1923-24 TOMAS GUTIERREZ #21 MANUEL CUETO SGC 20 FAIR 1.5.
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$118.00
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Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
These 1-5/8x2-3/8" Cuban cards were distributed in packs of Diaz cigarettes. The cards in this set feature players from the 1923-1924 Cuban Professional League, including many Cuban Baseball HOF members and Negro League stars of the day. 84 cards are in the set, making it one of the largest and scarcest of all 1920s Cuban card issues. Cards are numbered 1-83 and 85, no card #84 is known. Card fronts are printed in dark brown w/photos and names while backs include card number and description of the series w/offer for an album. The rarity of this amazing set can likely be attributed to the fact that, upon completion, the collected set was to be submitted to the manufacturer for the aforementioned album and the assumption is that most of the cards were subsequently destroyed. This hypothesis has some substantial weight when we look at the SGC/PSA population reports, which confirm the existence of less than 10 graded examples combined for every card in the set.
Card front reads "Almendares B.B.C. Cueto-Infielder". Manuel Cueto played 20 seasons in the Cuban Winter League from 1912-1933, batting over .300 11 times. He led the league in batting average twice, in 1918-19 with an average of .344 and in 1926-27 with an average of .398. He ranks tenth all-time in career batting average in the Cuban League, with an average of .301. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1950.
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