Colecciones Montiel 1947, Gerith and Ruth, uncut.

Book published in 1951 that deals with the history of Almendares in its 3/4 century

Campeonato 1952-53 Almendares book and photos

4 Guías del Fanático Campeonatos
1954-55 ----1957-58

Cigarros Nacionales, Cooper, my collection

Cigarros Junco 1937, Frank Frisch

I just picked up on eBay a really rare card. Mitchell Blake.

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The seller was selling a bunch of cards he soaked including the Ruth which sold today. He mentioned in the description he has this card for sale, but I could not find it. I consulted Roland’s book and learned some more about it. He ended up relisting it for me and I bought it. It is pretty ugly, but I think not many are known, so I grabbed it. Apparently, this was a short print since the complete set could be sent in for prizes, so this card was rare to avoid giving prizes. It is from the 1930 Baguer Chocolates.

It is being sent to the eBay authentication program, so that should be interesting since PSA has never graded one and SGC 1.

Update: Came back authenticated and packed nicely, arrived earlier than expected.

Yes, Is rare this card

Silvio Garcia
 

Here's a cool Silvio Garcia card from the 46 Reyes set. Had a very long and interesting career. Two way player like Dihigo. Branch Rickey was interested in signing him before Robinson broke the color line.

Jamie
 

Jamie, that Mitchell Blake card you're showing is rare, although it's not in a very good condition, I congratulate you on getting this card, now I'm showing a group of Baguer cards pasted in his album, including the Babe Ruth card.

Love my complete Nacionales album... such art
 

Just amazing to me

Nice Al, love that blue.

Al, you always show super cards, I congratulate you on your Cigar collection, it is rare to have it complete, I really like that collection, now I show one of the pages from my catalog that shows National Cigars, now I ask you, do you have my Catalog Specialized?

Cigarros Nacionales, Cooper, my collection

Very nice Nacionales Cooper Roland. Here is mine.

Great thread. I did not read all 660+ messages, but what I did had fantastic info for those interested in Cuban memorabilia.
I have two questions. Did your books get more printings since the thread began. Second does Lou Gehrig have any Cuban issues?
Thank you.

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I own one of his books and use it all the time. Thanks to my IPhone and the translater app.

Yes, I know of two Gehrig cards.

Check post 651 at top of this page.

Also the 1930 Baguer Chocolate.

Lordstan
 

Lordstan, I answer Lou Gehrig, it appears on Cuban cards in Baguer 1930 and Montiel 1947, now I show Baguer's, on this page above it appears in Montiel, I show an old Selecta Magazine, I will answer the other question in another publication, I am glad that You like what I publish about Cuban Baseball.

A small but mightty Pop Lloyd
 

the Mallorquina. Pop 1 from what I recall.

Awesome card Al!

Chad

Al Jurgela
 

Al, the card that you show from Lloyd from your wonderful Mayorquina collection, it was mine a few years ago, now I show you a photo of that time when I had it, I imagine that you must have many cards that were mine, that makes me very happy.

I show part of one of the pages of my Specialized Catalog with the collection of "National Cigars" 1923-24. Kenny Cole the card you show of Cooper is very good.

Merry Christmas to all my friends and those who read my threads, now I show Christmas cards from the 40s and 50s that the fans of the professional teams Almendares, Habana, Cienfuegos and Marianao sent to congratulate their friends.

Emilio Sabourin 1853-1897, founder of Havana B.B.C, played in the historic 1874 game at Palmar de Junco, also in the first official game of the Cuban Championship in 1878, was a patriot of the War of Independence against Spain in 1895, fell prisoner and was exiled to the prisons of Ceuta in Spain where he died in 1897, in 1953 on the centenary a monument was erected in his memory, in the homeplay of what was the disappeared Havana Park, today América Arias Maternity Hospital online and G, in Vedado, today December 27, 2022, the monument was reopened a few meters from the original place, it is now more visible to all those who pass through that place, I show photos of today's event, in the 1st photo I am next to the monument and other photos from today.

December 29, 1878, today marks the 144th anniversary of the start of the 1st Baseball Championship in Cuba, a game between Habana and Almendares won by Habana 21 runs x 20, played on the El Siboney grounds on Tulipán street in Cerro de La Havana. In the year 1940 it was decided that this day would be "Base Ball Day" and on December 29 the exaltations to the Hall of Fame of Cuba were made, I show a photo from an old newspaper announcing this historic game.

Congratulations and good health I wish to my friends and to those who read my publications for the year 2023.

I show from my Specialized Catalog part of the page of the Tomas Gutiérrez collection, you can see the album that opens in the form of an accordion

Cigarros Punch, Armando Marsans

Cigarros Billiken y La Moda 1928 Club Cincinnati card and poster. See my Specialized Catalog.

In the collections of Cigarros Aguilitas and Cigarros Nacionales the same image of José de la Caridad Méndez was used.

