It won't win any beauty contests but it's real, and that's enough for collectors who want to own the hobby's most famous baseball card. A T206 Honus Wagner graded "A" for 
authentic by SGC and featuring three completely trimmed borders and some creasing, sold for $198, 850 at auction late last week.
It generated 16 bids in a Goodwin and Company auction that closed early Friday morning after a couple of weeks of bidding on several dozen lots. The price included a 19% buyer's premium paid by the new owner. The card, which had been owned by a collector who obtained it in the 1980s, was ungraded until it entered the market. It is the 44th T206 Wagner in the combined population reports of PSA and SGC.
A restored Wagner, graded Authentic by PSA, sold in the spring of 2011 via Robert Edward Auctions for $188,000.
Also generating strong interest in the Goodwin sale was a 1916 Babe Ruth Standard Biscuit rookie card which sold for $77,151, a Ruth single signed baseball graded PSA/DNA 8 ($37,354), a T206 Christy Mathewson black cap variation graded PSA 8 ($35,502) and a 1909-11 E-90-1 American Caramel Joe Jackson rookie card graded SGC 40 ($25,497).
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 SWEET 1909 T206 T 206 MILLER HUGGINS PSA 65 CINCINNATI REDS HOF TOBACCO CARD $1,995.00 Time Remaining: 1h 34m Buy It Now for only: $1,995.00 |
 SWEET 1909 T206 T 206 BILLY GILBERT PSA 65+ ST LOUIS EX MT+ TOBACCO CARD $995.00 Time Remaining: 1h 38m Buy It Now for only: $995.00 |
 SWEET 1909 T206 T 206 LOU FIENE PSA 65+++++ CHICAGO EXMT+ TOBACCO CARD RARE $995.00 Time Remaining: 1h 40m Buy It Now for only: $995.00 |
 1909 T206 Piedmont Eddie Phelps PSA VG EX 4 $80.00 Time Remaining: 1h 40m Buy It Now for only: $80.00 |
 SWEET 1909 T206 T 206 RUSS FORD PSA 65++ NEW YORK TOBACCO BASEBALL CARD RARE $1,195.00 Time Remaining: 1h 42m Buy It Now for only: $1,195.00 |
 T206 BOB RHOADES RHOADES HANDS CHEST PSA4 $70.00 Time Remaining: 1h 58m Buy It Now for only: $70.00 |
 T206 AL BRIDWELL NO CAP PSA 4 $65.00 Time Remaining: 2h 1m Buy It Now for only: $65.00 |
 T206 JACK HAYDEN PSA 4 $70.00 Time Remaining: 2h 7m Buy It Now for only: $70.00 |
 T206 JACK WARHOP PSA 4 $70.00 Time Remaining: 2h 8m Buy It Now for only: $70.00 |
