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Originally Posted by EvilKing00
IMO, I always couldn't understand why the wagner was a higher selling card
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The Wagner has had a mystique for 100 years and is part of arguably the most iconic set of all-time. If T206 isn't the most iconic set of all-time, it is certainly no worse than second or third. The Wagner card also has the much debated story of why it exists in such few numbers compared to the 520 easily accessible cards in the set, and even Jefferson Burdick recognized that the Wagner T206 was the most the special card in an iconic set.
Conversely, the Baltimore News Ruth card, while Babe's first card, is from an obscure set that has only picked up steam in relatively recent times. How many threads do you see on here discussing the T-206 set? How many threads do you see on here discussing the Baltimore News set?
Given a choice, I would rather have a Wagner T206 because there is a certain panache with that card. Books have been written on that card; television programs have been made dealing solely with a Wagner T206. You don't have any of that with the Baltimore News Ruth card. Even people who know absolutely nothing about card collecting have some familiarity with a Honus Wagner T206 card.