Please help settle a FB debate. Was the T206 Wagner EVER made with a Piedmont back?

[Rich Klein]

I believe there are 3 known and in major TPG holders and I've seen two of them.

[chriskim]

Why bother checking FB? FB is loaded with haters! Stick with net54baseball.com here please!

[mrreality68]

Hi

On this forum there was a link that showed all the known wagners with pictures front and back

Does anyone have that link. That would help

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Hi

On this forum there was a link that showed all the known wagners with pictures front and back

Does anyone have that link. That would help

https://t206resource.com/Wagner-Gallery.html

[cgjackson222]

According to PSA there are "approximately 60-75 or so known (total) copies in the hobby today. Keep in mind that most of the surviving Wagners have Sweet Caporal backs. Only a few exhibit Piedmont backs, which includes the finest example of them all."

When they refer to the "finest example of all" they are of course referring to the PSA 8 Gretzky copy (which was trimmed/hand cut from a sheet).

https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/ba...s-wagner/18155

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

According to PSA there are "approximately 60-75 or so known (total) copies in the hobby today. Keep in mind that most of the surviving Wagners have Sweet Caporal backs. Only a few exhibit Piedmont backs, which includes the finest example of them all."

When they refer to the "finest example of all" they are of course referring to the PSA 8 Gretzky copy (which was trimmed).

https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/ba...s-wagner/18155

Trimmed and was never in a pack.

[profholt82]

As we all know, there's nothing more important than being right on the internet. Godspeed, bobby w.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Trimmed and was never in a pack.

Peter, correct me if I am wrong, but the story I recall was that the Honus with a Piedmont back, now known to be trimmed and graded by PSA, was on a sheet bought by Rob Lifson from a dealer on Long Island and then purchased by Bill Mastro, who then trimmed it and caused a lifetime of enmity between the two. Others know the whole story better than me.