When it comes to the 1909-11 T206 baseball card set, your first thought might be about the famous Honus Wagner card or the Big Four rarities of which it is a part. Pound for pound, it is the most expensive baseball card in the world. But while those cards are more valuable, save for perhaps the Sherry Magee error, they are simply too unaffordable to most collectors. The set … [Read more...] about For Most Collectors, the 4 Ty Cobb Cards are the Pinnacle of the T206 Set
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T206 Plank, Ruth Cards Among Big Winners in Mile High Auction
One of the T206’s Big Four sold for a big price as Mile High Card Company closed out its Summer Catalog Auction late last week. A PSA 4 (VG/EX) copy of the rare T206 Eddie Plank sold for $318,997, setting a record for the grade. The Plank, Honus Wagner, Sherry “Magee” error card and the Joe Doyle “NY Nat’l” variation are typically the most sought-after cards in the … [Read more...] about T206 Plank, Ruth Cards Among Big Winners in Mile High Auction
Rare Honus Wagner Card, Signed 1952 Bowman Set Among Clean Sweep Lots
A rare 111-year-old Honus Wagner card produced and distributed only in the area where he became famous is making its hobby auction debut. Clean Sweep Auctions is offering the 1913 Voskamp’s Coffee Wagner in its newly launched September auction. Issued in the Pittsburgh area in packages of coffee and tea, cards from the set are very rare today. The one offered by Clean … [Read more...] about Rare Honus Wagner Card, Signed 1952 Bowman Set Among Clean Sweep Lots
T206 Error, 1933 All-Star Signed Ball Among New Auction Items
One of the T206 set’s “Big 4” rarities, historic baseball autographs and a game-used bat from baseball’s all-time hits leader in the new Huggins & Scott Summer Catalog Auction. Over 1,800 lots are on the block at price points across the board. The T206 Sherry “Magie” error card that headlines the catalog’s vintage card section is graded SGC 3. As most vintage … [Read more...] about T206 Error, 1933 All-Star Signed Ball Among New Auction Items
Notes: Fan Snare’s Ohtani’s 200th; Rare Wagner Sells; 90s MJ Prototypes; RFID Coming to Jerseys?; Collector Loans Historic Bats
Shohei Ohtani hit his 200th Major League Baseball home run on Saturday afternoon and the ball wound up in the hands of a Tigers fan. A man identified as Erik Wynkoop told Bally Sports during the broadcast of the Dodgers-Tigers game in Detroit that the ball bounced near him and he snared it. While the fate of the ball wasn’t immediately known, Wynkoop didn’t seem to … [Read more...] about Notes: Fan Snare’s Ohtani’s 200th; Rare Wagner Sells; 90s MJ Prototypes; RFID Coming to Jerseys?; Collector Loans Historic Bats
T20-Who? Rare Breisch-Williams Wagner Coming to Auction
You've read plenty of stories about the T206 Honus Wagner. The hobby's most famous cards has an interesting, if not totally understood back story, and the famous colorful Carl Horner image that's known even by those who don't own a single baseball card. It is not, however, Wagner's rarest card. Not by a long shot. Other Wagner cards arrived on the market … [Read more...] about T20-Who? Rare Breisch-Williams Wagner Coming to Auction
T206 Cobb with Cobb Back, Ruth Rookie Top Heritage Spring Card Auction
It doesn’t get nearly the attention of the more famous Honus Wagner card from the same set but the T206 Ty Cobb card with a brand of tobacco carrying the former hit king’s name is even rarer. The latest example, a fresh to the hobby copy consigned to market early this year, sold for $432,000 in Heritage Auctions’ Spring Sports Card sale. The T206 Cobb with Cobb back … [Read more...] about T206 Cobb with Cobb Back, Ruth Rookie Top Heritage Spring Card Auction
T206 Magie Error, New 1910 Baltimore News Discovery in Huggins & Scott Auction
A collector grade copy of the legendary T206 Sherry “Magie” error card—one of the ‘Big Four’ in the iconic tobacco issue—is among over 1,600 lots in Huggins & Scott’s Spring Auction. American Tobacco Company designers misspelled the name of feisty outfielder Sherry Magee in its initial print run. The error was discovered and corrected relatively quickly, leaving only a … [Read more...] about T206 Magie Error, New 1910 Baltimore News Discovery in Huggins & Scott Auction
Wagner, Ruth Cards, Unopened Material Lead New REA Sale
Seven hundred T206 cards, a 1911 Sporting Life Honus Wagner Cabinet card and nearly 3,400 other items are on the block through Robert Edward Auctions this month. REA’s March Encore Auction runs the gamut--from 1888 N28 Allen & Ginter cards of Hall of Famers John Clarkson and John Montgomery Ward to modern football cards, including a 2000 Bowman Chrome Tom … [Read more...] about Wagner, Ruth Cards, Unopened Material Lead New REA Sale
Newfound Example of T206 Cobb with Cobb Back Hits Auction Market
One of fewer than 30 known copies of the T206 Ty Cobb with the ‘Cobb Tobacco’ back has been uncovered and is now up for auction. The rare card is graded Good+ 2.5 by SGC and is already approaching $300,000 at Heritage Auctions with the buyer’s premium. “Cobb Tobacco” back cards are believed to have been limited in distribution to the Cobb endorsed “granulated … [Read more...] about Newfound Example of T206 Cobb with Cobb Back Hits Auction Market