1946 Propagandas Montiel
Los Reyes del Deporte #42 - Ty Cobb
$27.5K US
This series of caramel candy cards from Montiel were one of the first major sports-card sets issued after World War II. The Los Reyes del Deporte name can be roughly translated to Sporting Kings or Kings of Sports. The set is sometimes classified as a 1946 issue and as a 1946-47 set. The cards were primarily baseball players, but also included boxers, wrestlers and one tennis player, Helen Wills Moody.
Cards numbered from 1-100 had a yellow or somewhat more difficult to find orange border around a stark black and white photo with no name or information on the front side. The cards from 101-180 retained the border but centered the picture within a semi-circle plaque style yellow background and included the name and position of the athlete on the front. All the cards had the name and athlete information on the back.
Super condition sensitive being printed on very thin paper stock and released in Cuba during the mid-1940's makes finding any high grades virtually impossible.
As an extremely scarce orange border, the PSA 2 above is the highest graded PSA non-qualifier known in existence. These elusive cards demand high prices.
Open Offer $27,500 US
