One of the hobby’s most devoted scholars of the T206 baseball card set has created a new research portal, universal set registry and marketplace for the most popular pre-War set. Scot Reader’s T206 Insider offers a variety of tools aimed at helping readers understand the true scarcity and value of certain cards in the set and register graded cards in one place, even if cards … [Read more...]
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Newly Discovered T206 Doyle Error Card Hits Auction
An elderly gentleman’s curiosity has led to the remarkable discovery of the ninth known example of the rare T206 Joe Doyle “NY Nat’l” variation. MBA Seattle Auction is offering the card through Live Auctioneers. Authenticated and graded PSA 2, it’s likely to fetch $150,000 or more when the auction closes August 18. What makes the T206 white-border Joe Doyle card rare and … [Read more...]
T206 Jumbo Wagner Returns to Auction Block This Fall
The hot market for vintage cards is pushing a higher end copy of the hobby’s most famous card back into the marketplace. Goldin Auctions will offer the T206 ‘Jumbo’ Honus Wagner card in an auction that will begin September 12. Graded PSA 5 (MC), the card is 1/16” larger in size than other T206 cards because it was improperly cut at the factory. "Serious collectors … [Read more...]
Fresh T206 Collection Uncovered
A collection of 366 different T206 cards including a low-grade example of the rare Eddie Plank is about to enter the hobby after a find in Massachusetts. The collection, purchased by Just Collect, has about 60 Hall of Famers including three each of Ty Cobb, Cy Young and Christy Mathewson, two Walter Johnson cards and the Plank, considered the third most rare card in the set … [Read more...]
Million Dollar Find in a Paper Bag
The population of one of the rarest baseball cards in the world has grown by seven after an amazing discovery in the rural South. Only about 15 of the rare 1909-1911 T206 Ty Cobb variation, distributed only in tins of the short-lived Ty Cobb Tobacco product, were known to exist until a family began going through the belongings of a family’s deceased great-grandfather. While … [Read more...]
Most Watched T206 Baseball Cards on eBay
As rare as the Wagner, Eddie Plank, "Magie" and Doyle "NY Nat'l" errors and other cards from the set may be, collectors still like to chase the other 500 cards in the T206 baseball card set. T206 cards are among the most traded online with collectors seeking cards from Hall of Famers, team collectors tracking down elusive pre-War representatives and others … [Read more...]
Digitization Bringing Jefferson Burdick Collection to All
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York houses some true masterpieces by the world’s greatest artists. Vincent Van Gogh. Pablo Picasso. Salvador Dali. And Jefferson Burdick. That’s right. Burdick, the father of baseball card collecting, is an artist in his own right. His collection of cards and other ephemera, located in the museum’s drawing and prints department, … [Read more...]
Legendary T206 Doyle Variation Headlines REA Fall Auction
Robert Edward Auctions will be offering one of the rarest, most valuable baseball cards in existence when its fall catalog auction opens next week. A T206 “Slow Joe” Doyle “NY Nat’l” variation, one of fewer than ten examples known to exist and graded SGC 50 (VG/EX), will carry a $100,000 reserve but is expected to go much higher. The card is from the same set as the famous … [Read more...]
Real vs. Not So Real: Tips on Authenticating T206 Cards
With the hobby's most famous image generating headlines again, it's probably a good time for a short column on authenticating the often reprinted T206 cards. Of course, how to spot a fake Honus Wagner is a skill a LOT of people could use, so with that, here are some tips. 1) Read my past two columns on black light and direct comparison of cards. These two columns alone … [Read more...]
Analyzing 60 Days of T206 Card Sales
More than one half million dollars worth of T206 baseball cards sold on eBay during a recent 60-day period according to Sports Collectors Daily research. The numbers paint an interesting portrait of which cards sold for the most money, which type of auctions result in sales and just how many T206 cards are being offered to the public. From October 11 through December 9, … [Read more...]
