Wirt was a great guy! I bought most of my T206s from him back about 1970-71, for 35 cents each. If I had money to buy 100, I'd send him $35 - he would mail me 100 different in one of those old metal Band-Aid cans. If I needed them all, I would keep them, if I already had some I would send the duplicates back, and he would send me another batch to look through.
Yes, Wirt had a T206 Wagner (Honus, as well as Heinie). He offered it to me for $500. But, I was in college, didn't have $500. Bill Haber eventually got it from him. Funny, all I ever got from Wirt were T206 cards, I never even asked him about anything else. He probably had T205s, too, I would think, but it took me about 30 more years to getting around to collecting those!
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