There’s a new most valuable baseball card of all-time. The T206 ‘Jumbo’ Honus Wagner sold late Saturday night for $3.12 million through Goldin Auctions. The price included a 20% buyer’s premium and broke the record set by the PSA 8 rated Wagner that now sits in the collection of Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick. While under investigation for fraud, former auction … [Read more...] about T206 Jumbo Wagner Sells for $3.12 Million; LeBron 1/1 RC Soars
T206 Jumbo Wagner
Wagner on Display Friday as Bids Soar Past $2 Million
The T206 Jumbo Wagner and several other valuable baseball cards will be on display in New York Friday. Goldin Auctions will show off the card as part of a media opportunity between 11:30 AM and 2 PM EDT at NYY Steak Manhattan (7 West 51st St). The Wagner card is the featured item in Goldin Auctions’ Great American Trading Card Auction that runs through October 1. It last … [Read more...] about Wagner on Display Friday as Bids Soar Past $2 Million
Notes: House Arrest for Woman in Fake Auto Case; MLB Network Talks Cards
The mother of an Ohio man who prosecutors say organized a massive online autograph fraud ring has been sentenced to one year of house arrest. Rose Panezich, currently a Las Vegas resident, pleaded guilty to a count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity on Tuesday. She’s one of several people who have admitted to their roles in the sale of phony autographed sports … [Read more...] about Notes: House Arrest for Woman in Fake Auto Case; MLB Network Talks Cards
Talking Wagner, Mantle on Fox Business as Prices Climb
Bidding for the T206 “Jumbo” Honus Wagner has reached $1.68 million while eight other cards in Goldin Auctions’ Great American Trading Card Auction have hit six figure bidding. The auction, which opened last Friday, includes 50 high-grade examples of some of the hobby’s most recognizable cards and key rookies. Eight cards have already hit six figures including the company’s … [Read more...] about Talking Wagner, Mantle on Fox Business as Prices Climb
Honus Has Six-Figure Company in ‘Great American Trading Card’ Auction
Goldin Auctions has announced the rest of the lineup for its upcoming Great American Trading Card Auction that will feature the “Jumbo” T206 Honus Wagner. The company is putting 50 high-grade vintage cards, including several key rookies, into a single auction set to open September 12 and run through October 1. The Wagner card was last sold in April 2013 when it fetched $2.1 … [Read more...] about Honus Has Six-Figure Company in ‘Great American Trading Card’ Auction
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...] about T206 Jumbo Wagner Returns to Auction Block This Fall