Posted By:
Hal LewisHow ironic that this thread has found a way to merge with the 1951 Toleteros Gibson thread:
Someone paid $70k for a PSA 8 1949 Leaf Paige card...
and someone paid $70k for an SGC 88 (8) 1950 Toleteros Gibson card.
Both are the highest graded examples of that particular card known to exist, and both cards are fairly scarce in ANY condition.
Both players were STARS of the Negro Leagues and BOTH were the VERY FIRST two Negro Leaguers inducted in the Major League Hall of Fame.
Funny how a completely "free market" dictated identical prices on nearly identical cards in two totally different auctions several months apart.
(The Gibson card is much harder to find, but the Paige card was issued during his playing days... so these factors apparently cancelled each other out)