1948-1949 Leaf #8 Satchel Paige Rookie Short Print PSA POOR 1

Sold For:

$22,806

Year:

1948

Auction:

2025 January

Lot #:

8

Category:

Prewar Baseball - T Tobacco Cards

Classic example of 1948-1949 Leaf #8 Satchel Paige. This is one of card collecting's iconic classics. Paige’s Leaf rookie card is one of the rarest and most significant of all postwar baseball cards. Chicago's Leaf Gum Company produced the first multicolor baseball cards of the post-World War II era in 1948-1949. Forty-nine cards in the set are considered "standard," and the additional "short print" series of forty-nine cards in the set are so rare that "Rare Leafs" has long been a formal card-collecting hobby term. Leafs are without question one of the toughest postwar sets to complete because of all the rare cards. Paige is not only the key to this rare series, but he is also the key to the 1948-1949 Leaf set. The Leaf card is also Paige’s most valuable. The card has bright colors and excellent registration, (which can be a problem with Leafs). Graded POOR 1 by PSA condition largely due to a patch of tape residue along the front and a few small spots of paper loss along the reverse. A modestly graded but very presentable example of one of the classic postwar baseball cards.