1923-24 BILLIKEN CHARLIE DRESSEN SGC 50 VG/EX 4 (RICHARD MERKIN COLLECTION).
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Winning Bid:
$908.60
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, August 21, 2019 9:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Merkin Baseball Auction #1
Item Description
2x2-5/8" Cuban card issued as a premium by Billiken brand cigars. Cards in this set feature players from the 1923-24 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. The back of the card has an ad for "Billiken." Cards in this elusive set are among the scarcest and most popular of the pre-war Cuban issues.
Charlie Dressen played in the Cuban Winter League for Marianao, but is much better known for his time managing and coaching clubs in MLB, specifically for the Reds, Dodgers, Senators, Braves, and Tigers. He won several pennants with the Dodgers, but could never win the World Series. He famously brought in Ralph Branca to pitch to Bobby Thompson resulting in the "shot heard round the world" which gave the Giants the pennant. He was able to win two World Series championships as a coach, one with the Yankees in 1947 and the other with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959. This card is graded 50 VG/EX 4 and is designated by SGC as being from the "Richard Merkin Collection" and comes with Hake's COA.
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