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Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B
Just because many collectors may not be able to afford the Toleteros, then this card automatically escalates in price?
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Yes. Economists call it the "substitution effect" [the change in demand for a good as a result of a change in the relative price of the good compared to that of other substitute goods]. Toleteros are rare and very expensive; many collectors want to have
something representing the Negro League greats in their collections; I did, which is why I picked up a bunch of cards from the Laughlin set as the earliest NL set I could afford. Another example would be Cool Papa Bell's 1976 self-issued set. Ditto some of the 1970s PCs.
Oh, some cards:
Guess I better have my Gibson slabbed...