Legendary Auction -- Josh Gibson Toleteros card

Peter_Spaeth · #1 08-02-2009, 03:59 PM

The Toleteros is the only choice for Gibson, unless you want to jump ahead to a 1974 Laughlin. I think a while back there was some postcard floating around too which sparked a debate as to whether it was a baseball card or not.

slidekellyslide · #2 08-02-2009, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The Toleteros is the only choice for Gibson, unless you want to jump ahead to a 1974 Laughlin. I think a while back there was some postcard floating around too which sparked a debate as to whether it was a baseball card or not.

I'd take that rppc over the Toleteros card ANY day of the week...even though some don't consider it a "card".

mikedenero · #3 08-02-2009, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I'd take that rppc over the Toleteros card ANY day of the week...even though some don't consider it a "card".

Agreed - with both of your points.

slantycouch · #4 08-02-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I'd take that rppc over the Toleteros card ANY day of the week...even though some don't consider it a "card".

I'd agree with that as well.

Jewish-collector · #5 08-02-2009, 09:45 PM

I met the family who won the Toleteros card. I gave them a very big Mazel Tov (

) when they told me they won it. I thought they got a good deal on it, considering a lower grade version went for more money a few years ago.

triwak · #6 08-03-2009, 01:30 AM

Anybody have a picture of that Josh Gibson postcard?

dennis · #7 08-03-2009, 03:20 PM

ken here is link to the gibson pc

http://tinyurl.com/mehrq3

Potomac Yank · #8 08-03-2009, 10:24 PM

The 1931 Harrison Studio PC ... hands down.

bcbgcbrcb · #9 08-04-2009, 07:08 AM

The Gibson RPPC has sold twice in the past 3 years for over $50K both times. Unfortunately, this makes it out of the reach of probably about 95% of us, including mysef. For non-autograph collectors, the fact that it was also signed by Gibson probably accounts for much of the card's value and makes paying that kind of price very difficult to swallow.

Potomac Yank · #10 08-04-2009, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

The Gibson RPPC has sold twice in the past 3 years for over $50K both times. Unfortunately, this makes it out of the reach of probably about 95% of us, including mysef. For non-autograph collectors, the fact that it was also signed by Gibson probably accounts for much of the card's value and makes paying that kind of price very difficult to swallow.

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Let's just make a slight adjustment ... let's make that 99%, and that would include me.

Not only that, he signed it twice ... something that couldn't be done with his tribute card.

The tribute card is nice, and a collectable, but it doesn't have the historical vintage baseball connection that an unsigned 1931 Harrison Studio PC would have.
JMVHO.

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