From REA Auction archives:
This is a card which is so rare, its existence has been documented only within the last fifteen years, and its significance as Josh Gibson's only known standard card issue has propelled it in this very short time to being one of the most well-known baseball cards in the collecting world.
Many collectors concentrate on collecting Hall of Famers. Josh Gibson has always presented a problem for these collectors because for decades he was simply not found in any card sets. The discovery of his inclusion in the 180-card 1950-1951 Toleteros set, the third and final year in which this company issued cards in Puerto Rico during the Puerto Rican Winter League season, was momentous. Finally, a card issue featured the legendary Josh Gibson, the greatest slugging star of the Negro Leagues. Similar in spirit to the 1940 Play Ball card of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the 1948-1949 Leaf card of Babe Ruth in that this card was not issued during Gibson's playing career, this card is unique and of great significance: there really are no equivalent alternatives.
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