Another Wagner T206 is unearthed...

[barrysloate]

I've just been told from a reliable source that the card is genuine, has been encapsulated "Authentic" by SGC, and has been consigned to a major auction. The reason it looks so odd, besides the trim, is that it has been shellacked.

[baseball tourist]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

I've just been told from a reliable source that the card is genuine, has been encapsulated "Authentic" by SGC, and has been consigned to a major auction. The reason it looks so odd, besides the trim, is that it has been shellacked.

Other than the shellacking update, the other items are mentioned in the story itself..

"Horton made one trip to the estate in Pennsylvania and then enlisted Ciccone to come on a second trip. Next came a trip to Sportscard Guaranty in New Jersey."

"The cards are to be auctioned in October by Heritage Auction Galleries. It’ll be a worldwide, live, online auction"

[Rob D.]

Very smart move placing the auction on the worldwide section of the Internet.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Very smart move placing the auction on the worldwide section of the Internet.

Yes, these guys already have their phone lines reserved to bid. They can't wait. Had this not been posted worldwide these guys might have missed out on filling that hole in their nose.....uh, I mean collection.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Very smart move placing the auction on the worldwide section of the Internet.

That way they'll be able to communicate directly with the world's posting mechanism.

[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!

[glchen]

I'd probably increase my personal salary cap for a single card (and my overall cap figure) to $10K if this card were available at that price. It's a cornerstone card in the hobby, and you can still see Wagner's portrait in good detail. Probably a poor reflection of my collection, but I have cards that are in worse condition with big chunks missing from them.

[Rob D.]

In my opinion, one of the more appealing features of the white-border cards is their white borders.

[Bilko G]

Im a moderator on another Sports card site and one of our members was actually at SGC when the owner picked it up after getting it slabbed authentic.

Edit- Quick on the post, i see Frank (FKW) already posted about this


He took a picture of it with his camera phone.....

[rholmes]

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!

You're not alone, as these are pretty much my sentiments as well.

Maybe the nuns should seek divine intervention? Surely a few miraculously restored borders are not beyond the range of the possible for those of the faith.

[DixieBaseball]

What's up with Hans giving us the Stink Eye in the article ? Is it me, or does his left eye look like he had a eye lift ? Hmmmm...

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!

+1

[sbfinley]

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.

[bbcard1]

I would think someone would pay $100K, but it will probably go closer to $250K because I always guess way low on these things. It won't be me.