Like the previous lot, this terrific bobbing head is of a Negro League great- Josh Gibson. It is dated 1994. It shows Gibson in his Homestead Gray's uniform. It is in near mint condition.

Baseball historians consider Gibson to be among the very best catchers and power hitters in the history of any league, including the Major Leagues, and he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Gibson was known as the "black Babe Ruth."^[(In fact, some fans at the time who saw both Gibson and Ruth play called Ruth "the white Josh Gibson.")  He never played in Major League Baseball because, under their unwritten "gentleman's agreement" policy, they excluded non-whites during his lifetime.

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