baguer cuban issue

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Posted By: Cashews

i was wondering what you guys knew about this issue in terms of what players are featured in it and its scarcity. i've been thinking of picking up a few of these because the set seems like an odd ball and interesting one. if anyone has access to the psa or sgc registry and would be so kind as to post a couple population reports i would appreciate it. thanks guys.

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Very peculiar set the Baguers are. If you have never seen one in person they are TINY!!! I will post a picture of a few below including one in a standard size SGC holder just so you get the idea of how tiny the cards themselves are. There are 90 cards in the set and they were issued with an album (which was not much more than a folded piece of paper with spaces for all 90 cards. The backs can either be printed in Red or Purple, I have personally handled more of the red ones but neither seem to be too tough. Some obscure players are pictured in the set which is one of the reasons I like them. They do occassionally come up for sale and rarely cost an arm and a leg--probably due to how tiny they are.
-Rhett

Here is standard size SGC holder with Baguer in it...


Here are some blown up shots...

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Posted By: fkw

The Baguer cards are fairly rare overall and especially tough if your looking for a single player. Ive owned about 2 dozen over the years.

Baguer cards are not graded too often because of the size. They are the smallest of all baseball cards (5/8" by 7/8", the same size as a postage stamp or even slightly smaller. The checklist is in the SCD Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards, there are 90 cards in the set.


This picture is larger than actual size

edited to say Rhett beat me to it

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Posted By: Brad Green

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Posted By: Phil Garry

Here's my one Baguer card.........

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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

Why is that only an SGC 10? Back damage?

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Posted By: Phil Garry

Jodi:

The back is actually pretty clean. I think it is due to some small paper loss on the front of the card.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Check this out, never really see the fold over holder. This would be a heck of a good start on your run!

Lot 91 in Hunt internet

http://www.huntauctions.com/phone/imageviewer.cfm?auction_num=50&lot_num=91

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Posted By: Todd

I have two... Walter French and Lou Gehrig.

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Posted By: Todd C

was there a Ruth card too ?

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Posted By: fkw

The Ruth is in the top left corner of the right side page in that Hunts auction for the album. The pose isnt the best he is hatless with his head turned.

Ive owned 3 of the Ruth's over the years but dont have a scan, maybe someone else does.

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Posted By: leon

shown before but on topic (sort of) and neat....