Cuban "Polar" Cards

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Mike:

I'm sure you can understand why the "delicate balance" of this hobby could be totally skewed by these Polar cards (and any other such "finds")...

as there are certain legendary Hall of Famers (Cool Papa Bell and Buck Leonard) who currently don't have ANY baseball cards.

The IMPORTANCE of your Polar cards is NOT about the Monte Irvin card from 1959 that was on EBay...

it is about the POSSIBILITY of a Buck Leonard card or a Cool Papa Bell card showing up for the first time ever.



This is why we are so suspicious about the Polar cards... because the ones that were sold on EBay are the PERFECT "set up" for this type of scam.

They included one former HOF (Foxx), one current player (Irvin), and then a bunch of VERY OLD players from the Carribean.

In other words, if Bell and Leonard show up now... they will fit in perfectly with the apparent "make up" of the set.



If ZERO cards from this set ever appear again... then nobody will give much thought to this and will probably not bother to dispute the 1959 origin of the set.

BUT...

it is the entire CREDIBILITY and INEGRITY of the hobby that is at stake if a Cool Papa Bell Polar card suddenly emerges...

and none of us could just sit by and let that happen without a fight.