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Posted By: fkw

If you collect a card from every Hall of Famer, you need this card. Thats why its so pricy. HOF collectors need it. How many vintage Gibson cards are out there, and how many collectors are HOF collectors. Its all supply and demand. Look at the prices of other high demand Negro leaguers cards. And there are only a handful of each known.

1909 Cabanas Pete Hill 15,000+
1910 Punch Mendez $15,000++
1923 Billiken Pop Lloyd $13,000
1923 Billiken Oscar Charleston $15,000
1923 Billiken Torriente $6,000
1949 Tolleteros Hilton Smith $19,000
1949 Tolleteros Leon Day $12,000
1950 Tolleteros Josh Gibson $25,000+
etc.