Josh Gibson items

Baseball Rarities · #1 07-30-2025, 11:52 AM

Love seeing all of these Gibson pieces.

That 1937 Ciudad Trujillo photo has always been one of my favorites.

Here is an early image of Gibson along with his 1928 Pittsburgh Crawfords team. Gibson is 5th from the left.

This image was used by Graig Kreindler for the painting that was the basis for this poster and card. The poster includes Gibson in nine of uniforms arranged chronologically from 1928 through 1944. Ryan's Ciudad Trujillo and Jeremy's Concordio images were used for the poster as well.

Hankphenom · #2 07-30-2025, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Love seeing all of these Gibson pieces.
That 1937 Ciudad Trujillo photo has always been one of my favorites.
Here is an early image of Gibson along with his 1928 Pittsburgh Crawfords team. Gibson if 5th from the left.

According to Wiki, he was with the Crawfords 1932-36, which seems more likely since he'd have been 16 if this was the 1928 team. Sure this is Gibson in your photo?

Baseball Rarities · #3 07-30-2025, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Hankphenom

According to Wiki, he was with the Crawfords 1932-36, which seems more likely since he'd have been 16 if this was the 1928 team. Sure this is Gibson in your photo?

Hi Hank - Yes that is definitely a 16 year-old Josh Gibson. The photo came from the collection of teammate Harold "Hooks" Tinker, who is credited with bringing Gibson to the Crawfords in 1928.

Here is another photo from Tinker's collection that was taken at the same time. Tinker has identified all of the players on the back. Gibson is in the front row, on the far left.

Hankphenom · #4 07-30-2025, 05:51 PM

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Hi Hank - Yes that is definitely a 16 year-old Josh Gibson. The photo came from the collection of teammate Harold "Hooks" Tinker, who is credited with bringing Gibson to the Crawfords in 1928. Here is another photo from Tinker's collection that was taken at the same time. Tinker has identified all of the players on the back. Gibson is in the front row, on the far left.

Incredible! Thanks, Kevin.

John1941 · #5 07-30-2025, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Hankphenom

According to Wiki, he was with the Crawfords 1932-36, which seems more likely since he'd have been 16 if this was the 1928 team. Sure this is Gibson in your photo?

According to Wiki: "Shortly thereafter, he [Gibson] was recruited by the Pittsburgh Crawfords, which in 1928 were still a semi-professional team." When Wiki says 1932-36 it's referring to when the Pittsburgh Crawfords were professional.

JeremyW · #6 07-30-2025, 06:36 PM

What a great bunch of Gibson items. Here's my 1934 Concordia (Venezuela) team photo (3.25X5.75) with Gibson, Martin Dihigo, Rap Dixon & others.

I believe the team was in the Dominican playing a tournament.

Rhotchkiss · #7 07-30-2025, 08:01 PM

This thread is unreal!

Hankphenom · #8 07-30-2025, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by John1941

According to Wiki: "Shortly thereafter, he [Gibson] was recruited by the Pittsburgh Crawfords, which in 1928 were still a semi-professional team." When Wiki says 1932-36 it's referring to when the Pittsburgh Crawfords were professional.

Thanks!

Sleepless72 · #9 08-04-2025, 04:26 PM

This is an amazing thread. I've been collecting Josh Gibson since about 1999. I've always been a Pirates collector, but when Josh and others started appearing in Upper Deck sets, I said, "Why not? A Pittsburgh team is a Pittsburgh team!" It grew from there. Now Josh and Roberto Clemente are the two players I collect most. (Unfortunately, I can't keep up with all the Clemente cards that are released every year.)

I probably have 600-700 different Josh Gibson cards in my collection, including customs. I have some Josh Gibson rarities, but they're all relatively recent--nothing before the 1974 Laughlin Old-Time Black Stars and his HOF induction postcard--so I salivate at the memorabilia being shown here. Incredible stuff.

ruth-gehrig · #10 08-04-2025, 07:57 PM

So many great photos in this thread that are amazing "Kreindler Opportunities"

jd9cards · #11 08-15-2025, 11:29 AM

Here is the result from grading my Toleteros Joshua Gibson at the National this year. It got the PSA 4 I expected.

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