Cuban & Negro League Baseball Pick-Ups

[autocentral]

Originally Posted by Comiskey

I love baseball history too and would like to read about the Cuban and negro leagues. What books do you guys recommend?

Jeff

All those books Kenny recommended are great.

One of the books I'd recommend is The Soul of Baseball. It is the story of Buck O'Neil told in a very interesting and different way. It is really a short read and I read it in under 30 minutes because it was just that good.

Nick

[triwak]

I always enjoy these threads. (And seeing "the other" Kenny's wonderful cards, haha)! Here are my Negro League HOFers:

Found this Jimmy Claxton related item; a July 4, 1941 Toppenish Community Celebration pinback. Claxton pitched for the Fife Tigers v. Yakima Indians during a triple-header between six teams in Toppenish. At 48, Claxton pitched Fife to a 4 to 1 victory, with 7 strikeouts. Always nice to find anything related to this ballplayer.

[Northviewcats]

Hello Everyone,

Lots of fantastic (and very expensive) cards on display in this thread.

When I first started collecting players from the negro leagues I thought that I would never be able to afford the cards, but there are a lot of lesser known players that you can find for under $300. Here are some that I picked up.

Best regards,

Joe

[Kenny Cole]

Ken,

Sweet cards!!! Very impressive. I love threads like this where folks bring out stuff that is, to say the least, uncommon. You have some awesome cards, a couple of which I wish I would have bid higher on. I'm glad that since I didn't get them, you did. Best,

Kenny

[h2oya311]

Kenny, Ken, and Joe - great cards! I could certainly use quite a few of those for my collection, but, I'll happily live vicariously through you two while getting to see them on this forum! Here are a few of mine...

1948-49 Trinidad y Hno Almendares Team Booklet w/ Monte Irvin & Sam Jethroe


1948-49 Trinidad y Hno Marianao Team Booklet w/ Buck Leonard, Minnie Minoso & Dave Barnhill


1924 Diaz Cigarettes - Ted Lyons & Red Ruffing


1950-51 Mejoral Almendares Team Booklet w/ Dick Williams


1950-51 Mejoral Habana Team Booklet w/ Hoyt Wilhelm

[triwak]

Thank you, Kenny and Derek. (Those booklets are cool). And nice cards, Joe. Really dig that Gutierrez Luque. Great stuff, everyone!!

[Northviewcats]

Thanks Ken. Adolfo Luque is my favorite Cuban player. A lot of collectors don't know that he played in the major and Negro leagues. I have more of his cards than any other player in my collection.

Derek your 1924 Diaz of Lyons and Ruffing are really cool, and as you know extremely rare. They should be great investments for the future. I purchased several Diaz commons in the last couple of months, probably from the same vendor, and they look sharp framed in SGC holders. Some of them I believe are the only known examples.

Here are some pictures. (Not a Cuban, but tossed in another Luque for fun.)

Best regards,

Joe

[midmo]

Here's my only example. I picked this up at the Baltimore National a couple years ago. 1946-47 Caramelo Deportivo Don Newcombe.

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[Leon]

I can add a few...(scans are NOT to size)

[autocentral]

I'm so glad people are sharing awesome stuff. I really love these types of threads that let us share our collections. Thanks for posting!

Nick

[Kenny Cole]

A few more

[richardcards]

Great cards! My favorite is the Ray Dandridge Colleciones Victoria issue.
The Colleciones Victoria Cuban cards are among the most scarcest Cuban issue of all!

Nice Collection all the cards.
Thanks Rich

[autocentral]

Wow. Love of the Game Auctions has some nice Cuban and Negro League Items. Here is quick list I put together.

-1923/24 Nacionales Cigarros Cristobal Torriente
-1923/24 Nacionales Cigarros Andy Cooper
-1923/24 Nacionales Cigarros Red Ryan
-1923/24 Nacionales Cigarros Juanelo Mirabal
-1923/24 Billiken Ivy Griffin
-1923/24 Billiken Ramon Herrera
-1923/24 Billiken Armando Marsans
-1945/46 Caramelo Deportivo Ray Brown
-1946/47 Caramelo Deportivo Martin Dihigo
-1946/47 Caramelo Deportivo Ray Dandridge
-1946/47 Caramelo Deportivo Luis Tiant
-1946/47 Propaganda Montiel Christy Mathewson
-1948/49 Toleteros Johnny Davis
-1948/49 Toleteros Alfonso Perry
-1949/50 Toleteros Chester Brewer
-1949/50 Toleteros George Scales
-1950/51 Toleteros Josh Gibson
-1950/51 Toleteros Dick Seay

I definitely have my eye out for some of these closer to my price point. I will definitely try to get some bids down for the Marsans, Brown, Dihigo, Dandridge, and Tiant.