Now I show you a plastic comb from Havana, it is part of the Cuban baseball memorabilia.

The baby was a movie star of the time called "Snookums"

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Some Trinidad y Hnos cards I have:

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Exhibitman, you have a very good collection of Trinidad and Hno. More than 100 different themes have passed through my hands: baseball, boxing, silent film artists, western celebrities, pioneers of aviation, film women , theater, semi-nude, etc. Now I send you the photo of the 8X10 photo album, you will see that the cardboard sheets are prepared to place the photos in the slots, these albums are very rare, one of them says in the cover 1928, in gold letters, I have seen them in colors blue, green, red etc, when you see this you let me know so you can see more details in the players.

I show you a weekly program of the 1946-47 Season, Ahead and behind.

Habana y Almendares
 

Now I show you two bat keychains from Habana and Almendares.

This is a pencil from the Almendares, Avon manufacturer brand.

1931 Cardinals
 

In the 90s I bought some things from Mike González and now I find on the computer this 1931 San Luis Cardenales printout signed by all of the team except for Mike, I think he gave the printout to the team members,

1931 Cardinals
 

I agree with you the boxing Billiken are very rare, I do not have any, I tell you again that you have something special. Now you will see something that I bought in the 90s at Mike Gonzalez's house, a large print from when he played in St. Louis in 1931 signed by everyone, but without his signature.

I thought Gonzales died in 1977

Jason, I wrote that I bought it at Mike's house, not that I bought it from him, when Mike died in the house, the one who was his last wife stayed, with his sister and his nephew, I went 3 or 4 times to that house and I bought it from the widow's nephew, he also visited my house years ago. ,

Jason, something more about Mike González, he had a son, they have told me that his wife and son left Cuba perhaps in the early 60s, he had another wife who took care of him until he died, she stayed in The house with a sister and her nephew, the widow died several years ago, I met the nephew in the 90s and visited the house on several occasions and he also visited me,

Mel Ott Tropical Stadium
 

Yesterday I was checking one of my emails and I see that since the beginning of April none came in, and it seemed strange to me, my son touched something and suddenly many, some from April, from friends, family and members of net54 began to enter, I I've seen some, and I'll answer them little by little, now I'm answering something you want to see from the American Series at La Tropical Stadium, I start with part of a photo of Mel Ott.

Jimmy Foxx
 

Something else from the American series and Hall of Fame players who played in Cuba, at Stadium La Tropical, will see Jimmy Foxx.

Not cards, but I recently acquired a couple of Cuban league team signed balls (Almendares). (1946-47 and 1947-48). Still not familiar with many of the players (although I've been able to ID most of the names).

Haven't seen to many team signed balls so was pretty excited to be able to acquire these.

Jeff
 

Jeff, I inform you that you acquired 2 magnificent balls, the one from 1946-47, it is signed by: Avelino Cañizares, Davenport, Leffy Gaines, Conrado Marrero and Adolfo Luque, the one from 1947-48, signed by: Conrado Marrero, Tom Butts, Pat Scantlebury, Monte Irvin, Gene Benson, Catayo Gonzalez, Tata Solis, they both have very good signatures. Greetings.

Mario Arencibia
 

Now little by little I will answer questions I have, as for Mario Arencibia he does not appear in the collection 'Feliices 45- 46, but if he appears in O. Diaz, Fosforos Acebo "" El Indio, Almanaque Deportivo "etc. the rarest card of O. Diaz and the matchmaker is not so rare.

Pin
 

There are very rare pins in the Cuban Memorabilia, now I show one of the rarest, does anyone who sees this thread know what professional baseball team he belongs to and year?

Cuba Pin
 

Now I show you another of the rarest pins of professional baseball, of the Cuba team, I ask you what championship and year does this pin belong to?

Santiago 1947- 48
 

From what i see no They have answered the question I asked them about the pin with the S. and the rooster, that pin belongs to the "Santiago" team of the La Federacion tournament that took place at the "La Tropical Stadium" in the 1947-48 season simultaneously with that of the Cuban League in "Estadium del Cerro" the manager was Lazaro Salazar and Raymond Brown, Leon Day and others played in that team, I sent you a photo of the manager L. Salazar and see "Santiago and El gallo en la manga de la shirt"

Cuba 1947-48
 

Now I will give you the answer about the pin of the Cuba team, which belongs to the Federation Camp in the La Tropical grounds in 1947-48, its manager was Napoleon Reyes, Ray Dandridge played in that team, and Raymond Brown who played in the Santiago team when this team retired from the championship, Brown acted as pitcher in Cuba, I show you a photo of M. Reyes as manager.

