Every few years a Honus Wagner T206 card comes on the market. And every time one does, I link to a story about it because I collected baseball cards when I was a kid and always thought about how I might one day find one under the arm rest of an old car or something. Assuming they had armrests. Whatever:
They’ve gone for as high as $2.8 million, so apparently this one has a crease in it or some such. Probably happened while under the arm rest of that old car.
A suburban St. Louis man who has been in the collectibles business for a quarter of a century, says the 102-year-old baseball card he’s putting up for auction starting Tuesday is about as good as it gets.
Bill Goodwin expects the 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card - one of the most sought-after sports collectibles in the world - to fetch at least $1 million, and perhaps as much as $1.5 million, in the online auction.
They’ve gone for as high as $2.8 million, so apparently this one has a crease in it or some such. Probably happened while under the arm rest of that old car.
