Legendary Auction -- Josh Gibson Toleteros card

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The Toleteros is the only choice for Gibson, unless you want to jump ahead to a 1974 Laughlin. I think a while back there was some postcard floating around too which sparked a debate as to whether it was a baseball card or not.

I'd take that rppc over the Toleteros card ANY day of the week...even though some don't consider it a "card".

[mikedenero]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I'd take that rppc over the Toleteros card ANY day of the week...even though some don't consider it a "card".

Agreed - with both of your points.

[slantycouch]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I'd take that rppc over the Toleteros card ANY day of the week...even though some don't consider it a "card".

I'd agree with that as well.

[Jewish-collector]

I met the family who won the Toleteros card. I gave them a very big Mazel Tov () when they told me they won it. I thought they got a good deal on it, considering a lower grade version went for more money a few years ago.

[triwak]

Anybody have a picture of that Josh Gibson postcard?

[dennis]

ken here is link to the gibson pc

http://tinyurl.com/mehrq3

[Potomac Yank]

The 1931 Harrison Studio PC ... hands down.

[bcbgcbrcb]

The Gibson RPPC has sold twice in the past 3 years for over $50K both times. Unfortunately, this makes it out of the reach of probably about 95% of us, including mysef. For non-autograph collectors, the fact that it was also signed by Gibson probably accounts for much of the card's value and makes paying that kind of price very difficult to swallow.

[Potomac Yank]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

The Gibson RPPC has sold twice in the past 3 years for over $50K both times. Unfortunately, this makes it out of the reach of probably about 95% of us, including mysef. For non-autograph collectors, the fact that it was also signed by Gibson probably accounts for much of the card's value and makes paying that kind of price very difficult to swallow.

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Let's just make a slight adjustment ... let's make that 99%, and that would include me.

Not only that, he signed it twice ... something that couldn't be done with his tribute card.

The tribute card is nice, and a collectable, but it doesn't have the historical vintage baseball connection that an unsigned 1931 Harrison Studio PC would have.
JMVHO.