Willie Foster Cuba 1927-28
 

Yesterday I showed N. Reyes' print from the Cuba 1947-48 team, they asked me to show Willie Foster from the Cuba 1927-28 team, you will see him in a photo fragment of the complete team.

Oscar Charleston Cuba 1927-28
 

Now I show you a fragment of a photo of the Cuba team from the 1827-28 championship where Oscar Charleston is seen next to manager Armando Marsans

Trinidad y Hno
 

From the collection of Cigars "Trinidad y Hno" I show you some photos above the album, all of them measure 8 x 10 inches.

Jose Méndez
 

From the collection of National Cigars, I show you 2 cards of Jose Mendez, you will see in one of them an error in the cutting of the blade and you will notice the displacement on all the edges.

Stopped by today and talked with Pedro Sierra (at the Philly show) who played for Oscar Charleston with the Indianapolis Clowns in 1954 (right before he died). He was one of the last players to be signed by a MLB team, but never made it to the majors. He came from Cuba at the age of 16 and played until his late 30s at various stops. Honestly, walking around the Philly show for a few hours, seeing all the great cards was a lot of fun, but talking with him for 20 minutes and getting a signed ball was definitely most memorable.

If anyone goes tomorrow look for him set up in the corner wearing a Detroit Stars uniform. Truly an experience I will not forget.

Jamie
 

Jamie, I'm glad you were at the Philly show and spoke to Pedro Sierra, thanks for the tip.

Méndez
 

Franco, now I photographed two Méndez cards, although they have the same portrait, one belongs to the second Artistic Series of "Aguilitas 1923-34 and the other to Cigarros Nacionales 1924-25" the card that you show me from Mexico I don't know which series It belongs, but in that country many series were made where Cuban players appear. When you see the photo you let me know so you can see other interesting cards.

Q. Trouppe
 

Now I am sending you from the Newton Estape 1949 collection the # 59 of Quincy Trouppe, it appears in Volume 2 of my Cuban printed catalogs, I have several things that I will send you later, when you see the photo you will let us know, this collection is of 111 photos measure 8 x 10 inches.

Jake, now I show you the collection "Alert" to Q. Trouppe, maybe you have it, let me know when you see it,

Jake, now I found this ball signed by Quincy Trouppe of the Marianao 1950-51 team, I'm going to keep looking. I must have the 1949-50 one, but there are many, have you seen any?

Jake, now I am sending you a photo that I took of a ball signed by Quincy Trouppe in the 1949-50 season, the 2 balls that I have photographed are very rare, the card you are asking is from 1949, O Diaz. You answer me when you see this, if you want I keep looking.

1949 50 Marianao
 

In the 1949-50 Program Magazine, the roster of Quincy Trouppe appears in his first year in Cuba with the Marianao team.

They asked me to see cards of film artists, they will see Chaplin and Lon Chaney and Rintintin with the "Aguilitas" cigars

Jake, now you will see part of a photo of Marianao that I edited so that you can see Adolfo Luque, Ray Dandridge and Trouppe next door but you can only see part of his face,

Exhibitor, as you say you collect boxing cards, now I show you some of the "Aguilitas" collection. I think you have them since you have shown cards

Marianao team and the Trouppe center, edit this photo.

Now I show you from the 2nd series of "Aguilitas" part of a page from my collection that I photograph, Marsan, Torriente, Méndez and others appear.

I love the Segundas. It is my favorite set, even above Billikens. Here are some of mine

Wow, Kenny. Those are great. Thanks for sharing.

Kenny, I congratulate you because you have the best cards in the series and are in excellent condition, do you have the 44 cards in the collection?

Hi Rolando,

Yes, I have all 44 cards in the set. I need to upgrade some of them, but I do have the complete set.

Kenny

Kenny, I'm glad you have the 44 cards from the 2nd series, I like it a lot too, now there is a group of loose cards.

It is good to see that you have Oms. That was by far the hardest Segundas card for me to find.

Now you will see some of the cards that I showed loose yesterday, but now an edited sheet of my album of the 2nd series.

Now another group of the 2nd series will see part of a leaf.

Cigarros Junco 1936
 

"Junco 1936 Cigars" is one of the rarest Cuban baseball series, this collection appears in my specialized catalog.

