The 1909-11 T206 white border set is arguably the most famous baseball card issue of all time. Driven by massive popularity, it's a set that has been widely pursued by collectors for more than a century. Among the 524 known cards, four stand out among the rest. To the hobby, these are known simply as 'The Big Four.' Honus Wagner T206 The biggest of the big is the easily … [Read more...]
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Wagner, High-Grade Vintage Icons Push Memory Lane Auction to Record Total
One of only several dozen surviving examples of the world’s most famous baseball card was sold early Sunday morning when Memory Lane closed out its ‘Holy Grail’ Auction. The $600,000 price fetched for a PSA 2 Honus Wagner was just the beginning, though. When the final bids were entered in the early morning hours Sunday, the auction had generated over $5.2 million, … [Read more...]
Memory Lane to Offer Virtually Complete T206 Master Set Break in Special Auction
One of the finest T206 (1909-1911) baseball card sets ever offered will be broken up and sold by Memory Lane Inc. in a special catalog auction set to begin April 22. Pieced together by an avid collector over more than ten years, the T206 Set Break Auction includes three of the set’s four extreme rarities: a PSA 2 (Good) Honus Wagner, a PSA 4 (VG-EX) Eddie Plank and a … [Read more...]
