lot of rain here, in Spfd., MO.

Thanks Ken, we're good. Just a lot of rain and some small hail. Like normal, the tornadoes were about 10 miles due north of me in Moore. Poor people. This is the 4th time that same part of Moore has been hit. One of them tore the roof off of an elementary school, but fortunately at least this time, unlike the last one a couple of years ago, there were no kids in it. So much for the weather forecaster's prediction yesterday morning that the tornado risk was "low."

[jboosted92]

Picked this up awhile back. hard to Guess auction value. Anyone seen one before?

[richardcards]

very expensive and rare pick up
worth every penny
beyond rare

[richardcards]

Cuban 1893 Matanzas Championship team


1926 Habana Lions Player

[bcbgcbrcb]

Richard:

Thought this roster info might help you with one of your photos...........


Matanzas (Liga Cubana 1892-93)


Pitchers
Avelino Cairo
José Castaner
Enrique García
Emilio Ruiz

Players
Abelardo Alfonso
Ricardo Cabaleiro
Román Calzadilla
Julio López
Pedro Matos
Manuel Padrón
P. Padrón
Leopoldo Posada
Pedro Velázquez

Manager
Luis María Catalá

[bcbgcbrcb]

Richard:

Here's the roster info on your other photo, 1893-94 Almendares............


Almendares (Liga Cubana 1893-94)


Pitchers
Manuel Martínez
Juan M. Pastoriza

Players
Evaristo Cachurro
Francisco Delabat
Antonio M. García
Alfredo Hernández
Rafael Hernández
Manuel López
Pedro Parra
Esteban Prats
Eugenio Rosas

Manager
Ramón Gutiérrez

[richardcards]

Thanks Gary

I have the list of each player.
The back of Matanzas is autographed by player Gonzalo Sanchez.

[richardcards]

A memory to my friend Dr Rogelio Valdes Jorge from
Gonzalo Sanchez.

[richardcards]

Postcard

[joeadcock]

Original photo early 1920's, East Cuban Stars
MLB hall of famer Alejandro Pompez, owner of team standing(in suit).
Alejandro Oms seated, third from right.

[bbpostcards]

Earliest known (to me) period item with Jimmy Claxton. Lower right.

[joeadcock]

Cool postcard

[bbpostcards]

Likewise!

[swarmee]

I just grabbed these:
1) 1945-46 Caramelo Deportivo (Felices) #72 Ray Berres NY Giants
2) 1943 Cigarrera Bigott #189 Santiago Rondon of Gavilanes Pitcher
3) 1952-53 Victoria Jorge Lopez of Habana Infielder
4) 1946-47 Sport Kings (Propagandas Montiel) #54 Paul M Derringer *None PSA* Cincinnati Reds
5) 1950-51 Toleteros Al Cihoki Mayaguez
6) 1943 La Ambrosia Carlos Torres of Cardenas 3rd Base

Cards are paper thin, and the backs are all very clean. Very happy with the Buy-It-Now option on the lot I got them with.

[ElCabron]

John,

#2 is from the 1943 Cigarrera Bigott set issued in Venezuela.

#3 is from the 1952-53 Victoria set issued in Cuba.

#4 is from Cuba.

#5 on your list "1950-51 Toleteros" is actually a 1951-52 Denia card issued in Puerto Rico. Considerably more rare than Toleteros.

#6 is from Cuba.

-Ryan

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by ElCabron

John,
#2 is from the 1943 Cigarrera Bigott set issued in Venezuela.
-Ryan

Thanks for the help on those! No back scans on the auction listing made it tough to decipher, but when you label the auction "Cricketers Pretty Ladies Film Stars Navy" and then not even mention the six rare baseball cards, I had to hit the Buy-It-Now before someone else made a bid on the item... ;-)

[Jason19th]

I recent pick up of an unappreciated figure in baseball history. Mike Gonzalez (on the right in this La Campana premium) was a fair player with a long playing tenure. But he is ignored as the first Latino manager as he served a couple of interm stints with the Cardinals in the 1930's. Rumored, by Willie Wells, to have been a light skinned black man

[bbpostcards]

Elected to the MLB Hall of Fame by the Negro League Committee in 1977, Martin Dihigo (top row, center) is also in the Halls of Fame of Cuba (elected in 1951), Mexico (1964), and the Dominican Republic (2010). This rare postcard pictures Dihigo with his 1945-46 Cuban Winter League champion Cienfuegos team along with teammates that included Sal Maglie, Nap Reyes, Connie Marrero, Luis Tiant, Alejandro Crespo, and manager Adolfo Luque.

[triwak]

^^^ Very nice!!

[richardcards]

Casa Vassallo Cienfuegos Team Martin Dihigo

[richardcards]

Dihigo Postcard Perez Steele

[richardcards]

Merito Acosta Cuba Baseball
One of my favorite players
amazing card and player

[autocentral]

I'll be posting some new stuff I've gotten in hopefully later this week.

Thanks for keeping this thread alive. I love seeing all the stuff.

-Nick