He hasn’t made a lot of appearances at auction over the last couple of years, but Honus is coming back to the block as the marquee headliner in an upcoming auction. In its August auction, Mile High Card Company will be offering a T206 Honus Wagner, an issue universally considered the crown jewel of all baseball cards. A final selling price is anyone’s guess but … [Read more...] about PSA 1 T206 Wagner Coming to Auction This Summer
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E94 Close Candy Set Includes Legends, Unique Back Ads
One of the more obscure pre-war baseball card sets is the E94 Close Candy card set. The cards are plenty rare as it is, but numerous variations make a full/master run nearly impossible to complete. Here's a (excuse the pun) closer look at the release. E94 Close Candy Basics The E94 card set was manufactured by the George Close Candy Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The … [Read more...] about E94 Close Candy Set Includes Legends, Unique Back Ads
Wagner Card Drawing Attention as Alternative Investment
Wall Street doesn't mess with sports memorabilia too much. When it comes to money, though, the financial world is all ears. After all, you need to be pretty rich to scoff at a little piece of cardboard that's often sold for several hundred thousand or a couple of million dollars. Going back to the 1970s, if not before, the T206 Honus Wagner card is sports collecting's poster … [Read more...] about Wagner Card Drawing Attention as Alternative Investment
T206 Eddie Plank a Worthy Challenger to Wagner
Is a six-figure baseball card 'underrated'? If that card is the T206 Eddie Plank, it just might be. While the Honus Wagner card from vintage collecting's most popular set gets most of the attention inside and outside the hobby, the Plank card flies under the radar to those who haven't really studied it. Small headlines are generated when one comes to auction, but there are … [Read more...] about T206 Eddie Plank a Worthy Challenger to Wagner
Iconic Players, Sets Part of Memory Lane Auction
From the first pro team to the tobacco card era, the arrival of bubble gum cards and even modern rarities, Memory Lane’s upcoming Winter Classics Auction will have a little something for everyone. Highlighted by a T206 Eddie Plank, an original Ty Cobb Tobacco tin, a 1902 Sporting Life Cabinets Honus Wagner and dozens of high grade cards from all eras, the auction begins this … [Read more...] about Iconic Players, Sets Part of Memory Lane Auction
T206 Wagner, Top Shelf Vintage Cards Populate Memory Lane’s I Own it Now Catalog
As Major League Baseball goes about the process of making more history during this year’s playoffs, fans and collectors have the chance to recapture some of the sport’s past greatness with the new edition of Memory Lane’s I Own it Now catalog. The southern California-based auction company has pieced together more than 100 lots of high grade and rare sports cards and sports … [Read more...] about T206 Wagner, Top Shelf Vintage Cards Populate Memory Lane’s I Own it Now Catalog
T206 Wagner Proof Strip on Tour
The Major League Baseball FanFest Auction takes place a week from tonight in Anaheim, but bidding is already underway online. Hunt Auctions, which is again heading up the event, is offering hundreds of pieces of baseball memorabilia from vintage to modern. The centerpiece is the T206 Honus Wagner proof sheet that is now resting in an SGC holder. The strip has been sold … [Read more...] about T206 Wagner Proof Strip on Tour
T206 Wagner Proof Strip Could Sell for $250,000
Hunt Auctions will be offering a unique 1909 T-206 Honus Wagner tobacco card proof strip as the main attraction of the 2010 Live Auction at MLB All-Star FanFest. The piece is expected to realize $250,000+ in the live auction on Tuesday, July 13th at the Anaheim Convention Center, starting at 10:00 a.m. PT, as part of the 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Week … [Read more...] about T206 Wagner Proof Strip Could Sell for $250,000
T206 Wagner Card Paced Auction
Any T206 Honus Wagner draws a crowd of collectors and investors. There was more proof in the recent sale conducted by Legendary Auctions. The auction closed March 3 and included over 1400 lots that sold for a combined $3.1 million. The item that attracted the highest price-realized in the company's catalog sale was a 1909-11 T206 White Border Honus Wagner card assessed … [Read more...] about T206 Wagner Card Paced Auction
T206 Honus Wagner Card Sold Again
The highest graded example of the famed T206 Honus Wagner baseball card has found another new home a little more than six months after selling for a then-record shattering price of $2.35 million. SCP Auctions reports the card was sold to an anonymous private collector for $2.8 million last week. The announcement was made public Thursday morning. In February, SCP took a … [Read more...] about T206 Honus Wagner Card Sold Again