So, here's what 475K will get you these days:

[Casey2296]

Man, give me 475k and 18-24 months and I could build a very respectable 300 card collection.

[mrreality68]

And in a few years the buyer will sell this for double or restore it and sell it for triple.

Regardless they are happy since they bid on it.

Not for me but of course not in my budget.

With that money I would focus on Ruth and Jackson none that are half baked

[tlhss]

In perspective ...

This would buy 3 years of cancer treatment for a child at St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

This would provide 190,000 meals at our local mission.

For the cost of a half a piece of cardboard.

Tim

[GasHouseGang]

I thought for sure it was going to be something like.....

[Smarti5051]

I have heard about those companies that offer a "partial interest" in iconic sportscards, but this seems a bit extreme.

At this point, maybe Topps should buy it, cut it into 30-50 smaller pieces and overlay those pieces over a T206 reprint, get them encased and randomly insert them in packs so 30-50 people could own a small piece of Baseball's Holy Grail. It would be visually more appealing and just as significant as owning 50%.

[skelly423]

Originally Posted by Smarti5051

I have heard about those companies that offer a "partial interest" in iconic sportscards, but this seems a bit extreme.

At this point, maybe Topps should buy it, cut it into 30-50 smaller pieces and overlay those pieces over a T206 reprint, get them encased and randomly insert them in packs so 30-50 people could own a small piece of Baseball's Holy Grail. It would be visually more appealing and just as significant as owning 50%.

God, I hope I get the nose card. Though with Honus, there might be 2 or 3 nose cards

[obcbobd]

Why do people exaggerate so much!


It's not half a card, it's easily 60, maybe 70 %. :-)

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

And in a few years the buyer will sell this for double

+1. I love the card and think it was a solid buy from an investment perspective; not sure I would want it in the long run as a permanent part of my personal collection.

[chriskim]

I would pay $475k for Half A Wagner than a logoman 1/1 who start playing in 2020.

[butchie_t]

An affordable Wagner for someone. Well, good for them and congrats on the purchase.

That sort of money is what is going towards my retirement home. I can live in that, I cannot live in the Wagner card.

Cheers,

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

An affordable Wagner for someone. Well, good for them and congrats on the purchase.

That sort of money is what is going towards my retirement home. I can live in that, I cannot live in the Wagner card.

Cheers,

Has a Wagner ever lost value? As someone looking at ocean front property for a few years. The listing price of houses is still going up but the actual selling prices are falling. If you bought a house in the last year or two there is a very good chance you will be underwater in the near future if you have a mortgage.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Has a Wagner ever lost value? As someone looking at ocean front property for a few years. The listing price of houses is still going up but the actual selling prices are falling. If you bought a house in the last year or two there is a very good chance you will be underwater in the near future if you have a mortgage.

Is it somehow worse when someone is underwater on the mortgage for their ocean front property?

[Republicaninmass]

Amazing what a hidden reserve and one bidder can do

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Is it somehow worse when someone is underwater on the mortgage for their ocean front property?

I am saying in my honest opinion the Wagner is a WAY safer bet at the moment than spending the exact same amount on a house.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

And in a few years the buyer will sell this for double or restore it and sell it for triple.

You are totally correct here. Even this part of a Wagner will double in price in a couple years. I won't be surprised at all when it comes back to market and sells for a lot more.


.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

You are totally correct here. Even this part of a Wagner will double in price in a couple years. I won't be surprised at all when it comes back to market and sells for a lot more.

+1. And I would love to have this on display in my office. Great conversation piece.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

+1. And I would love to have this on display in my office. Great conversation piece.

The conversation would be something like:

"you paid how much for that?"

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Fred

The conversation would be something like: "you paid how much for that?"

Normal people would say that about everything you and I have ever collected. Collectors would say, "Holy shit, that's a Wagner!"

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

+1. And I would love to have this on display in my office. Great conversation piece.

Agreed it is definitely a conversation starter

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Man, give me 475k and 18-24 months and I could build a very respectable 300 card collection.

With that much cash just to throw at cards I would go for a complete T210 set.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by bnorth

With that much cash just to throw at cards I would go for a complete T210 set.

Actually that is a really nice set to make a run on

[trambo]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Actually that is a really nice set to make a run on

I said if I were going to buy one (and had the funds of course), that would be the one to buy. Would've been a great way to get into a Wagner!

[John1941]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Man, give me 475k and 18-24 months and I could build a very respectable 300 card collection.

Give me 475k and 18-24 months and I could build a very respectable 30,000 card collection.

[ALBB]

but from the other side of the fence..
a guy ( with money of course) ...has a chance to finally COMPLETE the all time classic T 206 set .....not many out there that can say that

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ALBB

but from the other side of the fence..
a guy ( with money of course) ...has a chance to finally COMPLETE the all time classic T 206 set .....not many out there that can say that

Bingo!

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Bingo!

what about the doyle?

[cgjackson222]

Apparently the guy who bought the Jasson Dominquez Superfactor card for $474K also bid $500K on a Zion Williamson card that ultimately sold for for $594K.

This buyer of the Dominguez was interviewed and he claims that he bought a 1/1 Wander Franco Superfractor for $100,000 and that while many thought that was too much at the time, it’s market value today is in the $2 million-plus range.

Wander Franco is yet another "Five-Tool talent" (power, hitting for average, running, fielding, throwing) who may end up being Fernando Tatis and Vlad Guerrero Jr. wrapped into one, but $2Million ???

What if he gets injured?

https://www.actionnetwork.com/mlb/ja...ion-williamson

[Fred]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Apparently the guy who bought the Jasson Dominquez Superfactor card for $474K also bid $500K on a Zion Williamson card that ultimately sold for for $594K.

This buyer of the Dominguez was interviewed and he claims that he bought a 1/1 Wander Franco Superfractor for $100,000 and that while many thought that was too much at the time, it’s market value today is in the $2 million-plus range.

Wander Franco is yet another "Five-Tool talent" (power, hitting for average, running, fielding, throwing) who may end up being Fernando Tatis and Vlad Guerrero Jr. wrapped into one, but $2Million ???

What if he gets injured?

https://www.actionnetwork.com/mlb/ja...ion-williamson

Does anybody wonder how those 1/1 cards are distributed? Is it going to be like those McDonalds Monopoly game pieces where the big prize tickets are handled by "security" personnel that are supposed to "randomly" have the game pieces added to the common game pieces? I'll try not to laugh too hard if we find out that these 1/1 or 1/2 potentially million dollar cards are pushed to friends and associates of the card companies claiming to distribute them. How's that for a conspiracy theory!

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

what about the doyle?

????

[Johnny630]

You only have to get rich once....and to Quote the Great Lefty Gomez “I’d rather be lucky then good.”