[aljurgela]

Ok... I have been on the sidelines here for awhile. I have wanted these to be real since I saw the Jose Mendez of the same series a few years ago and a few others. I am still undecided. I have held these cards from this series in my hands and they do have the silver shine similar to the aguilitas and nationales. This, coupled with the paper, makes them feel real, for sure. It makes it feel great that a local expert like Rolando believes them to be real.... But...

The doubts that I have are similar to those of Ryan. Why did the use the punch images? There are only a few instances of the same image being used in different sets in Cuban baseball cards, but all are from the 1920s - mostly Nacionales, Tomas Gutierrez and Aguiltas Segundas. The images are fuzzy. Some of the writing on the back is in English. The pitchers have stats that are for batting and fielding.

All of this is POSSIBLE. It just does not feel as good as one would like it to. I have some of the boxing cards from Romeo and Julieta and they are "Cleaner" on the front (lines/font/etc.)... Which subtract from the confidence.

Steve, it is fine to question, IMO.... they are definitely not related to the Nacionales, for sure... This has been a fun thread to read, and it looks like the cards will be sold as there are bids on them. Should be fun to see how many people think that the are real and choose to bid on them.

And since there is so much interest in these, please check out my Tomas Gutierrez complete set for sale right now in Hakes!!!! Super rare complete set, with both Torrientes!