CUBAN & NEGRO LEAGUE STAR ALEJANDRO OMS SIGNED PASSPORT PAGE.
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$2,530.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction #210 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1270 in auction 210
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Item Description
2.5x4" single page (but the key page) from his personal passport. Dated May 14, 1937. Attached to one side is his photograph and below this is his signature in ink. Additional ink stamps and written information appears on both sides of the page. Trace of aging to both sheet and photo. His image remains sharp and his signature is bold. Fine. Last auction we sold a complete 1942 passport (and a work visa) for Oms which realized $4,600. Oms was a Cuban center fielder in Negro League baseball and Latin American baseball, most notably with the Cuban Stars (East). Oms played winter ball in the Cuban League from 1922 to 1946. He led the league in batting average three times and won the Cuban League's MVP Award in 1928-29. He ranks second all time for career batting average in the Cuban League (behind Cristobal Torriente) with an average of .345 and he was elected to the Cuban Baseball HOF in 1944. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake's COA and JSA LOA.
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