Card Collectors Bulletin Oct 1, 1948 Whole #56

[Leon]

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[nsaddict]

Thanks for posting Leon, great article about the T206 Wagner. States that the card would easily sell at current value of 25.00, if we only had a time machine

[GasHouseGang]

Amazing, John D. Wagner nearly traded off the T206 Honus Wagner among his duplicates! I'm sorry, but who was this John D. Wagner? A relative?

[E93]

At what point was knowledge about the Wagner mainstream? Obviously it was known to enough people to garner a very high book value even in 1939, but at what point did accidentally selling or trading copies in a lot stop happening? Certainly even if one had heard about it, most had probably never seen one, or even a picture of one. It would not surprise me if a Doyle still trades today in lots with both sides unknowing of the rarity.
JimB

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by E93

At what point was knowledge about the Wagner mainstream? Obviously it was known to enough people to garner a very high book value even in 1939, but at what point did accidentally selling or trading copies in a lot stop happening? Certainly even if one had heard about it, most had probably never seen one, or even a picture of one. It would not surprise me if a Doyle still trades today in lots with both sides unknowing of the rarity.
JimB

Jim- I'm pretty sure that when I was growing up in the 1960's, I saw ads in comic books with offers to buy the Wagner for some less than market price. The ads also offered to purchase the 1804 silver dollar, something that absolutely nobody who read comic books had lying around in their piggy bank. So based on that memory, assuming it is correct, it was mainstream by the 1960's.

[iggyman]

I've shown this newspaper clip before, but the T206 Wagner was considered mainstream at least in April 30th 1950.

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