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...]
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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...]
T206 Wagner Brings $1.32 Million
One of the better examples of sports collecting’s holy grail sold early Sunday morning when Robert Edward Auctions’ spring catalog event came to an end. The PSA 3 T206 Honus Wagner generated 42 bids and sold for $1.32 million, a record price for the grade. That figure includes a 20% buyer’s premium added to all lots in the auction. The same card, dubbed the ‘Oceanside … [Read more...]
T206 Wagner Soars Past $1 Million on Opening Day of Bidding
Bidding for the PSA 3 T206 Honus Wagner card being offered by Robert Edward Auctions opened Thursday and in just seven hours, the card had soared past $1 million including the buyer’s premium. The opening bid was $100,000. While it’s impossible to know how high bidding will go, it appears the consignor of the card stands to make a healthy profit, having purchased it at … [Read more...]
One of Hobby’s Best T206 Honus Wagner Cards Heading to Auction
One of the best known examples of the T206 Honus Wagner card is coming to auction next month. Robert Edward Auctions will offer the card in its upcoming spring auction with a starting bid of $100,000 but if past sales are any indication, the winner will pay more than $1 million. The card was unknown to the collecting world for nearly 100 years until it was discovered, along … [Read more...]
