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Hmm that's interesting info. What about protection and storage? When that advertisement to sell cards was printed in 1963, was there any special ways people protected the cards? What year did the plastic sheets for binders come about? Was that the first way people protected their cards? I wonder how these companies back in 1963 would ship cards to people when they bought them? I wonder if they put them between cardboard or anything, or did they just send them in PWE? Last edited by Bilko G; 04-15-2012 at 04:53 PM. Reason: fat fingers |
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IN the 30, wagner was 50$ and plank 10$
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In the early to mid-'70s, Wagners were regarded as $1,500 cards. Condition then was much less of a factor than it is today, and from the perspective of one who was looking to acquire to acquire a Wagner at that price, I would have been happy with a vg card (by 1970's vg standards). By the mid-'80s, when I finally acquired a Wagner, I paid $25,500 for one (ungraded but most likely a solid 5 by today's standards). At the time, to my knowledge, it was the highest price ever paid for a baseball card. Another top Wagner, the former Halper example that is now at the HOF, was on the market for $27,500. It had been auctioned by Lew Lipset in the '80's (1982 as I recall), for a tad over 25k. As the '80's wore on offering prices for high end (vg-ex and better) Wagners were moving steadily up, but still in 5 figures. It was not until the watershed Copeland sale at Sotheby's when the "8" (raw at the time) sold did the prices for Wagners explode. What is interesting is that even then the rumors were rampant that "the card" was trimmed.
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Wow Corey, so at one time you had paid the most ever for a Baseball card?!?! Thats is one amazing thing and definitely something to be proud of, amazing!!!
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What is amazing about it and the only reason I mentioned it was to illustrate how much cards have appreciated over the years. Today a person can easily spend 25k for a condition rarity Topps or Bowman (non-Mantle) card.
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or for a brand new superfractor of the latest and greatest prospect
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Your answer is verry nice to read thx to share your experience. Do you still have your wagner? |
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Thanks for the response. Yes, I still have my Wagner.
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Wow amazing. Thx for share your story. owning a wagner will only be a dream in my life. the most valuable card i will ever own in my life is and will be my t206 plank. |
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Congrats on that, a card that would be on anybody's short list of great cards to own!
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I know that by 1976 Enor was making the nine-pocket sheets for cards. I know this because that's the year I started buying the complete Topps sets (from Larry Fritsch), and I remember putting all the cards (2 to a pocket) in the sheets. These were the sheets that contained mass quantities of PVC, and after a while, they turned very oily. Steve |
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wags
Corey!!
Congrats!!it's my dream card and i'm striving hopefully one day to trade all my t206 freaks and rarities for one |
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A postscript to Corey's story: when he purchased his Wagner he discovered that the seller had another one for sale, a low grade example that he priced at $8250. Corey called me and told me about it, and I ended up buying that one. But because buying and selling baseball cards was my sole source of income, I sold it about eighteen months later. I doubled my money and thought I made a great deal. As time passed I of course realized it was a mistake not keeping it. But part of business is turning over inventory, so that's what I did.
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wow i love to read all your Wagner story.... it is amazing to hear old experienced collector like you ... thanks to share these story !!! Do you have any pic of these 2 Wagner ? And do you know where you Wagner is by now ?? |
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I didn't save a picture of my Wagner, but it's easy to pick out in a crowd. Somewhere there is a gallery of Wagners- I'm sure someone could link it up to this thread- and mine was the one with the upper left corner missing.
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http://centuryoldcards.com/1909t206wagners.html is it 5th row, second one in? |
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Thank you Mike B. Very, very interesting!
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[QUOTE=HoofHearted;985486]Here's an envelope in which I received cards from the CCC. I don't recall how the cards were protected -- if at all...
I am glad you shared that because the one I shared is one year later and still showing the Wagner as $250. Maybe the Wagner was going up in value throughout the 60s just no one was updating their info, unless it truly stayed at $250 from 61-64. |
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I also have CCC catalog issue #19 from 1968 and it still shows a $250 value on the Wagner. Either the value stayed the same or the CCC didn't change the value in their catalog. I'd be curious to see if there are any other price guides with differing values from that time period.
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And here is the first page of Issue #20 from 1968:
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[QUOTE=HoofHearted;985811]And here is the first page of Issue #20 from 1968:
Now that is awesome because I have also been trying to follow the history of the value of 52 Topps High number. In the 64 issue they wanted $1 each, looks like that did not change in 4 years. I am thinking there was a complete lag in values in the 60s for higher end cards. Prices must have exploded right around 1972-73. In 1973 the 52 Topps High number was $5-$10 a piece, according to a old news article I read from 73. Thanks for sharing that. Last edited by zljones; 04-20-2012 at 09:18 PM. |
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