Rare Honus Wagner baseball card sells for $7.25 million

[-RolexMan-]

One of the world’s rarest baseball cards was sold for an extraordinary price last week.

The famous T206 Honus Wagner sold for a record $7.25 million in a private sale facilitated by Goldin Auctions, the company said Thursday. It topped the price sold in August 2021. The card was sold for $6.6 million at that time.

“I’ve been in this business for a very long time and seen a lot of incredible trading cards and pieces of memorabilia, but there is nothing on earth like a T-206 card,” Ken Goldin, the Goldin executive chairman and founder, said in a news release.

“There’s a reason why no Wagner card has never sold for less than it was previously purchased for – the card is art, it’s history, it’s folklore. The T-206 is one of the reasons I do what I do and why serious collectors around the world love this hobby so much. To be a part of history and facilitate this record-breaking sale is an honor.”

The Wagner card is considered to be the “Mona Lisa of baseball cards.” There is thought to be fewer than 50 authenticated copies in the industry.

The 1909-11 T206 card was graded in Good 2 condition on a scale of 1 to 10 from Sportscard Guaranty Corp (SGC).

Wagner, a Hall of Fame shortstop who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the early 1900s, was said to be upset that his likeness was being used on a tobacco product. He refused American Tobacco Co.’s request to use his image, which led to the company ceasing production of his card.

Wagner played baseball from 1897 to 1917. He played for the Louisville Colonels and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He helped the Pirates to a World Series in 1909 and won the batting title eight times.

He hit .328 for his career in 2,794 games.



https://nypost.com/2022/08/09/rare-h...-7-25-million/

[-RolexMan-]

I remember collecting cards, the late 1980's & early 90's the prices were sky rocketing.....& then the market collapsed. You gotta have the rare cards to make good money.

[Star Ferry]

That makes gray market Swiss sport watches look like a bargain. I can see the appeal of collecting memorabilia, but that is a crazy crazy amount that a person can spend on a baseball card.

[Wcdhtwn]

Crazy that Paul Newman’s SS Daytona sold for $11 - $12 million more…

[Star Ferry]

Originally Posted by Wcdhtwn

Crazy that Paul Newman’s SS Daytona sold for $11 - $12 million more…

99% of that price was because the Rolex had been owned by Paul Newman. This is a piece of paper that stared out as a giveaway in a tobacco tin. Was simply stating my opinion and am not looking for another debate

[Wcdhtwn]

Originally Posted by Star Ferry

99% of that price was because the Rolex had been owned by Paul Newman. This is a piece of paper that stared out as a giveaway in a tobacco tin. Was simply stating my opinion and am not looking for another debate

[AzPaul]

Originally Posted by Wcdhtwn

Crazy that Paul Newman’s SS Daytona sold for $11 - $12 million more…

Article mentioned there's 50 of them still out there.
Guessing if it was even more rare, or even one of a kind like PN's watch, it would have fetched a lot more.