Forsale RARE 1940 Hughes Confection cards

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Posted By: Jim Manos

Tony Freitas vg $250 OBO SOLD
Larry Barton vg $250 OBO

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Posted By: JIm Manos

Bump I'm easy, these are tough tough cards.

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Posted By: bigfish

Jim,

send me a reasonable price for the pair. Scan too please

tp7161@yahoo.com

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Posted By: Mark Marvelli

I took the Freitas. Unbelievable type card (my third Hughes). These are so cool. I am glad that the PCL gets little respect. It allows me to obtain rare cards at deceint prices. Thanks Jim

Got any Bishop teams?

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Posted By: jay behrens

Mark, not sure what circles you run in, but the PCL gets huge respect from collectors, especially on the West Coast, obviously. Nice pick up on the Frietas as he was one of the best pitchers in the PCL and was local hero in Sacramento.

Jay

I like to sit outside, drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home, I would be arrested. So, I go to baseball games and fit right in.

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Posted By: Mark Marvelli

Jay

Semantics...I said 'little' and you said 'huge'. Let's split it down the middle and call it good.

As to what circles I run in...I spend a lot of time running a figure eight, I dont follow the circle crowd as much as I used to.

Point is, that can always be argued, PCL cards while compulsive to many are not near as desireable to the collective collector community (also known as the CCC) as major league players. That was my point and I am sticking to it! I call it East Coast bias. When you can pick up a Hughes Confection card, which is seldom stumbled accross, for 250 bucks of a player the caliber of T Freitas then you are collecting in circles of minimal interest. If a PCL card doesnt have a ACC designation of either T or E then you can pick it up on the cheap, unless of course you want a complete set of '49 Sunbeam/Pureta Solons cards.


Yes Tony was great. He was voted by SABR as the 'best all time minor league pitcher', yet his cards are valued and priced as if he was a mere common. He won 20 or more games six consecutive years from 1937 to 1942. He had 342 wins in the minors, and was affectionately reffered to as the "pint sized port sider". The newspapers dont put those types of monikers on players anymore.

So anyway...long live the old PCL!!!

Mark

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Posted By: David Vargha

If a PCL card doesnt have a ACC designation of either T or E then you can pick it up on the cheap, unless of course you want a complete set of '49 Sunbeam/Pureta Solons cards.

Well, if you stumble across any "cheap" 1949 Bowman PCL cards, please send them my way.

DavidVargha@hotmail.com

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Posted By: Mark Marvelli

David

Damn, I knew I was leaving myself open on that one. Good catch!

Mark