Tomas Gutiérrez 1923-24
 

Today I will show you some of the "Tomas Gutiérrez" cards this collection is of great rarity and great players appear, some from the hall of fame, but there are several irregularities in the numbering, in my catalog I give a broad explanation of the errors, for example the case of the card that should have the number 59 and they put 58 A on it, some players who made them two cards with different names etc. Now I show you a scan of a group of cards from the Santa Clara team.

Exhibitor I am going to try to answer you the questions of the boxing cards, but that is not my specialty, I will look for some information, I will send you some of the 1915 postcards of the Johnson and Willard fight and Kid Chocolate.

Kid Chocolate 1979
 

Expositor, in the previous message I showed you something about the 1915 fight in Havana, and Kid Chocolate, now a photo of the old man, with his robe

Tomas Gutiérrez 1923-24T Stars
 

From the collection of cards "Tomas Gutiérrez 1923-24" I show a scan of some of the star players cards.

Cabañas 1909
 

Now I show you part of a scanned test sheet of the "Cabañas" 1909 series of cards, of the Detroit team, around I put some of the cards already printed

My favorite card, period.

That's a peach!

Kenny I think that Charleston card is the highest quality I have seen, I see that you have a very good collection, now you will see a photo of Charleston playing with the Cuba team at 2927-28.

Now you will see a unique piece, the Marianao 1951-52 Hall of Fame signature sheet, Raymond Dandridge.

Speaking of Kid Chocolate, here is one of my favorite pieces:

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Inscribed by HOFer Kid Chocolate to HOFer Cuco Conde, who is a boxing HOF member as a journalist.

Very good that photo of Chocolate, although I have had two, it is difficult and rare, now I am sending you a photo of a Kid Chocolate match card, I think you should have it, maybe you have a complete album of Romeo and Juliet, I had it At the beginning of the 90s, I had more than 300 boxing cards from 15 different manufacturers since at that time I collected boxing cards and I am sure that some of them are part of your collection.

Pelotaris vs AAA 1954 Estadium del Cerro
 

In September 1954 before starting a game between the Richmond and Sugar King teams, there was a tribute to veteran players and then a competition between "Pelotaris" and players from both teams, one with the bats and the other with the "baskets" between Jim Melton and Bob Habbenich against Manolo and Pepe Guara with the baskets, the competition was very emotional but one of the Guara brothers bounced the homerum ball through the center, and the other against the fence.

Formental homerum - out
 

Pedro Formental in a AAA game, playing for the Cuban Sugar King here at the Estadio del Cerro, hit a homerun between right field and center, against another team in the League, but the umpire of second was stopped in 2nd base, the center ran to catch the ball but hit the fence and fell collapsed in the grass, when the pitchers of his team that were warming up in the bullpen fell, they came to help him, but ... one of them put a ball in the glove, at that moment the umpire of 2nd goes towards them and when he arrives he sees the ball in the glove and sings out, and in that a tremendous problem was formed and shouting among the public in the stands, the homerun ball was picked up by a child and I put it in his pants pocket, but those who were around asked him for the ball to show it to the umpire, and one of those present gave the boy 60 cents and said: look with this money you buy a new ball at the stadium store and handed it over and showed it to him to the North American umpire of 2nd base but he had it in his hands and returned it to the public and sang out again, the fight continued but the end result was that Formental, despite having run all the bases, was left without being told the homerum Now you will see a photo of Bobby Maduro owner of the Sugars, Formental signing the contract and Regino Otero manager.

billikens
 

Lets do some Billikens

I have two versions of the matchbox side cards:

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I would have liked to see your boxing collection. With as few cards as there are, I probably have some of your former cards. I currently count about 15-17 types of Cuban boxing cards; depends on whether you count postcards and cards that have boxers that are from general issue subjects like Susini or this one:

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Kenny you always show top cards. The Billiken collection is rare, but the rarest are those of the Matanzas and Piratas teams, as you have my catalog, you have seen the explanation I give of this collection and the rarest of all are the 8 x 10 inches, I think it is printed Dihigo's rokie with the Pirates, now a scaler of some cards.

Now you will see a photo of Kid Chocolate that the written comment says: Gloria Times Broway The Music Center Manhattan etc. and another about the fight with Fillo Echevarria, he received so many blows that Fillo spent a month in the hospital, the Royal cigar card, # 10 he did not know, but I have the 2 complete albums and later I will look for them to se her.

