Worst known Honus Wagner Baseball Card

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• grabba Posts: 1,251

  February 28, 2007 4:27AM

  lol...didn't you sell that one a few months ago?

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• Russ Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 4:30AM

  
  
  << <i>lol...didn't you sell that one a few months ago? >>
  
  
  
  Yep, and it didn't bring anywhere near 2.35 million.
  
  Russ, NCNE

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• theump Posts: 634 ✭✭

  February 28, 2007 4:30AM

  That card is worth about $1500. All my coins should be considered such a "worst".

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• RYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 4:31AM

  
  
  << <i>
  
  << <i>lol...didn't you sell that one a few months ago? >>
  
  
  
  Yep, and it didn't bring anywhere near 2.35 million.
  
  Russ, NCNE >>
  
  
  
  Yes, but IIRC, the owner of said card sold it for about ten times what he paid for it.

  My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132

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• ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 4:32AM

  
  
  << <i>Yep, and it didn't bring anywhere near 2.35 million. >>
  
  Guess ol' Honus didn't object to gum-chewing.

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• Russ Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 4:33AM

  
  
  << <i>That card is worth about $1500. >>
  
  
  
  It might be if it wasn't trimmed. It brought $750.
  
  Russ, NCNE

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• foxxze Posts: 361

  February 28, 2007 7:40AM

  what`s up with his lip`s ?

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• ColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 7:41AM

  I'm sorry, but that can't possibly be the worst known.

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• Narfistdu Posts: 42

  February 28, 2007 7:53AM

  
  
  << <i> what`s up with his lip`s ? >>
  
  
  
  As a printer i can tell you most of the color dont line up correctly, you can see that the cyan is way too low, and the magenta needs to move to the right abit. On the other hand when this was printed this may have been the best print quality avaiable.

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• RichieURich Posts: 8,553 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 8:02AM

  
  
  << <i>
  
  << <i>That card is worth about $1500. >>
  
  
  
  It might be if it wasn't trimmed. It brought $750.
  
  Russ, NCNE >>
  
  
  
  I like that card at $750 a heckuva lot more than the nicest one at $2.3 million!

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• Bochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 8:05AM

  Dang! I should have bought it to put in my son's spokes on his bike

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• RYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 8:06AM

  That card is ex-Three Rivers Collection, BTW.

  My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132

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• ColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 8:10AM

  
  
  << <i>That card is ex-Three Rivers Collection, BTW. >>
  
  
  
  Are you saying that you recently acquired an upgrade?

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• Russ Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 8:13AM

  
  
  << <i>That card is ex-Three Rivers Collection, BTW. >>
  
  
  
  And, it was a honor to handle such a specimen.
  
  Russ, NCNE

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• mrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 8:17AM

  Oh good, another Honus Wagner thread

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• RYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 8:24AM

  
  
  << <i>
  
  << <i>That card is ex-Three Rivers Collection, BTW. >>
  
  
  
  Are you saying that you recently acquired an upgrade? >>
  
  
  
  Let's just say.............................................................NO!
  
  Oh good, another Honus Wagner thread
  
  We could still turn it. Anyone know why they never put IGWT on baseball cards? I think they should have...or maybe not.

  My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132

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• CoinAddict Posts: 5,571 ✭

  February 28, 2007 8:37AM

  That's a different card then the one that sold for $2.3 million.
  Here is the card that sold.
  

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• Russ Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 8:40AM

  
  
  << <i>That's a different card then the one that sold for $2.3 million. >>
  
  
  
  Ya think?
  
  Russ, NCNE

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• CoinAddict Posts: 5,571 ✭

  February 28, 2007 8:43AM

  I meant the design. Not the actual card itself.

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• TavernTreasures Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 10:14AM

  I am not a baseball collector-but from what I have heard-the valuable Wagner card is a tobacco card. Wagner did not approve of smoking and protested being on the card. It was taken out of production and is thus rare. I hope my memory is correct on this.

  Advanced collector of BREWERIANA. Early beer advertising (beer cans, tap knobs, foam scrapers, trays, tin signs, lithos, paper, etc)....My first love...U.S. COINS!

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• topstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 10:29AM

  

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• dizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 10:43AM

  ...There's always time for coin collecting.

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• originalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 10:46AM

  INteresting sigline dizzyfoxx - I take it you're moving more into comics and cards? Actually it's been a good while since I bought a coin, myself. Not so of other things. And I quite agree with re: an "ideal" T206 Wagner.

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• JRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2007 11:35AM

  Did someone say SportsCards ?????
  

  Some coins are just plain "Interesting"

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• aus3000tin Posts: 369 ✭✭✭

  March 1, 2007 1:12PM

  When did baseball cards become worthless?
  
  Thanks,
  
  Chris

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• RareBronzeCollector Posts: 1,270

  March 1, 2007 1:26PM

  
  
  << <i>
  
  << <i>That card is worth about $1500. >>
  
  
  
  It might be if it wasn't trimmed. It brought $750.
  
  Russ, NCNE >>
  
  
  
  
  I would be tempted to buy it at that price....... If only to say I owned one.......
  
  But I WOULD like it certified or such, as I know little about them and I know there were reprints........ (I think I have a reprint set of them somewhere.... If I find it, I'll post...)

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• coindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 1, 2007 1:53PM

  
  
  << <i>When did baseball cards become worthless?
  
  Thanks,
  
  Chris >>
  
  
  
  Prolly about the same time that "monster" toned coins became priceless.

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• theump Posts: 634 ✭✭

  March 1, 2007 2:55PM

  
  
  << <i>I am not a baseball collector-but from what I have heard-the valuable Wagner card is a tobacco card. Wagner did not approve of smoking and protested being on the card. It was taken out of production and is thus rare. I hope my memory is correct on this. >>
  
  
  
  
  
  You are correct, that is the legend. The more likely story is that Wagnor wanted to be paid for his approval of the card to be place in the tobacco products.

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