Honus Wagner Trading Card

[Lukester]

The most expensive card sold at auction was the American Tobacco Co.'s 1910 T206 baseball card depicting Honus Wagner, who may have been the best baseball player ever.

According to Wikipedia, a California collector paid U.S.$40.2 million for it in 2007, but the figure seems a bit inflated, since the card had been bought for U.S.$2.35 million just six months earlier:

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Wagner, who died in 1955, played shortstop between 1897 and 1917 for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the "dead-ball" erabefore 1920, when the same ball was used throughout the game and pitchers were allowed to scuff, scratch and spit on it to make it wobble when thrown. Batters struggled to hit the dirty, soft ball and few home runs were hit.

Only 50 to 200 of the Honus Wagner cards, issued by the American Tobacco Co. from 1909to 1911, were distributed to the public before Wagner insisted production be halted, either because he didn't wan't children to buy cigarettes (unlikely) or he wanted more money.

--from The Financial Post, local newspaper.

[WildKat]

I might come off a couple of the ones I have laying around!

[Bronson7]

I thought that rookie MJ fleer basketball card was going to be worth heaps until the prints were found and fakes were made from what i heard.

[Lukester]

Originally Posted by Lukester

The most expensive card sold at auction...

According to Wikipedia, a California collector paid U.S.$40.2 million for it in 2007, but the figure seems a bit inflated, since the card had been bought for U.S.$2.35 million just six months earlier:

What I find funny is that the writer says "but the figure seems a bit inflated"

I mean there's a US$37.85 million difference! That's just a bit? Nice investment for just six months.

[BlackEyes]

I have 3 bobby orr rookies , thanks in part to my older brother who left them at home when he moved out back in the late 70's and told me I could have his collection. I was told they are worth about $10,000+ for each card. My brother passed away back in 1989 from a motorcycle accident, and I am sure if he were alive today he would have wanted them back.