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CLEVELAND, Ohio – A 1949 Bowman baseball card of Satchel Paige has bought for $2,925.60 through Lelands public sale.
Beginning bid was $300 for Paige’s card, No. 224 within the set of 240. The cardboard graded a four – excellent, although nowhere close to mint – but nonetheless managed to push $three,000. He’s listed as “Satchell,” another spelling of his title over time.
Paige is certainly one of two dozen Corridor of Famers within the set, and is without doubt one of the two most respected playing cards that 12 months, second solely to Jackie Robinson. Every colorized card within the set was the distinctive squarish dimension of two and 1/16 by 2 and a half inches.
The again of Paige’s card reads: “Probably the most fabulous characters in baseball, Satchell spent a few years touring across the Negro Leagues earlier than being signed to a Cleveland Indians contract. His actual age isn’t identified, however he’s been in baseball for years. He appeared in 21 video games for the Indians final 12 months, many in aid roles, and he wound up with a 6-1 document, good for a .857 proportion.” There’s additionally a suggestion to purchase a one-size-fits-all metallic ring with a baseball emblem for 15 cents and a wrapper.
Paige, who made it to the Majors in his 40s, performed for Cleveland in 1948 and 1949. He appeared in a single recreation within the 1948 World Sequence.
Topps acquired the Philadelphia-based Bowman firm in 1956.
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