Ultra-Uncommon Honus Wagner T206 Card Up for Auction, Opening Remark Listed at $1M
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The important Honus Wagner baseball card is again up for public sale with a gap tag of $1 million.
Per an legitimate unlock from Goldin Auctions, the T206 white border card featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates icon could presumably presumably sell for more than $5 million.
Wagner’s card is certainly one of many rarest and most sought-after piece of sports memorabilia in history. The American Tobacco Company produced T206 baseball playing cards between 1909 and 1911.
Per David Sax of Smithsonian Magazine, or no longer it’s believed that Wagner demanded the ATC pull his card from circulation because he did no longer want someone else benefiting from his likeness.
Sax famed there are roughly 60 of the T206 Wagner playing cards peaceable in existence right this moment.
In October, a version of the Wagner card with a PSA 3 VG grade sold for $3.25 million by the Mile High Card Company.
Goldin Auctions famed the version of the cardboard it is putting up for relate has got a Staunch 2 grade from Reliable Sports actions Authenticator.
Bidding for the Wagner card will start May perhaps well just 2.