Cuba and baseball cards

BLUEJAYWAY

Been wondering if the easing of tensions and possible normalizing of relations between the US and Cuba will result in a boom for US sports card companies. Being that Cuba has a large love of baseball wonder if the cards will become more traded there once the embargo is lifted. There have been some Cubans who have played in the Majors. Maybe more Cubans would come here to play and result in their likeness adorning sportscards which might pump up sales within Cuba for the card companies. Could be a future emerging market with possible MLB exhibition games or even a regular season game being played there. Thoughts?

dtkk49a

I was thinking about all the nice vintage cards stashed in Cuba just waiting to be discovered by the first tourists to arrive.

eagles33

any cards produced in cuba post embargo would be very interesting for sure. I don't think the impact of the Cuban market on any modern cards will be significant though. It will be cool to see if anything new surfaces though that was produced in Cuba.

Griffins

<< <i>I was thinking about all the nice vintage cards stashed in Cuba just waiting to be discovered by the first tourists to arrive. >>



tourists have been going for decades- both US citizens and other nationalities. There were dealers that went as early as the mid 70's and picked thru whatever could be found.

sbfinley

<< <i>I was thinking about all the nice vintage cards stashed in Cuba just waiting to be discovered by the first tourists to arrive. >>



Like previously mentioned, much of the Island has been picked cleaned. Dealers, auction houses, and collectors have been traveling to or hiring locals to surface material for decades. Their was a older female (whose name escapes me) who lived in Havana and sold Cuban baseball memorabilia on eBay via family in Miami for years before she was shut down. I'm sure there is still great stuff hiding here and there, but I doubt it's bountiful.