Cuban & Negro League Baseball Pick-Ups

[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

[seattlerainiers]

Originally Posted by 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.



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

Best regards,

Joe

Hi, Joe:

Since you are such a fan of the great Luque, I thought you'd like to see some photos of his personal, baseball-themed stand-up humidor, still stocked with some of his (ancient) cigars.

[ullmandds]

tough cuban movie poster form the 80's.