Posted By:
davidcycleback"He paid $1,800 for the Wagner card 20 years ago, with the promise from the owner that he could get his money back if he couldn't sell it."
The above sale price would be about $1,795 too high and for a reprint and about $30,000 (+/-) too low for a genuine T206 Wagner. The question would then be did the original seller think he was selling a reprint or a genuine T206 Honus Wagner, as the $1,800 sales doesn't match either.
There's an old Chinese proverb:
"Why would a baseball card dealer sell you a $50,000 baseball card for $1,000? Because the card isn't worth $50,000."
There's was a variation on the same proverb:
"Why did the knowledgeable baseball card dealer sell a card worth $10,000 for $1,000? Because the card was worth $100."
And there's a third, and last, variation:
"How can someone sell Babe Ruth autographed baseballs for only $150 each? If you can't answer that, you shouldn't collect autographs."