Need help identifying these Latin cards

[kemdawg]

I picked up a collection of around 1,000 cards. The bulk of the cards were Topps Venezuelan cards from 1964 - 1968.

However, there are quite a few that I don't recognize and can't find any information on (see pictures). Most of the players appear to be Latin ballplayers that didn't spend time in MLB. However, there are some players that did play in the Majors such as Rod Carew, Luis Aparicio, Cesar Tovar, Bobby Cox, etc. All their uniforms are in Spanish and of teams I've never heard of. There are also some non-sports cards too.

Most of the cards don't have any identifying marks that help determine the year or the manufacturer. However, two of the cards (top right - non sports cards) do have a brand name of "El Chocolate Savoy." Most of the cards are very thin, like a stamp. The large one (see Luis Rodriguez card) is regular cardboard stock.

Does anyone know the year, brand, or value of these cards? I'm also curious about the background of the MLB players that played in this league. I've never heard of this, but clearly they did.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[swarmee]

COMC has a few from those sets you can look for. Sounds like a great collection to pick up.

Luis Rodriguez: 1970 Ovenca Venezuelan League
Carew: 1972-73 Venezuelan Baseball Stickers
Iorg: 1980-81 Venezuelan Winter League Stickers
Aparicio: 1974-75 Digallo Venezuelan 1968 Topps Design
Concepcion: 1973-74 Venezuelan Baseball Stickers
Bobby Cox: 1976-77 Digallo Venezuelan 1975 Topps Design
Tovar: 1977-78 Venezuelan Baseball Stickers

[quitcrab]

If the Carew is for sale I would be interested. Thanks Scott

[kemdawg]

Originally Posted by quitcrab

If the Carew is for sale I would be interested. Thanks Scott

I am planning on selling them, but I’d like to do some research on them first.

[kemdawg]

Originally Posted by swarmee

COMC has a few from those sets you can look for. Sounds like a great collection to pick up.

Luis Rodriguez: 1970 Ovenca Venezuelan League
Carew: 1972-73 Venezuelan Baseball Stickers
Iorg: 1980-81 Venezuelan Winter League Stickers
Aparicio: 1974-75 Digallo Venezuelan 1968 Topps Design
Concepcion: 1973-74 Venezuelan Baseball Stickers
Bobby Cox: 1976-77 Digallo Venezuelan 1975 Topps Design
Tovar: 1977-78 Venezuelan Baseball Stickers

Thanks so much for this information. This is so awesome.

Any idea what those three non-sports stickers are?

[swarmee]

Send them in to COMC and they'll identify them for you... ;-)