Another Wagner T206 is unearthed...

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Originally Posted by quinnsryche

I'll probably get skewered for this comment but, I think it looks awful and I wouldn't want it. For what some yahoo is going to overpay for it I would rather have a handful of rarer, better conditioned cards than that piece of crap. It's not even a whole card! An over-hyped and over-priced card to begin with, this one doesn't help matters any. Keep it!

I won't burn you, it's not in my nature, but I disagree. The card may be over-hyped, but for better or worse the hobby we love love created that hype. Are there other cards that could carry the "rarer" or "more important" tag? Sure. But value is only created by the willingness of the consumer. For example, I would pay (funding at the time willing) the going price of a Ruth auto for a single signed Tommy Bridges ball. (Never seen one.) To 99.99% of the collecting community that would sound absurd, but I have to have one. Just like there are a good number of people that have to own a Wagner. This is another opportunity to do so and possibly purchase it at discounted price.


P.S. Question for those in the know. I have seen scans of about two dozen Wag's, none of which I can remember were trimmed in such a manner. There are members of this board that have seen or know of the ones that never see the light of day. Is there another one with matching detail or is this one the only known without frame.