1924-25 AGUILITAS #844 MERITO ACOSTA SGC 30 GOOD 2 (RICHARD MERKIN COLLECTION).
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Winning Bid:
$77.88
(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
1.5x2-3/8" Cuban card produced for the Aguilitas Cigarette brand. The baseball cards are a subset featuring 44 players from the Cuban Professional League. This extensive 900 card set also featured movie and stage stars, boxers and other subjects.
Merito Acosta was an outfielder in the MLB who played five seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators. He played winter baseball in the Cuban League from 1913 to 1925 and was also a long-time manager and part-owner of the Havana Cubans. In the 1918-19 season, Acosta made an unassisted triple play while playing center field. In his first season as a manager, 1922-23, he led a brand new franchise, Marianao, to a championship. Acosta was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. This card is graded 30 Good 2 and is designated by SGC as being from the "Richard Merkin Collection" and comes with Hake's COA.
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