Affordable Wagner?
 

Posted By: <b>Paul Carek</b><p>Howdy. I'm looking to purchase what will be my first Wagner in the not too distant future, and am wondering which of his cards I can realistically hope to find in decent condition, and at a relatively affordable price. I seem to remember a post a little while back for a Polo Grounds Game card (PSA 6 or 7, I think) of Honus for $500. Any other issues I should look into? <br /><br />Thanks for your help.

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Posted By: <b>DD</b><p>1940 Playball is affordable, unless you want one from when he was playing.

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Posted By: <b>Paul Carek</b><p>Prefer playing days. Sorry, I left that out of my original post.

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Posted By: <b>Russ Bright</b><p>and it's still pre-war - you can find graded examples on Ebay for WAY less than 500 - that's the Wagner I've been eyeballing - I have a Honus Autograph and want a card to go along with it and this issue seems to be the most affordable - granted he's older in the picture than in his playing days, but still a great card - <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Russ Bright</b><p>and i would have been first had my browser not frozen... lol... - good luck on a cheap playing days Honus!

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Posted By: <b>Dave F</b><p>E91 would probably be one of the most affordable, if you don't mind the looks of the cards in the set.

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Posted By: <b>John S</b><p>You could definitely grab a Colgan's Wagner in up to VG condition for under $500. <br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1201125352.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>The game cards can be had for $200-$500 all the time too.<br /><br />1913 WG6 and WG5 <br />or 1914 WG4<br /><br /><img src=http://centuryoldcards.com/images/1914wg4wagnercu.jpg><br />1914 WG4 Wagner (love the "butcher boy" stance)<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Paul Carek</b><p>Thanks for all the replies and emails, guys. Really appreciate the input.

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Posted By: <b>dan mckee</b><p>1950 Callahan is about $5

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Posted By: <b>Scott Levy</b><p>Sporting News (likely ad piece?)<br /><br />I'm pretty sure that we've got a sporting news Wagner (M116?) blue background with a blank back ... the only catch is that since it's thicker paper stock than all other card issues of that series it was almost certainly cut from a display/ad piece or some other promotional material back then. On the plus side it looks exactly like the blue background card and it will be priced in the hundreds not thousands <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> We've owned it for the past 20 years...kinda crazy what you accumulate after collecting for so long.<br /><br />If you're interested feel free to shoot me a line scottglevy@yahoo.com

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Posted By: <b>Brian McQueen</b><p><br />Scott,<br /><br />I've owned a several of those uncut m116 ad display cards and have quite a few, both cut and uncut, displayed on my website. They're pretty unique items and not ones you see too often. They're about 3 times as thick as a normal m116 and printed on heavy cardboard, which was most likely a part of a larger advertising sheet or a box at one time. <br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1201143259.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Scott Levy</b><p>Bingo!<br /><br />That's exactly what I have. But I only own the Cobb and Wagner.

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>T200 Fatima Pirates Team or perhaps an Exhibit card.

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Posted By: <b>lee-mels</b><p>Charles Wagner lol<br /><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/yqq62a" target="_new">http://tinyurl.com/yqq62a</a>

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>49 leaf<br /><img src="http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l239/dcc1/waner49.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Dave S</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1204511890.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Rich Klein</b><p>Decent Photo and would look good mounted with an autograph. If I wanted a older card -- I'd probably look at the 40 Play Ball --- not from playing career -- but certainly pre-war and easy enough to locate

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>I think the best affordable Wagner from his playing days is a Colgan's Chip. Great image & a popular set that is affordable by comparison.