RARE 1948-1949 TOLETEROS ALBUM WITH 131 CARDS INCLUDING HILTON SMITH.
Item Description
This is the first of three annual Toleteros card sets issued during the Puerto Rican League winter seasons. The album is 9x11" with stiff paper cover and 18 pages that have designated areas for mounting the set of 168 cards. Each card is about 1.5x2.25" w/sepia-tone photo and player name on bottom margin. Album contains 131 cards all neatly mounted at appropriate spots. Cards are mounted to page fronts, page backs have advertising text. Album cover has applied "Toleteros" sticker w/list of six teams. The true highlight of this set, and included in the album, is Hilton Smith (see related all-star game button item #789). This card alone is listed in the 2011 Standard Catalog Of Baseball Cards with values of $20,000 NM, $10,000 EX, $6,000 VG. Other key cards included in this album are: Willard Brown, Francisco Coimbre, George Scales, Quincy Trouppe, Tetelo Vargas, Luke Easter, Roberto Griffith, Wilmer Fields, Artie Wilson, Piper Davis. A complete list of all 131 in this album is as follows: Yuyo Acosta,
Alberto Alberdeston, Alberto Alicea, Jaime Almendro, Guinea Alomar, Pedro
Alomar, Alfredo Alonso, Yiyo Alonso, Pablo Andino, Jueyito Andrade, Paday
Anglero, Luis Arroyo, Eugene Baker, Dan Bankhead, Bennett, Carlos Bernier,
Hiram Bithorn, Efrain Blasini, Johnny Britton, Willard Brown, Tommy Butts, Joe
Buzas, Luis R. Cabrera, Marzo Cabrera, Eugenio Camara, Juan Carrero, Medina
Chapman, Francisco Coimbre, Eugene Collins, Cefo Conde, Johnny Cox, Vitin Cruz,
Johnny Davies, Piper Davis, Felle Delgado, Lucius Easter, Saturnino Escalera,
Teggy Espinosa, Coco Ferrer, Wilmer Fields, Tite Figuero, Oscar Mir Flores,
Cinque Garcia, Alfonso Gerard, Charlie Glock, Ruben Gomez, David Gonzalez, Gely
Goyco, Jack Graham, Roberto Griffith, Jesus Guilbe, Juan Guilbe, Hector
Haddock, Sam Hairston, Luman Harris, Efrain Hidalgo, Carlos Lanauze, Ramon
Lasa, Lee Layton, Royce Lynt, Radames Lopez, Louis Louden, Robert Lynn, Caro
Maldonado, Canena Marquez, Antonio Marrero, Gilberto Marrero, Humberto Marti,
Jose E. Montalvo, Luis Morales, Willie Morales, Howard Moss, Chaguin Murrati,
Millito Navarro, Alfredo Olivencia, Guayubin Olivo, Noel Oquendo, Otoniel
Ortiz, Rafaelito Ortiz, Alberto Padilla, Fernando Diaz Pedroso, Victor Pellot,
Pedro Pena, Pepin Pereira, Juan Perez, Palomo Perez, Villodas Perez, Alonso
Perry, Jose Polanco, Bill Powell, Tomas Quinones, R. Cuebas Quintana, Milton
Ralat, Otto Ralat, Fernando Ramos, Xavier Rescigno, Miguel L. Rivera,
Bienvenido Rodriguez, Pedro Rodriguez, Jorge Rosas, Café Salaberrios, Wilfredo
Salas, Juan Sanchez, Carlos M. Santiago, Ed Sauer, George Scales, Kermit
Schmidt, Ken Sears, Herbert Sewell, Dwain Sloat, Eugene Smith, Hilton Smith,
John Ford Smith, Ismael Solla, Francisco Sostre, Earl Taborn, Freddie Thon,
Roberto Thurman, Griffin Tirado, Leon Tirado, Bin Torres, Quincy Trouppe, Foca
Valentin, Roberto Vargas, Tetejo Vargas, Guillermo Vega, Jose L. Velazquez,
Artie Wilson and Rogelio Wiscovich. The Hilton Smith card is clean and w/fairly sharp corners. Overall condition as mounted varies, some cards show bit more wear/aging while others are very bright and clean. Overall vast majority of the cards visually grade as Exc. or better, although some VG throughout. A well preserved set overall and rare to find this complete and w/the Hilton Smith rarity. The cover and pages themselves have moderated aging w/trace of staple rust. Cover VG, pages Fine. Please contact us if more detailed condition information and/or photos are desired. From the Richard Merkin Collection and come with Hake's COA.