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Posted By: Josh Evans

First I want to thank everyone who bid last night. The auction was great success and we look forward to the action tonight.

If you want to know how many Josh Gibson’s there are why don’t you just ask me?
Lelands had a total of five. There was one 8 ($70k), one 7 (sold last night) and the rest are lower grade (4 or less). The higher grades are really impossible because of the backs.
There are about 5-10 in other hands (closer to the bottom number than the top I believe).

Whether that is a lot of cards is a matter of opinion. It depends upon demand I suppose. In the end I believe people will realize how great this card is. The only known card of arguably the greatest to ever play the game is something special. Please don’t tell me about it being a tribute card because in my opinion that is a little silly (we’re not talking about a 1973 Topps Babe Ruth here).

There are a lot of people that love this card. There are also a lot that don’t (which is great, making it controversial). Some may not like it because this is a new thing and they don’t understand it (fair). The Latin collectors (who understand it best of all) love it universally which is the best meter.