A few days ago I showed you some Billiken cards of professional league players, now I show you some of the Pirates and Matanzas teams that I scanned at my house many years ago, shortly after they went to a collector in the United States, I think that currently they may be in the collections of any member of net54

Some cards Billiken, Matanzas and Piratas

I was reviewing in the Royal Cigars album the card # 10 that you show with the boxer when arriving in Havana and I find that that number corresponds to another, it is something that is strange since that album is from the revolutionary events of 1933, I I have the two complete albums with 400 cards, and look in case the boxer appeared with another number and nothing, I send you photos of card # 10 and the cover.

Is it possibly from another Royal series with different numbers?

Expositor
 

The Royal Cigars collection, as advertised consists of 3 albums, I have 2 complete, but I have never seen the 3, the first number the cards from 1 to 200 and the second from 201 to 400, both in the album and in The reverse of the cards reads about the revolutionary events of 1933, that is why the boxer's card has nothing to do with the series, but from what you show in front and behind it is a valid card, I have some repeated album And some cards when I find them I will look to see if I find any data, now how do I know that you are an expert in boxing? I will ask you some questions, do you have any boxers card from Gener Cigars? which Cuban boxers belong to the Hall of Fame? Have you seen any picture of Chocolate as a boy boxing? I send you a photo of part of a sheet from the La Estrella album El Kid chocolate collection.

I know of but do not have any Gener cards. The only one I saw offered for sale was a Jack Dempsey a few years ago.

Expositor
 

Gener Cigar cards are all a rarity, you'll see Jack Dempsey

That's the one.

Expositor
 

Now I show you a picture of Chocolate as a child, maybe you haven't seen it.

Expositor
 

Looking on the computer for some images, I found these Trinidad y Hno boxing cigars, I photographed them years ago when I collected them, perhaps today they are in your collection since you have very good cards, they measure 8 x 10 inches.

Those are great. Uzcudun I'd seen before in a small format card but not that size. It is about 10 cm x 13 cm. Here is a picture:

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The only other card I've seen in that size is Tunney:

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The Kid I had not seen before. Those premiums are just so rare. The others I know of are Sharkey, Dempsey Sharkey-Risko and Loughran. Plus this guy I was not able to identify:

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Maybe Arguelles?

Expositor
 

Now you have an ad for a show where Kid Gavilan appears,

Dihigo, Oms y otros
 

Now I show a photo that I edit, where among some are seen Martin Dihigo, Alejandro Oms, Acostica, Julio Rojo etc, it was a banquet at the culmination of a championship, in the original photo players from all the teams appear.

Ahh Kid Gavilan. Here's one you might like:

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It is an oversized photographic premium of the Kid issued by a company that made fitness instruction courses for children. From the mid-1950s. It was too big for my scanner.

Expositor
 

I had never seen that photo of Kid Gavilan, now I show you a large propaganda poster of Flour Goldrim, above it has a hook to hang it, I photographed it because I couldn't scan it either.

Cuban House of David 1931
 

I received an email in which they asked me about the Cuban House of David team, that was about 20 days ago, I do not remember in which of my emails and I decided to answer it through the threads, perhaps this will be one of my last messages, since I think that what I am publishing is not of interest because they do not ask me questions either for or against, I have published images in some unique cases, I do not know those who see the threads, at first they asked me and I always gave them an answer, a few ago days I thought to close, but Leon sent me a message of encouragement which he thanked him a lot and continued to publish, now you will see some images of the team in a panoramic photo but I edited it because it was too long and you will see part of the photo and some close-up images.

B. 7999, I thought you no longer saw my threads, the last thing you wrote to me was on May 14 and I replied that day, then on May 20 I wrote you again and I sent you a photo of what you asked me for and I wrote you saying that when you saw you let me know, more than 2 months have passed, and yet I have seen your messages in other threads, I always try to help those who ask me, sometimes they ask me about the thread and others to my emails In my threads, I have met people who I consider interested in Cuban baseball, and I try to help all of them, I believe that some have learned something with my writings, but I have also learned something with you, and I consider all those who see my Wonderful people threads, although I do not know those who see it, only those who send a message. In the message you sent me in Spanish you tell me "don't stop, go on" and I will tell you that with the greatest of my wishes I will continue to do so, but I have tried to keep putting things that I consider important and sometimes unique and unknown things and nobody says anything , neither for nor against and I think that what I am publishing does not interest any of you, with all the complications that I have, I always look for a time to look for something of interest to you, and you do not say anything, and for me it would be a I encourage you to write something or ask me, if you read this message you let me know, greetings.