Other Sports Honus Wagner Card Sells for $262,000

BigCatDaddy · 11-05-2010, 09:29 AM

Anyone else remember thumbing through Beckett as a kid wishing they had one of these bad boys?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101105/..._baseball_card

BALTIMORE – A rare Honus Wagner baseball card that was bequeathed to an order of Roman Catholic nuns has sold at auction for $262,000.

The Baltimore-based School Sisters of Notre Dame put the card up for sale after inheriting it from the brother of a deceased nun. The sale price exceeded the expectations of auctioneers at Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries.

The nuns will receive $220,000 from the sale. The total sale price includes a 19.5 percent buyer's premium. Sister Virginia Muller, who was entrusted with the card, says the proceeds will go to the order's ministries in more than 30 countries around the world.

Collector and card shop owner Doug Walton of Knoxville, Tenn., bought the card.

About 60 of the T206 Honus Wagner cards, produced between 1909 and 1911, are known to exist.

L.A. Chieffan · 11-05-2010, 09:31 AM

bargain

Sofa King · 11-05-2010, 09:32 AM

I read somewhere it was in pretty rough shape and they thought it would sell for 40 grand..

guess they sure beat that.

vailpass · 11-05-2010, 10:17 AM

And they'll give every penny of it to the sick and the poor. IMHO that part of it is a bigger story than the amount of money for which the card was sold.

Amnorix · 11-05-2010, 10:50 AM

I had a Cracker Jack Shoeless Joe Jackson that I bought as a teenager and sold a few years ago for very serious coin. Worth far more than any other card I owned, though I did have a fairly good collection.

The thing was just...weird. It looked pretty good, though it had some issues with corners, etc. But it was as if someone stuck it in a vise and squeezed it down and left it there for a couple days. It was just....limp. But it was authentic for all that.

Now I'm kind of wondering if I shouldn't have held onto those cards so my boys could enjoy them. Oh well.

This one is, obviously, in far, far better shape than the one I had was in.

Pants · 11-05-2010, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amnorix

I had a Cracker Jack Shoeless Joe Jackson that I bought as a teenager and sold a few years ago for very serious coin. Worth far more than any other card I owned, though I did have a fairly good collection.

The thing was just...weird. It looked pretty good, though it had some issues with corners, etc. But it was as if someone stuck it in a vise and squeezed it down and left it there for a couple days. It was just....limp. But it was authentic for all that.

Now I'm kind of wondering if I shouldn't have held onto those cards so my boys could enjoy them. Oh well.

This one is, obviously, in far, far better shape than the one I had was in.

How much?

11-05-2010, 09:29 AM
BigCatDaddy The Beast Inside Your Head Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Parts Unknown Casino cash: $-1650878	Honus Wagner Card Sells for $262,000 Anyone else remember thumbing through Beckett as a kid wishing they had one of these bad boys? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101105/..._baseball_card BALTIMORE – A rare Honus Wagner baseball card that was bequeathed to an order of Roman Catholic nuns has sold at auction for $262,000. The Baltimore-based School Sisters of Notre Dame put the card up for sale after inheriting it from the brother of a deceased nun. The sale price exceeded the expectations of auctioneers at Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries. The nuns will receive $220,000 from the sale. The total sale price includes a 19.5 percent buyer's premium. Sister Virginia Muller, who was entrusted with the card, says the proceeds will go to the order's ministries in more than 30 countries around the world. Collector and card shop owner Doug Walton of Knoxville, Tenn., bought the card. About 60 of the T206 Honus Wagner cards, produced between 1909 and 1911, are known to exist.
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11-05-2010, 09:31 AM	#2
L.A. Chieffan PLAY GOOD FOOTBALL Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: American Gardens Building Casino cash: $2708654	bargain
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11-05-2010, 09:32 AM	#3
Sofa King Bump it Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Dakota Casino cash: $-270000 VARSITY	I read somewhere it was in pretty rough shape and they thought it would sell for 40 grand.. guess they sure beat that.
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11-05-2010, 10:17 AM	#4
vailpass Psycho Bag Of Squanch Join Date: Sep 2001 Casino cash: $9594244	And they'll give every penny of it to the sick and the poor. IMHO that part of it is a bigger story than the amount of money for which the card was sold.
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11-05-2010, 10:50 AM	#5
Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	I had a Cracker Jack Shoeless Joe Jackson that I bought as a teenager and sold a few years ago for very serious coin. Worth far more than any other card I owned, though I did have a fairly good collection. The thing was just...weird. It looked pretty good, though it had some issues with corners, etc. But it was as if someone stuck it in a vise and squeezed it down and left it there for a couple days. It was just....limp. But it was authentic for all that. Now I'm kind of wondering if I shouldn't have held onto those cards so my boys could enjoy them. Oh well. This one is, obviously, in far, far better shape than the one I had was in. __________________ "I love signature blocks on the Internet. I get to put whatever the hell I want in quotes, pick a pretend author, and bang, it's like he really said it." George Washington
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