Do you think this is a real T206 Honus Wagner?

[jace15076]

I've been desperately trying to find an unaltered Wagner for sale. I came into contact with someone from California who said he found the following card in a book he bought from an estate sale last month. I'm pretty sure it's a fake, but wanted some insight on the images I was sent this morning.

[Jason Carota]

Definitely a fake. The font is wrong.

[sportzjunky]

its doctored reprint….. go to ebay and type in "Wagner aged reprint".. look at the font. then go here and look at the font of a real wagner…
http://robertedwardauctions.com/auct.../2.html#photos

[jace15076]

The font was also the first thing I questioned. I wanted to make sure my old eyes were seeing correctly. Thanks for the quick replies. My hunt continues...

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by jace15076

The font was also the first thing I questioned. I wanted to make sure my old eyes were seeing correctly. Thanks for the quick replies. My hunt continues...

For your sake I hope your hunt is a true one as opposed to a get rich quick one. There are no "unknown" Wagner examples out there. Every single one that has been bought and sold over at least the past 50 years have been photographed and cataloged.

On the other hand, there are tens of thousands of fake aged Wagners such as the one you posted.

If you do that math, I hope and pray that you heed my advice. Stop looking for a needle in the haystack Wagner that does not exist. You will go broke before you ever run into a real one this way. If you truly want a real one and truly have the money, get one through a major sports auction house. One or two pop up every year.

If you do not have the money to get one at a major auction house but want one desperately then, well, join the club. Just understand that you will not ever find one responding to people who "found it at an estate sale". It simply will not happen.

Tom C

[bobbyw8469]

If you do not have the money to get one at a major auction house but want one desperately then, well, join the club. Just understand that you will not ever find one responding to people who "found it at an estate sale". It simply will not happen.

This should be posted all over the internet!! No truer words have been spoken!

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

For your sake I hope your hunt is a true one as opposed to a get rich quick one. There are no "unknown" Wagner examples out there. Every single one that has been bought and sold over at least the past 50 years have been photographed and cataloged.

On the other hand, there are tens of thousands of fake aged Wagners such as the one you posted.

If you do that math, I hope and pray that you heed my advice. Stop looking for a needle in the haystack Wagner that does not exist. You will go broke before you ever run into a real one this way. If you truly want a real one and truly have the money, get one through a major sports auction house. One or two pop up every year.

If you do not have the money to get one at a major auction house but want one desperately then, well, join the club. Just understand that you will not ever find one responding to people who "found it at an estate sale". It simply will not happen.

Tom C

Of course there are still "unknown" wagners out there!

[brob28]

Originally Posted by Jason Carota

Definitely a fake. The font is wrong.

I agree, fake