From time to time one will see for sale a Freeman Cigar Co. 5-Cent Cigar card depicting Hans (Honus) Wagner. Though almost always advertised as vintage, the card is a modern computer fake concocted in recent years. There are authentic early 1900s Hans Wagner tobacco labels, printed on white paper and intended to be stuck to tobacco boxes. The labels are rarely seen and … [Read more...]
T206 Wagner Consigned to REA Has Date Stamp Matching Pirates 1909 Triumph Over Cobb, Tigers
It’s been tucked away in a private collection for many years, but now a unique example of the famed T206 Honus Wagner card is returning to the marketplace, bearing a one-of-a-kind stamp on the back that connects it to a singular moment in baseball history, when two of the game’s most iconic players collided in a hard-fought battle for baseball supremacy. “The 1909 World … [Read more...]
1920 Babe Ruth Jersey Could Fetch $1 Million Plus
The earliest known game worn Babe Ruth jersey is going on the auction block. SCP Auctions announced Monday that it would offer the 1920 Ruth shirt in its spring auction slated to begin Monday, April 30. Ruth joined the Yankees after being sold by the Boston Red Sox in January of that year. The unrestored road jersey carries Ruth's stitched name inside the collar and had … [Read more...]
T206 Wagner Card Goes on eBay
One of what are likely less than 100 T206 Honus Wagner cards in existence is on the eBay auction block. Memory Lane Inc. is offering the PSA 2 example from a long-time private collection that was recently broken up and sold. This Wagner shows a moderate crease across the bottom along with some edge and corner wear but is one of the more respectable examples to come up for … [Read more...]
Cinci Duo Finally Gets Wagner Card Slabbed
It's been beaten up. Dragged through the mud. Cursed. Reviled. Verbally spanked. And that's just speaking metaphorically. The Honus Wagner baseball card Ray Edwards and John Cobb own is still in the same shape it was in when they say it was uncovered at an estate sale years ago, but the community of mainstream authenticators and collectors are convinced it's just … [Read more...]
Nuns’ Wagner Card Bidder Renegs; New Buyer Found
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Kirk Gibson Home Run Bat Sells for $575,912
The bat Kirk Gibson used to hit one of the most memorable home runs in baseball history sold for $575,912 early Sunday morning. The Gibson home run bat, which came in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series and propelled the Dodgers to an upset Series victory, was part of a collection of items consigned to SCP Auctions by the current Arizona Diamondbacks manager. The white Dodgers … [Read more...]
Vintage Cards Top Legendary Auction
A 1933 Goudey set, rated 16th on the PSA Set Registry with an average condition near EX, was brought the biggest payday in Legendary Auctions' latest event. The auction, which closed last week, included a large number of pre-World War II singles, lots and sets. The Goudey set of 290 cards drew 15 bids and included a wrapper from the iconic gum card maker. Interest in … [Read more...]
Wagner Card, Turkey Red Set Top REA Auction
It's over for another year. Robert Edward Auctions' annual spring sale came to a close in the wee hours of Sunday morning, with collectors chasing--among other historic baseball pieces--a T206 Honus Wagner card and one of the best 1911 T3 Turkey Red sets in existence. The Wagner card, graded poor-fair, sold for $282,000 including the company's buyer's premium while the … [Read more...]
“Re-discovered” T206 Wagner Card Set for Auction
Here's proof that some T206 Honus Wagner cards do sit quietly in private collections. … [Read more...]