medric822 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Honus Wagner Card When I saw this, I almost screamed! I know its a very very rare card, I think only 3 in mint condition, but it's only a baseball card! I have paintings that I made in art class in kindergarden (Or was it 7th grade? I'm terrible at art), and there one of a kinds, yet I dont see anyone paying millions for them, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Honus Wagner, enough said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkslide820 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Yeah, he was pretty good. <-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 plus the card was from 1909! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkslide820 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 It was in a series of 4 that year, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medric822 Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 Dont know what that means, but I do know that A cigarette company made baseball cards to endorse their product, and his was one of them. And he didn't want kids to think he supported cigarettes, so he ordered them to be destroyed. There were 4 Mint condition cards, but one was lost in a fire, so now its down to three, or maybe it was three, and now down to two. IDK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkslide820 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Yeah, I think they made cards of Honus, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and Tris Speaker. I may be wrong about Speaker, and I don't feel like looking it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medric822 Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 I think they made more cards than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HFLR Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 wow, I heard that there are only 50 in the world. Medric, dont worry I'll buy your paintings :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwentySeven Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I think they made more cards than that. IIRC, it's seven left. Story goes that they sold the cards with cigarette packs, but Honus Wagner was anti-smoking so he got the company to stop making his card. Only a few were made and they became super super rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidCavalier23 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 IIRC, it's seven left. Story goes that they sold the cards with cigarette packs, but Honus Wagner was anti-smoking so he got the company to stop making his card. Only a few were made and they became super super rare.search for T206 on google and go to that museum. Search around on it, its pretty interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medric822 Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 I cant remember if this is true or not, but didn't they find one in the wreckage of the World Trade Center, or was it just a baseball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribou Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Just to clarify since a lot of contradicting things are being said - there are more than 50 of these Honus Wagner cards still existing. There are also many player cards from the set that are more rare but sans the story and hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddux31 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Finally thanks Caribou. I am a very avid collector and 2 summers ago some buddies and I went to the national sports convention in Chicago, this is where anybody who's anybody in the card world goes. We went to look around and a auction house actually had 12 or 13 of the Wagner cards on display. This was truly amazing to see. The company name was Mastronet. As far as the set goes it is actually very extensive, I own one of the cards from that set. It is not nearly as valuable as the wagner, but it's still a very nice card. It is the T206 Red Portrait Ty Cobb. It's valued at or around $8,000.00. That's eight thousand. Depending on condition. Go to Mastronet or Ebay. On ebay just type in T206 and you will see a wide range of the different cards from that set. Hope this helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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