1949-50 ACEBO - PEDRO PAGES CSG 1.5 FAIR (RICHARD MERKIN COLLECTION).
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Winning Bid:
$22.07
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, May 27, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, May 27, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
Small Cuban card is 1.5x1.75" w/b&w photo front and text back w/player information. These were issued in matchboxes. Over 100 cards in the set and numerous photo and back varieties exist.
Long-time Cuban/Mexican star, Pedro Pages, likely in his Cienfuegos (Cuba) uniform as much of the team logo is cropped out of the image. Pages began his professional baseball career playing in the U.S. Negro Leagues for the New York Cubans in 1939. Following that season, Pedro starred in the Mexican League playing first for two years in Mexico City before joining the Puebla ball club from 1942-46. During that five year span, Pages compiled batting averages of .365, .353, .347, .269 and .296 before rejoining the New York Cubans during their Negro League pennant winning season of 1947. Throughout the 1940s Pedro also played winter ball in his homeland of Cuba, primarily for the Cienfuegos ball club. Designated by CSG as being from the "Richard Merkin Collection".
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