1923-24 TOMAS GUTIERREZ #27 PAPO GONZALES BLANK BACK SGC A AUTHENTIC (RICHARD MERKIN AUCTION).
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Item Description
1-5/8x2-3/8" Cuban card from set distributed in packs of Diaz cigarettes. The cards in this set feature players from the 1923-1924 Cuban Professional League. 85 cards are in the set, the largest and one of the scarcest of all 1920s Cuban card issues. Printed in dark brown with photo on front along with team and player name and position "Gonzales (Papo) - Infielder Almendares B.B.C."

One of four graded examples in the SGC Census.

Eusebio Miguel Lopez Gonzalez "Papo" played briefly in Major League Baseball during the 1918 season. He has the distinction of being the first Cuban player to play for the Boston Red Sox. Card has a blank back. Designated by SGC as being from the "Richard Merkin Collection" and comes with Hake's COA.
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