I show the book "The Monarch and his Prowess" by Horacio Roqueta published in Cuba in 1920 due to the visit of Babe Ruth invited by Abel Linares, the other photos of what was discussed days ago, of the game between Almendares and New York, we see Strike Gonzalez watching the events from a distance, after John McGraw offended him, and the other photo of McGraw retiring in a car after the game ended.

Tomas Gutiérrez cards, Pitcher

Tomas Gutiérrez Collection, Pitcher, this collection by mistake of someone who at some point gave it that name is known as Diaz Hno, but his real name is Tomás Gutiérrez, I show two cards: Vance and Grover Alexander.

Collection "Campo Alegre" 1946-47, this collection of cards are rare, I show a photo of part of the sheet that appears in my Specialized Catalog, you can see the Martin Dihigo card, very rare and difficult to find.

I show a page from a book of autographs of the Marianao team, the page corresponding to Raymond Dandridge

Corn Flakes Kellogg'S Collection 1947-48, on the occasion of the Federation championship of that year, held at the La Tropical Stadium, a postcard collection was printed, with the players of the participating teams: Alacranes, Leones and Cuba, I show a see the pages of Volume 2 of my catalogs and the post cards of Adolfo Lique and Roberto Ortiz, (I had to reduce the size of the photos so they could appear, I didn't accept larger ones, that's why they don't look very good)

"Tomás Gutiérrez 1923-24 Cigars" This collection of cards is very rare, it has baryacins in the numbering, on the back it is printed with carmelite and blue ink, in my specialized catalog I give a detailed explanation of all the details that I know, now I ask You collectors, do any of you have postcard #84? I have never seen it with that number, if anyone has it they can publish it to see it, I think that perhaps it was not printed, some numbers are repeated with letters, in the photo the pages of my catalog.

"Kellogg'S " Napoleón Reyes and Agapito Mayor

Cabañas Cigars 1909

Collection " La Campaña " Martin Dihigo

Lloyd Cigarros Billiken
 

Lloyd, Billiken Album 1923-24, only known 8 x10 inches. The Billiken collection in size 8x10 inches is a super rarity, I show Lloyd front and back and the album cover, they exist from other players. Do any of the net54 members have it?

Collection Cigarros Billiken 1923-24, 8x10 inches, Bartolo Portuondo and Lloyd.

I've gotten a few emails with questions about this Billiken 8X10 collection, and I've responded to all of them, but I'm posting a few things in this thread, in case anyone has any questions. 1- The photos of the collection are in Cuba. 2- They appear in my specialized catalogues. 3- All these Billiken are going to be for sale. 4- On ebay Cuban baseball my catalogs Volume 1 and Volume 2 are for sale, for the moment they will not be printed anymore due to lack of ink for laser printers. I show the photo of Merito Acosta from the collection and a photo from my catalogue.

Collection Billiken 8X10, Quintana

Winters in 8x10, I have never seen it. My Catalog, Cigarros Billiken y La Moda 8x10 Cincinnati 1928

Billiken 8X10
 

Matt, You ask me when and where are they going to be sold? I answer that very soon, perhaps on ebay, but almost certainly directly if there is a good offer, (private message)

Barging in on this thread because members here were suggested for info and it seems like this is a great place to find an answer...

The 1930 Baguer Chocolate card that's assumed to be short printed in order to keep people from cashing in on an exchanged prize/premium is Mitchell Blake.

My question...who is Mitchell Blake? I've never figured that out.

...tossing in a card to keep the thread a bit more relevant.

Now I show the scanned photo of Lloid, and the card, notice that in the photo you can see that with his hands he is holding the bat and glove, in the card you can't see it because of the sign with his name.

Billiken 8X10 Cigars, Bartolo Portuondo, played several years in the Negro Leagues, also in the Cuban League, as a curious fact, he is the father of the Diva of the Cuban song and winner of several Grammy awards, Omara Portuondo, I show the photo and the Billiken card 1923-24, I show the photos and cards of Merito Acosta and R. Quintana. Answering questions, these photos have been printed for 100 years and were in Cuba until yesterday, they are currently outside of Cuba for sale, if anyone is interested write me privately.

