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Lot # 354: Satchel Paige Pitching for Guayama Original Negative (1939)

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Item was in Auction "June 2005",
which ran from 5/30/2005 12:00 AM to
6/26/2005 9:00 PM



Absolutely amazing negative of Satchel Paige pitching for Los Brujos de Guayama in 1939, the first such action shot we've ever seen of Paige with Guayama and a very rare find given it's from a critical juncture of his career. It was also the first year of existence for the Puerto Rican Winter League and Paige led the first wave of Negro leaguers to play on the balmy island, not as a lark but to prove he could still pitch, as he was coming off an arm injury in the Mexican League and experts predicted he was finished. Instead, he would sign with the Kansas City Monarchs that spring and pitch them to 4 straight pennants. Little wonder Satch would return to the island nearly every winter. The 3 1/4 x 5 1/2" neg is NRMT and historically profound. Picture perfect.

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