Posted By:
David SmithA lot and most of them are fakes or reprints.
To seriously answer your question, I doubt you are going to get many responses. I think people who own them are not going to come onto a public forum and show them, no matter how much they might want to.
Other rare and high dollar cards they might but NOT the T206 Honus Wagner. Why?? Because the Wagner is a card that even non-baseball fans or collectors know about. When "Rare Honus Wagner baseball card sells for $2.8 million dollars" is on newspaper headlines, and various national TV and radio programs, people hear about it and pay attention. Why do you think so many fakes and reprints show up on eBay?? Because scam artists hear about the high dollar value of the card and try to take advantage of people who don't know any better.
Also, because of such national exposure and publicity about the value of the card, I think people who own REAL T206 Honus Wagners are afraid to publicly acknowlege it for fear some nut job will try and find out where they live and steal the card. If the card is not kept in the house but in a safety deposit box at the bank, the nut case might get upset and do something to a family member. Then the national headlines would read, "Family member hurt (or killed) during attempted theft of valuable Honus Wagner baseball card".
The person who showed me his real T206 Wagner said he didn't tell people about it just because of those reasons. He was afraid somebody would get hurt or killed because of it. Some people knew he had a lot of cards and that his collection was probably pretty valuable but they didn't know he owned the Wagner.
David