History of the Wagner T206 proof strip

[zimp]

Barry was a minority owner of the yankees from my understanding

[brianp-beme]

Thanks Bill for sharing the fantastic first person account of the discovery of the Wagner strip. It is always fun to read about collecting as it existed back in the day, and especially when it involves something like the one of a kind Wagner strip.

Brian

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Thanks Bill for sharing the fantastic first person account of the discovery of the Wagner strip. It is always fun to read about collecting as it existed back in the day, and especially when it involves something like the one of a kind Wagner strip.

Brian

Yes, thank you Bill. One of the greatest finds in the hobby IMO.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by zimp

Barry was a minority owner of the yankees from my understanding

Thanks for sharing that story Bill. And, yes, Barry Halper was a minority owner of the Yankees.

[Rhotchkiss]

Bill, amazing and awesome story. Thanks a ton for sharing it. It’s especially cool to think Wagner likely folded the thing, put it in his pocket, and thought nothing of it!

[FrankWakefield]

Mr. Zimpleman,

Thank you for keeping an eye on Net54, and especially for providing that account.

Part of the legend and lore as I recall it was that the strip of cards came from Wagner himself, as it was among some personal items from a home he had. Obviously, your account fills in gaps, clarifies, and adds details.

You were buying old cards at hotels and motels on the weekends, back in the day when buyers were soaking cards off of scrapbook pages by putting the pages of cards in the bathtub to soak overnight?

Precious memories, thanks for sharing them.