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TheSandlot
02-20-2016, 06:44 AM
I am a huge baseball fan and card collector. My favorite items to collect are old Pittsburgh Pirates cards. So without further elaboration you could tell Honus Wagner cards are basically holy grails to me. I recently pulled the trigger on a beautiful E93 wagner, but I continue finding wagner daily that highly intrigue me and make me awe. My question is, if you were to collect honus cards with the sole purpose collecting and non-resale which wagner would you chose, my list is as follows:

1. T206 (obviously from its history)
2. Henry Reccius Wagner
3. W600
4. E107
5. Tip Top Bread/ D322
6. M110
7. Nadja Caramel E104-2
8. E90-2
9. My E93 - had to put it up here since it is my baby right now, I may be biased ;)
10. E300

This is just my working list of ratings since I seem to find new ones daily that I love. Just wanted to see what everyone's thoughts were and pick all of your wise baseball minds! Thank you very much and everyone's input is very much appreciated!

Leon
02-20-2016, 07:05 AM
Not mine anymore but could be my favorite Wags pose...

Republicaninmass
02-20-2016, 07:31 AM
Always enjoyed the 48 leaf as it appeared to me as a child he was chewing tobacco, and hobby lore is/was he was anti-tobacco...or at least to marketing to kids.

sycks22
02-20-2016, 08:01 AM
I've always loved the E90-2 the best

gnaz01
02-20-2016, 09:28 AM
M116

Boccabella
02-20-2016, 09:45 AM
I'd go with the Colgan's Chips--the 'poor man's T206'. Here are a few others (http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/cheap-honus-wagner-baseball-cards/) that are generally within reach.

brianp-beme
02-20-2016, 10:11 AM
I would go with these as the cards that appeal the most to me:

E93 Standard Caramel
E95 Philadelphia Caramel
E135 Collins McCarthy
E254 Colgan's Chips
E-UNC Orange Border (close-up, not batting pose)
M101-4/5 Sporting News, etc...
M116 Sporting Life (blue background, but pastel not bad either)

Here are scans (cards not mine) of a couple of the less common ones on the list:

Brian

glchen
02-20-2016, 10:27 AM
The E103 is my only Wagner and my favorite since the T206 is obviously way out of reach. My other favorite Wagner's (possibly within financial reach) are the E95, W600, and M116 blue background.

e107collector
02-20-2016, 10:48 AM
In my mind, E107. I wish they had a version of that card in his Pittsburgh uniform.

I also like the E90-2, T206 duh, and the M110.

Tony

My Wags:

pcoz
02-20-2016, 10:51 AM
Probably my favorite one....

Kawika
02-20-2016, 11:17 AM
My two favorites:
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/bbhofthefirstclass/large/M110Wagner.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/bbhofthefirstclass/large/PC796%20Wagner_13.jpg

Honorable mention:
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/bbhofthefirstclass/large/Voskamp%20Wagner.jpg

vintagerookies51
02-20-2016, 11:44 AM
Also would have to go with the E90-2. I love the E95 Wagner as well

pawpawdiv9
02-20-2016, 11:45 AM
I finally got this one this year:
1906 fan craze -- Gorgous B&W image
http://net54baseball.com/picture.php?pictureid=19788&albumid=732&dl=1454255137&thumb=1

aaroncc
02-20-2016, 12:55 PM
My favorite is the Carl Horner photo.

ajjohnsonsoxfan
02-20-2016, 01:30 PM
My two favorites:
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/bbhofthefirstclass/large/M110Wagner.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/bbhofthefirstclass/large/PC796%20Wagner_13.jpg

Honorable mention:
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/bbhofthefirstclass/large/Voskamp%20Wagner.jpg

Really like the PC796 postcard! Hadn't seen that one. Super cool!

Love the 14 CJ pose

glynparson
02-20-2016, 01:58 PM
The E125 and the Sporting Life Cabinet

Jobu
02-20-2016, 03:20 PM
Off the top of my head, this is my favorite Wagner photo and the E95 might be my favorite card of him (after the T206, of course).

