This is the big one for Rally Rd. At least as far as sports collectibles go. The “Holy Grail” of baseball cards — a 1909 Honus Wagner T206 tobacco card with a Sweet Caporal back— goes on sale Friday at noon on the company’s website. “It’s been a long time coming,” said Rob Petrozzo, who co-founded Rally Rd. with childhood friend Chris Bruno three years ago. This card … [Read more...]
High-Grade T206 Set, Plus Wagner, Now at Auction
Heritage Auctions has launched the second offering of The David Hall T206 Collection, featuring a set of the hobby’s most celebrated tobacco issue, including a low-grade example of the famed T206 Honus Wagner, a Ty Cobb with Cobb back and an example of the rare Eddie Plank card. Only the ultra-scarce Joe Doyle “NY Nat’l” error is missing from the … [Read more...]
T206 Wagner Card Sells for $1.2 Million
A 1909-11 T206 Honus Wagner has changed hands for a seven-figure price. The PSA 2 (Good) example sold privately for $1.2 million, according to SCP Auctions, which brokered the transaction. It's scheduled to be offered at public auction later this fall through Mile High Card Company. The same card has sold twice at auction in the last five years, realizing … [Read more...]
Hoping for the Next Big ‘Walk In’
In the 1970s and 80s, sports card dealers and avid collectors would rent hotel rooms across the country, placing local newspaper ads offering to buy sports cards and collectibles. It was an era when the concept of sports stuff being worth money was still fairly new. With the internet, research is much easier and finding great collections is much harder. But that … [Read more...]
T206 Wagner Draws NYC Attention
Housed in a special case, the T206 Honus Wagner now up for auction was on stage in New York Friday afternoon. Actually, it was just a local restaurant hosting the Wagner and several other big ticket cards but the photo sessions and TV coverage meant a bright spotlight as the auction entered its final week. Bidding for the card, including the buyer’s premium, has surpassed … [Read more...]
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...]
Notes: Device Helps Blind Collector; Jumbo Wagner History; Ichiro Signing; Cal Cards
You may have read our story last year on Denver area collector Jake Cohen, a youngster with a passion for sports, sports cards and music. Jake lost his sight a few years ago but has continued to collect. Now, a scanning device is helping him identify cards without having to see them. The i.d. mate Galaxy is a portable “all-in-one” talking bar code scanner that aids … [Read more...]
REA to Offer T206 Wagner
Robert Edward Auctions’ Spring Auction will open for bidding next week, and Honus will be in the house. A 1909-11 T206 Wagner has been consigned to the catalog sale and will be Lot #1. The card carries a $50,000 minimum bid but should stretch well into six figures when all bids are in. Graded SGC 10 (poor), this Wagner has a long history within the hobby. It can be … [Read more...]
A Honus for the Rest of Us: Affordable Wagner Cards
You couldn’t blame a novice collector for thinking every Honus Wagner card is out of reach. Anytime one of the few dozen T206s sells at auction, the headlines scream as the price soars into six or even seven figures. Yet one of baseball’s most famous faces has plenty of affordable, original cards you can own without seeing a loan officer. In no particular order, here are … [Read more...]
Burdick Letters at Auction
Letters from Jefferson Burdick to his fellow baseball card collecting pioneers are up for sale through Hunt Auctions. Burdick, who decades ago painstakingly catalogued thousands of cards as he grew his remarkable collection, died in 1963, but the letters provide some important insight into the man few of today's collectors ever knew. In one letter he wrote to Wagner … [Read more...]