The Quest for an Authentic 1909-11 T206 #499 Honus Wagner

[Leon]

Originally Posted by autograf

Coupla dudes in Cincinnati will be glad to help out......

I think I know where one is for 100k or less .

[sox1903wschamp]

Best of luck. I think your going to need some immense breaks. There was someone on the CU board that attempted to trade from an 86 Topps common to a 52 Mantle. In about 2-3 years they made it to a 51 Bowman Spahn in PSA 8 but it appears the project ceased at that point. It will be fun to watch and I am pulling for you.

[barrysloate]

You probably could trade up a hundred times in a row if you know what you are doing. But the hardest transaction will be the last one, because you will be asking someone who owns a T206 Wagner to trade it for something less than a Wagner. That's where I think the buck will stop. But it will be an adventure.

[sportscardtheory]

Thanks for the well wishes everyone. I am already stuck on finding item #1. Figures, I can blow any dollar amount on great deals daily, but now that I start this I can't find anything worthwhile. lol Such is life. I'll find one sooner or later.

[chaddurbin]

cliffnotes: you will try to flip and profit your way to a honus wagner, from $50...and if there is some leftover you will consider giving it to charity.

i see lots of bing and cbs in your future...

[mintacular]

The bastard side of me thinks it would be funny if you pulled it off up to the last step and then got stuck with a a fake (year 2052) Good luck

[packs]

There was that one guy I remember reading about who started out with a pen and ended up with a house when all was said and done. Where do you look for trades? Craigslist?

[Cat]

Lionel Carter during his interview with Doug Allen stated that he was offered a T206 Wagner about 60 years ago for $250 but he passed because he thought it was way overpriced. Someone on the boards did the math and determined that the card had increased in value roughly 12% COMPOUNDED per year. A farely graded SGC 10 went for approximately $190,000 in 2007. Holding that math constant, you will have accomplished a hell of a feat when you get to the point of keeping up with the card's inflation - let alone being able to buy one. Flipping $100 cards will be much easier and quicker than flipping $10,000 cards. Good luck.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by autograf

Coupla dudes in Cincinnati will be glad to help out......

Originally Posted by Leon

I think I know where one is for 100k or less .

I didn't know my neighbors had a T206 Wagner!

[FUBAR]

there was a recent story how a guy turned his cel phone into a porsche boxster simply by making trades on craigslist, so this is possible, you just need the right deals!

[botn]

Great story

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...ia-craigslist/

[Peter_Spaeth]

Hmmmm.... we haven't heard about his progress since March ..... wonder how it's going.

[mab]

Interesting concept. Anyone here ever tried to do this with a more modest goal, say starting with an inexpensive card and trying to get to a Gehrig, Ruth, or Cobb? Something expensive, but not stratospheric?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by mab

Interesting concept. Anyone here ever tried to do this with a more modest goal, say starting with an inexpensive card and trying to get to a Gehrig, Ruth, or Cobb? Something expensive, but not stratospheric?

No, but I have successfully parlayed many more expensive cards into less expensive ones, by buying high and selling low.

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by mab

Interesting concept. Anyone here ever tried to do this with a more modest goal, say starting with an inexpensive card and trying to get to a Gehrig, Ruth, or Cobb? Something expensive, but not stratospheric?

About 1 year ago, I remember someone on another forum tried to parlay a 1986 Topps common into a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. After about seven or eight trades, he was able to obtain a PSA 8 1951 Bowman Warren Spahn before his quest ended.