A low-grade T206 Honus Wagner card sold for nearly $1.4 million while some important game-used items consigned by Cal Ripken Jr. also drew a crowd of bidders as Goldin Auctions closed out its latest catalog auction late Saturday night. Heavy wear and creases have never stopped potential buyers from lining up to own the hobby’s most recognizable card and the PSA 1 example … [Read more...]
PSA 3 Wagner Becomes Highest Priced Vintage Baseball Card at $3.25 Million
There’s a new highest priced vintage baseball card of all time. Mile High Card Company says it has sold a PSA 3 T206 Honus Wagner card for $3.25 million in a private transaction. The price eclipses the $3.12 million price tag for the PSA 5 (MC) “Jumbo” Wagner purchased in 2016. It also makes it the second most expensive sports card of any kind ever sold, … [Read more...]
Goldin to Offer T206 Wagner in Upcoming Auction
In 2004, it sold for just over $100,000. Now, a poor grade T206 Honus Wagner card is expected to fetch more than $1 million. Goldin Auctions says it will offer the PSA 1 example in its October Legends catalog, set to open Monday. The same card sold through Lelands sixteen years ago for $101,410. It’s the second time in just over a month that a copy of the … [Read more...]
Strike A Pose: The Famous Honus Wagner Portrait Image is Not Hard to Find
The Honus Wagner T206 issue is the most popular baseball card of all time. With all due respect to the Mike Trout Superfractor that recently sold for a record amount, the tale of the Wagner card has been spun for more than a century and the card is even fairly well known outside of the relatively small circle of baseball card collectors. Of course, as the story goes, Wagner … [Read more...]
PSA 1 T206 Wagner Card Sells for Record $1,169,875
One hundred and three years after his final game, Honus Wagner is still making headlines. A well-worn example of his famous card from the T206 set sold for $1,169,875 in Mile High Card Company's Summer Auction early Friday morning. The price marked the first time any Wagner card graded Poor has broached the $1 million mark. The price includes the … [Read more...]
Notes: Pristine Opens Weekly Card Auction; Cards from ’52 Find Sold; MHCC Update; Big Nashville Show Off
Pristine Auction has launched weekly sports card auctions that include both vintage and modern issues. This week's sale includes over 1,400 items, including singles, sets and unopened material. An autographed 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie sticker heads the list along with multiple certified autographed Jordan cards, Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente … [Read more...]
Notes: Market Coverage; Wagner Update; Indiana Show; MJ Wheels Bring $200K
The sale of the Mike Trout SuperFractor for nearly $4 million drew more mainstream media coverage for the hobby, including the Washington Post, which touched on the hot market for cards. Ken Goldin was on Fox Business Monday to talk about the auction and why things are selling for so much. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com After buying the card for $400,000, … [Read more...]
Goldin Set Company Record With 2-Day Elite Auction
Bidders spent $14 million at Goldin Auctions over the weekend, snapping up everything from Babe Ruth memorabilia to Zion Williamson's shoes. The record-setting two-part “Elite Auction” concluded on Sunday night, grossing about $14 million in sales for just 359 lots. The 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Mike Trout Superfractor was responsible for a large … [Read more...]
Notes: T206 Wagner Bidding; LA Times on Breaking; New MJ Ride on eBay; NYG Jersey Buzz; 1st NHL Bubble Puck Auction
Bidding for the T206 Honus Wagner graded PSA 1 has been hot and heavy in the first three days of Mile High Card Company’s auction. Nineteen bids have been placed for the card already with the high bid at $680,000. With the buyer’s premium factored in, that’s $816,000. A PSA 2 Wagner sold for $1.3 million last fall. The L.A. Times’ Mark Potts recently … [Read more...]
T206 Icons, Vintage Sets, Singles, Wax, Jordan Cards Headline Big Mile High Auction
An example of one of sports collecting’s most famous face is coming on the auction block next week. Mile High Card Company will offer a T206 Honus Wagner at the top of its catalog, one that includes over 1,600 lots in all. It’s not the only big ticket item on the docket, though. MHCC will also offer the highest graded card from the famed “Lucky 7 Find,” a … [Read more...]