1926-27 AGUILITAS - BARTOLO PORTUONDO #787 CSG 1 POOR (RICHARD MERKIN COLLECTION).
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Item Description
1.5x2.25" Cuban card produced for the Aguilitas Cigarette brand and a follow up to the 1924-25 series. The baseball cards are a subset featuring 37 players from the Cuban Professional League. This extensive 900 card set also featured movie and stage stars, boxers, soccer players and other subjects.

Bartolo Portuondo aka Portuando was an infielder who played from 1916 to 1927. He spent most of his career with the Cuban Stars East (1916, 1923-27) but also played for several other teams including the Cuban Stars West (1917-18), All Nations Team (1919), and the Kansas City Monarchs (1920-22). Designated by CSG as being from the "Richard Merkin Collection".
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