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1948 Never Issued Toleteros Collection Ultra Rare
The rarest of the rare. The single most difficult to find of all the Toleteros sets. These are almost the only known examples of these lovely and mysterious cards. There are only a few examples are known of any of these cards (a few were found in an old scrapbook) except for this monster collection of 135 cards. The legendary story is as such. Before the start of the 1948 Puerto Rican Winter League Season, a set of “test” Toleteros was produced and offered in a limited manner to the general public. For some reason the design was scrapped and it was never released to the public. AQ new design was created and this cards set would be lost for decades,. Here it has arisen. Discovered unsuspectingly in the collection of a passionate baseball man, the collection contains (135) different (amazing) cards. Such magnificent players are included such as Chester Brewer, Wilmer Field, Leo Marquez, Roberto Thurman, Tetelo Vargas, Artie Wilson, Willard Brown, Tommy Buts, Dick Seay, George Scales, Vic Harris, Perucho Cepeda, two versions of Quincy Troupe, and many, many more. The condition breakdown of these cards is 10% NM, 10% EX-MT, 30% EX, and 50% slightly lesser (however, there are really no off grade cards). There are also 6 additional different looking Toleteros cards with the bottom portion having a perforated tab with the player’s names. If these images look familiar to you it is because these were the same pictures used for the 1949-50 Toleteros set. The key card from this group of (6) is of Hiram Bithorn, also included are Palomo Perez, Canena Marquez, Isrrael Ten, Pedro Rodriguez, and Vicente Villafane. It is believed these cards may have been released as a supplemental issue with a Puerto Rican newspaper. These cards are all in EX condition. One of the greatest finds in Latin card history. The missing link.
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