Cigarros Billiken 1923-24, R. Quintana, cards and photo 8x10

Álbum Fosforos Acebo, Willy Mays, Almendares Team, page of my catalog.

"Punch 1910 Cigars" advertisements in print and handwritten letters. I show two Chicho González cards and you will see that his name, year and team, on one of them is printed in handwriting and the other printed in block letters, I know several cards from the Punch collection, with the same characteristics, the photo goes from a page of my Specialized Catalog Volume 1, where I give the explanation.

Billiken 8X10, Boxing, Firpo,
ADAMS, SEE THE BOXING

I show a photo on the steps of the University of Havana, when in 1947 AAGPBL players visited us. who played several games at the Estadio del Cerro.

Trinidad y Hno collection 8x10, 1920s
Ruth, Horsnby, Mike González etc.

Trinidad y Hno. collection 8x10, in Album, Barnhart, Carl Mays

I have noticed this...
 

I love the hand written versions....

Hopefully one of the members won one of these on eBay today. I just missed it!

Cigarros PUNCH 1910, Valentín González, Chicho González and Luis (Mulo) Padrón

Cigarros Junco Collection, A. Mancuso, card and photo, in my Catalog Specialized

Cigarros Tomás Gutiérrez, Magrinat, González, umpires, and Almendares, Habana, banderas.

Fakes
 

In the last few weeks I have received 6 emails asking me about the fake Cuban cards, they were all answered but one of them asked me to publish it for everyone's knowledge, that's a long story, but I'll explain something, the first fakes appeared at the end of the 80s, and they were the Billiken, followed by Nacionales, La Cotorra, Aguilitas, in the latter the photos that appeared in the 50s programs were glued to original cards of other subjects, in the year 2004, they called me to tell me about the Cerveza Polar cards, which I did not know, they spent a year preparing the counterfeit and in 2005 they appeared, when I saw them I realized they were fake, they used material they had saved from the 50s to deceive me, but they could not with me, days later they gave me the name of the counterfeiter, he lived in the province of Villa Clara, and others were made from that province, the Billiken and Nacionales were counterfeited in Havana , I show some examples of fakes.

I show other examples of counterfeit Cuban cards. Cigarros Trinidad y Hno. Agua Mineral La Cotorra, Periódico Alerta.

Gener 1925 Cigars, the rarest of all Cuban collections. See in my Specialized Catalog

Cigarros Gener in my Catalog Specialized

Mantle in Cerro Stadium 1956, Goicocheap y Raúl ( chino ) Atan, Mantle Picher?

Adolfo Luque #3 cards Cigarros Gener

Mickey is all smiles! Great stuff, Roland.
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Periódico " La Campaña " Roberto Ortiz - Almendares, Lazaro Salazar - Marianao.

Roland i enjoy coming back and checking the new images you have uploaded. Very impressive and thank you for sharing. I have a question maybe you may have a answer for. I know alot of Mexican born baseball players in Cuba . Do you know who was the first player to play on the island ? Do you have images of any of them ?

Just going back through this thread, (post 759) I don't think I have never seen 1/5 of that many Cabanas cards at once.

Baraja Española 40 cards

Cigarros Punch cards scan

I would love to own a Punch Pete Hill. Absolutely fantastic card.

Definitely a great card. I would give up most of my collection for the Pop Lloyd.

Chad

As would I, Ken and Chad!

Cheers,
Mike

Punch 1910 Juan Viola

Cigarros PUNCH 1910, Valentín González, Chicho González y Luis (Mulo) Padrón

Answers to a question they asked me in my email, but I do it here so that everyone who reads me knows, what I publish in this thread is different from the publication I do in my other Specialized Catalog thread, and what questions was already published by the latter, you should always see my two threads that have different publications.

Album Tomas Gutiérrez 1924