Lot # 1: 1910 Punch (Ramon Carreras) cabinet card of Negro Leaguer Rogelio Valdés

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Item was in Auction "Auction #37",
which ran from 11/23/2024 12:00 PM to
12/1/2024 9:00 AM



1910 Punch cards are among the most desirable of all Cuban baseball cards. Many collectors are unaware that there is a variation of Punch called "Ramon Carreras." On the bottom of each card, where it normally says, "Punch" it says "Ramon Carreras" instead. Ramon Carreras was the photographer for the Punch cards. In the images below you can see a group 4 Punch cards, including the only two examples of the Ramon Carreras variation that I'm aware of. These variations are similar to what "La Moda" cards are to Billikens, though significantly more scarce. 

 

 

Even more scarce is the item in this lot: A 1910 Ramon Carreras cabinet card of Negro Leaguer Rogelio Valdés, which uses the same image as his Punch card, which I've also shown an example of. The reverse has advertising for Ramon Carreras' photography studio and includes an image of the photographer, himself. The measurements are 4 1/4" by 6 1/2". In theory, these cabinet cards were produced for the entire set of Punch cards, but this is the only one that has ever surfaced, and is likely the only surviving example from the set, if there was one.

 

Rogelio Valdés played in the Cuban and Negro Leagues from 1899 to 1916. His Negro League teams were the Cuban Stars West, Stars of Cuba, All Cubans, and Cuban X Giants. He was inducted into the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.

 

Measures 4 1/4" by 6 1/2"

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