Negro League Stats included in official MLB records

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That's just silly. A card released three decades after a player's passing should not carry such value. I am not a fan of autograph/relic cards, but those make a bit more sense to carry value if issued posthumously. There's (at least supposed to be) something contemporaneous to the player housed within.

I understand that there are players featured in the set for whom this was their first ever card release. To that extent, it makes sense why people would want an example to fill a void. But it's a novelty set, issued in the first wave of the rebirth of card collecting. This wasn't even Gibson's first card. The Toleteros was also a posthumous release, but the value there makes more sense. Why the sudden boom in price for a 1970's issue that was basically created for card collectors? Just because many collectors may not be able to afford the Toleteros, then this card automatically escalates in price?

If I owned the Gibson, sure, I'd admit to a bit of hypocrisy as I was cashing in!

Also, can somebody please enlighten me as to if this set carried more than a nominal value even into the 1990's? I have foggy memories of them being worth next to nothing, but perhaps my mind is playing tricks on me.