T206 Wagner hunters

[zljones]

If I had the money I would not blow it on this one card, I would be digging deep into 19th century cards. Cards that are 4-5x as rare and much more facinating in my opinion. Seems like a lot of the Wagner and Mantle hype is a result of years of crazing over those two and the colorful stories behind them. But there are much rarer cards out there (Ex. 1893 Just So tobacco Cy Young) that I would rather spend my money on. That is just my opinion though

[HRBAKER]

Zach I agree but I am not sure the folks that Leon may be referring to would consider themselves collectors in the same sense. Could be wrong but I think that a lot of the price increase of these two cards has been feuled by the crossover interest outside the hobby.

[drc]

Serious British tobacco card collectors (as in, the collectors are British), are well aware of baseball cards due to the market value and no doubt know of the Wagner. So you might include non-baseball and non-sport card collectors as potential buyers.

I visited a London tobacco card collector (cricket to English non-sport) and he talked a lot on the site about Pre-War baseball tobacco cards, just because they're so well known and expensive. He wasn't a baseball fan, but he was a tobacco card fan.

Also, being a man of the world , I can tell you that foreigners, especially Europeans, are interested in Americana, American history and culture.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

Zach I agree but I am not sure the folks that Leon may be referring to would consider themselves collectors in the same sense. Could be wrong but I think that a lot of the price increase of these two cards has been feuled by the crossover interest outside the hobby.

True Jeff....though the few people I have personally had ask me are in fact collectors. I would venture to guess there are as many outside the hobby too.

As for rarity, that is a discussion mostly for another thread. Since there is only one Just So Young known, and it's in a private collectors hands, the option to own one is actually not an option.

As for owning rarer cards than the Wags, I would guess I have 200 or more, that are scarcer. None of them are anywhere in the same stratosphere on value though.

[wonkaticket]

I will go on record as having spoken to Leon about the serious possibility or potential purchase of a Wagner. Leon knows my stance on the card and my thinking...FWIW.

I would also consider myself a collector but in many ways more a Cartophily guy like David outlined.

Cheers,

John