Robert Bobby Fischer, today marks the 15th anniversary of his death, is considered one of the greatest chess geniuses of all time, world champion in 1972, in his time as a player he demonstrated great superiority against his opponents. I met Fischer during the Chess Olympiad in Havana in 1966, and on several occasions I was lucky enough to share a few words with him, and he signed some autographs for me, I saw him every day and sometimes after finishing his game I was at his side. side in the game analysis room, it was all because I worked in the Technical Commission as an Olympiad prosecutor, I show something in photos of Bobby.

I believe so, my friend... I believe so
 

They have found a good home

The Foster
 

Here is my Willie Foster while in an SGC holder... (it is now in a PSA holder)

Lloyd, Foster, Mallorquina 1928
 

Al Jurgela, I see that you have Foster's card that was mine for many years, just like Lloyd's, I'm glad they are part of your impressive collection, I show a photo of both that I took years ago, when they were mine.

Album Fósforos Acebo 1950-51
Willie Mays- Almendares

José Marti and Baseball, today January 28 on the anniversary of the birth of Our Apostle, I will write something about his relationship with this sport, several writings are known that appear in several volumes of his Complete Works, Marti lived permanently for many years in United States, mainly in the 1880s, I show you a photo of the Cabañas 1909 Post Cards collection, and next to Agustín "Tinti" Molina, in 1889, in Key West, Marti was present at a ball game between the team Cuba and another from the United States, and Tinti hit a home run and the Cuban team won. At the end of the game, the apostle asked to go see the Macanazo player (that's what Marti called the home run) and congratulated him on the victory of the Cuban team because to his performance at bat. In the other photo you will see a page from the book La Esfera y el Tiempo, its author Dr. Félix Julio Alfonso, on several pages he writes about the different articles by Marti that appear in his Complete Works, in the other photo we see Francisco Poyo, member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame, son of José Dolores Poyo, founder of the Cuban Revolutionary Party together with José Marti, and the other photo is from an interview that appeared in the press on the occasion of his exaltation to the Hall of Fame, Francisco Poyo was part of the Cuban team in the 1889 game that Marti witnessed

Babe Ruth 1930 Massaguer
 

Massaguer was one of the great caricatures in Cuba, his drawings appeared on the covers of the "Carteles" magazines of which he was director, I show a cartoon made of Babe Ruth in 1930.

Massaguer was one of the great caricatures in Cuba, his drawings appeared on the covers of the "Carteles" magazines of which he was director, I show a cartoon made of Babe Ruth in 1930.

I show the 7 balls signed by the players of the Cuban team that won in the Caribbean Series from 1949, these photos correspond to an interview about the different Series that they did to me in my house for a documentary that was shown on the channels of television in Cuba in 2017

Photo of the team Marianao national champion 1957-58 and Champion of the Caribbean Series

Last week a copy of each of my three catalogs that they commissioned me was printed, a few minutes ago they sent me this image to my email that informs me that they are for sale on ebay cuban baseball, those who read me in my net54 threads They have sent emails because they want to have them, if anyone is interested I think they should connect and see them.

Cigarros PUNCH 1910 Almendares
 

"PUNCH" 1910 Cigars. In the 40 years that I have been a researcher and collector, this is the rarest card I know of from that collection, in Volume 2 of my Specialized Catalogs I give details about it.

In the individual cards of the "Punch Cigars" collection they have a frame on all four sides, in the card that I showed with all the photos of the Almendares players, note that they are the original photos of the players without the frame, and the frame black covers all four sides of the set, now I show a card of José Mendez.

Help with possible identifications...
 

I recently acquired this image and am hoping for some help with possible identifications. The photo is dated 1927 on the reverse.

Rolando and other Negro/Cuban aficionados...

What are the chances (slim I believe) that the photo posted below contains any of the following:

Luis Tiant standing 2nd from right
Ramon Bragana standing 3rd from right
Rodolfo Fernandez standing 4th from left


Thanks for any help in advance
Travis

Ty Cobb Punch 1910
 

I show some Punch Cigars cards that I scanned years ago in my house, Ty Cobb and others from the teams that played in 1910 in Havana, the Almendares ones were glued one next to the other on the album sheet of the same player.

Not a Cuban card but semi-related item that I just picked up. Signed enveloped of President Calvin Coolidge visiting Havana in 1928.

Chad

I only have one Punch card and I feel fortunate to have it.

Kenny Cole, The card that you show of Viola was mine, note that I show two that were glued next to each other and I scanned them many years ago, then I separated them and sold the one that you show, the one on the right, the other in these I have it in my collection at times.

Hi Roland,

I know that my card of Viola was one of the two you showed. I'm just happy to have one. Wish I several others, but they're pretty hard to come by.

This is another set of "Punch Cigars" cards that I scanned many years ago at home.