HONUS WAGNER RUMORS & GOSSIP

Honus Wagner’s Famous T206 Card Sells for $2.1 Million at Auction to Unknown Buyer

If only baseball cards weren’t so overproduced in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Does anyone know how much a box full of 1992 Ray Lankford cards are going for these days? The most famous baseball card in the world, the Honus Wagner T206, sold for $2.1 million on Friday at the Goldin Auctions’ showcase, according to the New York Post. The card sold is the “jumbo” version...
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April 06, 2013  |  Discuss
BIG BUCKS

Rare card sells for record amount

A rare baseball card of Honus Wagner sold for a record amount at an auction. See how much the prized collector's item went for.

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April 06, 2013  |  Discuss

Honus Wagner Card Auctions Off At $2.1M

The Honus Wagner baseball card is the most sought after card of all-time has been auction off this morning for a reported $2.1million according to Dan Good of the New York Post.   It is the highest price ever paid for a card in a public sale, surpassing the $1.62 million paid for the same card back in 2008. Wagner was a Pittsburgh Pirate and revered as one of the greatest shortstops...
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April 06, 2013  |  Discuss

1909-11 T206 Honus Wagner, the world’s most valuable baseball card, sells for $2.1 million

Tweet In an online auction run by Goldin auctions on Saturday morning, the rarest and most expensive baseball card in the world, the 1909-11 T206 Honus Wagner card, was auctioned off for a record $2.1 million. The $2.1 million sale for the card breaks the previous record ever paid for a trading card, which was [...]
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April 06, 2013  |  Discuss

Rare Honus Wagner card sells for $2.1 million, A-Rod's WS ring goes for $50K

Modern day ballplayers Alex Rodriguez and even Derek Jeter have nothing on Honus Wagner. A rare 1909-11 baseball card with Wagner featured on the front sold at auction for a whopping $2.1 million after weeks of extended bidding.  The price includes a buyer's premium but was still about a third short of the $3 million the auction expected to fetch. The item was the centerpiece...
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April 06, 2013  |  Discuss

Holy Grail sells for $2.1 million at auction

The value of a Honus Wagner baseball card not only continues to hold its value, but it continues to improve. The Holy Grail of baseball cards, the 1909 T206 Wagner, sold at auction on Friday for $2.1 million. The card of 50-100 copies to believed to be in exsitence. The legend behind the card of one of baseball’s first superstars is that Wagner demanded his card removed from packaging...
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April 06, 2013  |  Discuss
CRAZY COLLECTIBLES

Rare Wagner card could fetch $3M

An expensive bidding war is expected to ensue over an extremely rare 1909 Honus Wagner "cigarette" card, with some expecting bidding to reach $3 million.

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March 22, 2013  |  3 Comments
COLLECTOR'S ITEM

Baseball card sells for huge money

A famous baseball card was sold at auction for over $1.2 million. Is that how you would spend your money if you had that much?

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April 20, 2012  |  Discuss
MEMORABILIA MANIA

Honus Wagner card might sell for $1.5M

St. Louis-based collector Bill Goodwin is set to put his 1909 Honus Wagner card up for auction Tuesday, and he expects it to bring in at least $1 million—perhaps even upwards of $1.5 million.

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March 27, 2012  |  Discuss

Rare Honus Wagner card could fetch $1.5 million

Bill Goodwin of suburban St. Louis has been in the collectibles business for a quarter of a century, but he says the 102-year-old baseball card he's putting up for auction is about as good as it gets. Goodwin will begin an online auction for a 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card, one of the most sought-after sports collectibles in the world. Goodwin expects the card to fetch at...
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March 26, 2012  |  Discuss
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