1948-1949 TOLETEROS ALBUM WITH 149 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 149 cards all neatly mounted at appropriate spots. Cards are mounted to page fronts, page backs have advertising text. Album cover is missing the 2x3" "Toleteros" sticker from front center. This just had an image of baseball player along w/list of the six teams represented in this album. The true highlight of this set, and included in the album, is Hilton Smith. This card alone is listed in the Standard Catalog Of Vintage Baseball Cards with values of $20,000 NM, $10,000 EX, $6,000 VG. Other key cards included in this album are: Willard Brown, Tommy Butts, Francisco Coimbre, George Scales, Quincy Trouppe, Tetelo Vargas. A complete list of all 149 cards is available online. The Hilton Smith card has a pair of tiny pencil marks but is still 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. Visually cards grade from Good to Exc. Still a well preserved set overall and rare to find this complete and w/the Hilton Smith rarity. The cover and pages themselves have moderate wear/aging w/trace of staple rust. Good to VG. Please contact us if more detailed condition information and/or photos are desired. In our Nov. 2011 auction we offered another of this album but w/less cards (131 including Hilton Smith) and it sold for $6,325. From the Richard Merkin Collection and come with Hake's COA. A complete list of all 149 in this album is as
follows: Yuyo Acosta, Hector Agosta, 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, Fernando Clara, Francisco Coimbre, Eugene
Collins, Cefo Conde, Johnny Cox, Vitin Cruz, Johnny Davies, Piper Davies, Felle
Delgado, Lucius Easter, Saturnino Escalera, Teggy Espinosa, Coco Ferrer, Wilmer
Fields, Tite Figuero, Oscar Mir Flores, Jesus M. Freyre, Cinque Garcia, Alfonso Gerard, Charlie
Glock, Ruben Gomez, David Gonzalez, Gely Goyco, Jack Graham, Roberto Griffith,
Felo Guilbe, Jesus Guilbe, Juan Guilbe, Hector Haddock, Sam Hairston, Luman Harris, Manuel Hernandez, 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, Millito Martinez, Jose E. Montalvo, Luis Morales, Willie
Morales, Howard Moss, Chaguin Murrati, Domingo Navarro, Millito Navarro, Alfredo Olivencia,
Guayubin Olivo, Noel Oquendo, 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, 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, Fernando Sola, Ismael Solla, Francisco Sostre, Earl
Taborn, Freddie Thon, Roberto Thurman, Griffin Tirado, Leon Tirado (2x), Pedro J. Toro, Bin Torres,
Carmello Torres, Onofre Torres, PenPen Torres, Quincy Trouppe, Foca Valentin, Roberto Vargas, Tetejo Vargas, Guillermo Vega,
Jose L. Velazquez, Laru Velazquez, Artie Wilson and Rogelio Wiscovich.