1923-1924 BILLIKEN BERNARDO BARO SGC 10 POOR 1 (RICHARD MERKIN COLLECTION).
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Winning Bid:
$556.73
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
2x2-5/8" Cuban card issued as a premium by Billiken brand cigars. Cards in this set feature players from the 1923-1924 Cuban Professional League. The set includes 15 cards each for the four teams that participated that season: Almendares, Habana, Marianao, Santa Clara. Glossy front features a bw photo, player's name and team "Baro, Almendares B.B.C." Back of the card has ad for "Billiken." Cards in this elusive set are among the scarcest and most popular of the pre-war Cuban issues. Sharp image. Baro played in the Cuban and Negro Leagues between 1913 and 1930 including for the Cuban Stars East and West and the Kansas City Monarchs. He ranks fifth all-time in Cuban League career batting average with an average of .311. In 1945 he was elected to the Cuban Baseball HOF. Designated by SGC as being from the "Richard Merkin Collection" and comes with Hake's COA.
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