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Posted By: warshawlaw

I have the T200, the Fine Pen and a T5-type postcard which was issued ca. 1912-1915. I see the merits and faults of each for adding Wagner to the collection. The team card has a great image of him that just radiates warmth. Shows the ease of a man with his teammates in a way that Cobb could never replicate. The Fine Pen is a neat item because it has a decent pose of Wagner playing ball as a coach at a time when the Pirates rescued him from poverty and more or less turned him into a good will ambassador and is about the cheapest card you can get from his days as a player and/or coach. The PC is probably the "best" item to represent him because it is contemporary with his career and shows him only, but I don't find it to be terribly attractive. Ideally, I'd prefer to have an M or an E card, but that's just not practical right now (need to settle a big case first, then look out world).