T206 Wagner Sales Show No Sign of Slowing

As originally published on sportscollectorsdaily.com

The sale of the PSA 1 Honus Wagner card in Robert Edward Auctions' 2009 spring event established yet another bar for the card that every collector would love to own.

Never mind the fact that there are many other vintage cards that are actually more scarce, the Wagner remains the hobby's holy grail. Most of us will have to be happy with a reprint, but we can appreciate...well...the appreciation in recent years.

The economic slowdown hasn't hurt sales of Wagner cards at all--and there has been more than one available. The lower grade Wagner will surely make John Rogers happy. He's the Arkansas collector who plunked down $1.62 million for a PSA 5 copy last summer. The latest information should elevate the value of all Wagner cards.

The REA auction marked the tenth known sale of a Wagner card in just over four years.

Recent Sales Chronology of T206 Wagner Cards

PSA 1 PR-FR $399,500
Robert Edward Auctions/May 2009

SGC 40 VG $791,000
Weiss Auctions/November 2008

PSA 5 EX $1.62 million
Mastro Auctions/August 2008

BVG 1 PR-FR $317,250
Robert Edward Auctions/ April 2008

SGC 10 PR-FR $227,050
Heritage Auctions/April 2008

PSA 8 NM/M $2.8 million
Private Sale/Sept. 2007

PSA 8 NM/MT $2.35 million
Private Sale/February 2007

GAI 3.5 VG $456,057
Mastro Auctions/December 2005

PSA 2 FR $294,337
Memory Lane/December 2006

PSA 2 FR $236,706
Mastro Auctions/April 2005