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Lot 836: 1948-49 El Indio Caramels (37)

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $500.00
Winning Bid: $704.49
Price Realized: $841.86
Auction Date:8/31/2001 9:00 PM EST

Extremely rare collection of thirty-seven cards include the finest Cubans of the era and about half are Negro Leaguers. Major stars include Salvador Hernandez, Rojo, Fleitas, Sam Jethroe, Formenthal, Minoso, Avilla, Cabrera, Kimbro, Crespo, Hank Thompson, Pages, Guerra, Amaro and more. There is back damage from being affixed in an album about half of which is minor they are o/w VG+. The rarest set of the era, this is the largest collection of these ever found. It is believed that no one collector has more than ten or so of these cards.

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