1923-24 BILLIKEN - JOSEITO RODRIGUEZ (ALMENDARES) CSG 1.5 FAIR (RICHARD MERKIN COLLECTION).
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Winning Bid:
$720.39
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, May 27, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, May 27, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
2x2-5/8". Cuban card issued as a premium by and is designated by CSG 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, and Santa Clara. Glossy front features a b/w 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.
Jose "Joseito" Rodriguez was a Cuban infielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1916 to 1918 for the New York Giants and in the Cuban League from 1914 to 1939. He was inducted into the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951. Designated by CSG as being from the "Richard Merkin Collection".
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