Note: neither of these is mine.

TUM301
02-20-2016, 05:18 PM
Can`t go wrong with any Honus as far as I`m concerned. Below is my only Wagner but would love to add one of the following if I could afford it.
E 107
M 110
Voskamp Coffee
E 125
<a href="http://s179.photobucket.com/user/hughmurphy/media/IMG_5140.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w286/hughmurphy/IMG_5140.jpg" border="0" alt="M 116 panel, Wagner/Cobb/Dooin photo IMG_5140.jpg"/></a>

DeanH3
02-20-2016, 05:38 PM
In my mind, E107. I wish they had a version of that card in his Pittsburgh uniform.

I also like the E90-2, T206 duh, and the M110.

Tony

My Wags:

Awesome E90-2 Tony! I assume there's back damage?

Besides the T206 Wagner, an E107 would be my holy grail. But since neither will be in my future, I'm partial to the portraits like the M116.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=244&pictureid=10118

I also like the E92/E101/E102 poses as well.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=244&pictureid=10128http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=244&pictureid=11641

terjung
02-20-2016, 08:11 PM
This one...


http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgallery/memberfolderssv/terjung1/wagner/websize/Honus_Wagner_1912_Bats.jpg

but I really like this one too...

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgallery/memberfolderssv/terjung1/wagner/large/Wagner%20Leader%20front3.jpg

e107collector
02-20-2016, 09:51 PM
[QUOTE=DeanH3;1506508]Awesome E90-2 Tony! I assume there's back damage?

QUOTE]

Dean,

No back damage at all. SGC killed the grade due to a faint purple ink stamp showing "Gabriels NY"

Looks like a 4 or 5 imho.

Great Wagner cards everyone!!

Tony

ullmandds
02-20-2016, 10:11 PM
That pc796 is pretty awesome...i love the way honus is choking up and he looks like he's holding his breath waiting for the pitch.

Pete...that Pinkerton is A-mazing...I love how big the ball looks and in turn how small his mitt looks!

But with Honus...the portraits are where its at with me...onviously the t206 is quite special...I love the W600 portrait...the m116 the e103...the e90-2. The e107 is pretty cool with honus in street clothes.

pokerplyr80
02-20-2016, 10:17 PM
I own a 14 CJ Wagner and really like that card. I prefer the E103 though and that's my favorite non t206 Wagner. I hope to own one some day.

boneheadandrube
02-21-2016, 01:01 AM
If anyone has a picture of the E300 Plow's Candy Wagner to post, that would be my favorite.

ErikV
02-21-2016, 01:53 AM
It's already been mentioned here, bt here's my favorite:

ErikV

brianp-beme
02-21-2016, 02:05 AM
Found on the web...pretty awesome card.

Brian

TheSandlot
02-21-2016, 06:32 AM
Wow, there are some beautiful cards in this post! Thanks to everyone for sharing their collection and input!

pcoz
02-21-2016, 07:26 AM
A couple more to the thread. Always loved the T5 Batting, and the only action pose in a small and mysterious E-UNC Blue Caption set...

Stonepony
02-21-2016, 08:41 AM
Found on the web...pretty awesome card.

Brian

+1 :)

Yoda
02-21-2016, 10:50 AM
I always thought the E94 was a special Honus card.

mechanicalman
02-21-2016, 12:55 PM
It's already been mentioned here, bt here's my favorite:

ErikV

Erik- I would be disheartened if the e95 wasn't your favorite Wagner.:D great looking card, by the way. My favorite as well, but mine is nowhere near that nice.

MartyFromCANADA
02-21-2016, 01:47 PM
Tip Top Bread

tedzan
02-21-2016, 04:57 PM
Since I cannot afford his Tobacco cards....his Candy and Gum cards are alright with me.


http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd339/tz1234zaz/e90wagnerfranknagy.jpg . http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd339/tz1234zaz/batwagner.jpg
http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd339/tz1234zaz/leafwagner.jpg
TED Z
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