T206 Honus wagner on ebay
 

Well at least it is not burned or starts out with "This was my grandfather's card...

http://cgi.ebay.com/1909-T206-Honus-...item45f5b20ca8

this one looks real. I am no expert when it comes to these cards but b & e has a great repuation so I would guess this card is legit.

I would apprecaite hearing from the readers if they feel this is a good price for the condition of the card.

thanks!

Mike

Wagner
 

Yeah, it does look real. It is staggering to think that instead of buying a house someone would buy a t206 wagner. In this economy?

it's real
 

It's real and comparatively speaking is in line with others I have seen sold in the last 1-3 yrs. Economy or not, +/- 345k is a lot to spend on a baseball card. That is almost the exact average house price where I live...

...and as a bonus, I'll earn $200 ebay bucks!

Seems very high and perhaps not even a real price given that an arguably better-looking example, also in PSA 1 grade sold for $282,000 (including buyer's premium) at the REA auction this Spring. Given the number of eyeballs on the REA auction, it seems odd that someone would be willing to go so far over a recent auction price for the card.

http://www.t206museum.com/page/periodical_102.html

That's the one I used to own. I bought it in 1986 and sold it a year and a half later. Should have kept it.:(

I think there's a saying that says it's better to have bought a T206 Wagner and sold it than to never have owned one at all. :)

I agree Doug.:)

maybe there's another saying....
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the two best days of a collector's life is the day he buys a wagner card and the day he sells it!

I would tend to agree except in my case I'd have to change "Wagner card" to "1952 Topps Mantle". :)

Leon

That $345K might get you a studio apartment in the not so nice parts of Vancouver :eek:

Sounds right to me, Doug!

Barry, super cool! I didn't know you'd ever had a Wagner!
I was only 5 in 1986. :)

That will get him a tent behind McDonalds in North Van.

Trae- sure did. Was a big T206 collector back then.

The price seems about right to me for that example. A PSA 1 sold for 399k in REA a year and a half ago. I know of private offers over 400k for similar examples in the past year. It is a lot for a baseball card, but there is no shortage of buyers (like there is for those houses in Texas :) ).
JimB

It is a great looking card for the grade.
And the 'Sloate' provenance makes it even more appealing.

I would rather have that card than the studio in Vancouver (mentioned by Max) or the house in Texas (mentioned by Jim). Of course.... if you throw an apartment in Soho into the mix I probably would not choose Honus.

Hi Joe- I don't think anybody actually knows about the Sloate provenance.

well.... that info has to get on the flip!

That's actually a very good idea. Provenance is something that is very important in the coin world but underappreciated in our hobby. Rare coin ownership can often be traced back continuously to the 19th century, but only some rare baseball cards, such as those owned by Carter and Nagy, can be. Almost all of that information has been lost: why isn't every Wagner, for example, traced back to multiple previous owners?

Me too. If I only had the foresight as a 5 year old to have bought a Wagner back then! :D

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Anyone that would pay $300k plus for a baseball cards is awesome.

Anyone that would pay $300k plus for a small house is an idiot.

Would the eBay fees cost more to the seller of a big-time item such as this, than your average baseball card auction house?

I suppose it depends on whether if you assume that the buyer's premium is a cost borne by the bidder or the seller. I would suppose that it is the latter.

Seems like a valid point. I wonder if I can find a bank that would let me take out a mortgage loan to buy a baseball card? :D

Who needs a bank? I'm going to see if anyone on Craigslist would loan me that kind of coin...

It's a legit card, but what bothers me here is the grade. There's a chunk of stock missing on the card so don't you think the card could have been graded authentic, instead of a PSA 1?