Honus Wagner t206 in Goldin tomorrow (6/21/25) - what will it sell for?
 

My guess is a cool $6m.

And whoever buys it is a genius.

What are your guesses?

3 million 600 thousand is my guess. Yes it’s a Wagner but it’s in tough shape.

I believe it’s already at $4.1 with the buyers premium.

https://goldin.co/item/1909-11-t206-...JkSW5kZXgiOjB9

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I'm not sure it matters what it looks like. It will be interesting to see where it lands. Maybe somewhere around 5M? Could be more, could be less...

Really great registration on this example.

It's so cool despite the flaws. I'm saying 5.2M to 6.2M. Best of luck to all involved.

Where is the big borders crowd on this one? Those borders look awfully thin to me!

For all it’s flaws it’s a beauty to me
And I think the go fund me page for Leon never happened
Sorry Leon you have to buy it on your own

Would give everything up for 1 but would still fall way way to short

6.6 million is my guess.

My guess is $5.5MM, based on last PSA 1 sale and forecasted CAGR since then.

Would you really give up everything in your collection for one card?

What does everyone think the reserve is? If it’s posted somewhere, I missed it.

Hi

I love my collection and I have been consolidating down for a few years to have fewer cards and higher quality/rarity.
But for the Holy Grail I would gladly trade/sell them all for 1.
But reality is will not happen because my cards may/may not have some value but no where close to what I would need
So I will just enjoy what I got and continue on my addiction (I mean mission) and enjoy my collection

As for the reserve I do not know how it works on Goldin. I like HA Where it tells you the reserve 3 days before.

People act like this sale is somehow indicative of a healthy market for vintage. I don’t see it. Card is probably being bought by some well heeled investors group that doesn’t care much about the “asset” they are buying. Just confident they can turn a profit when they sell it in a few years. Goldin has clearly corners the market on well heeled investors.

No sale. Top bid of $4.15 million. What does Ken Goldin blame it on? Fanatics Fest? Bombing of Iran?

I know I'm in the minority here, but I don't get why this was ever expected to be a $ 5-6 MM card.

That situation at the top border could've easily tipped it from barely a PSA 1 to an A. And then 4.15 million would've seemed like a healthy enough bid.

So this doesn't seem like anything wrong with the marketplace. More like a typical buy the card, not the grade.

4 million plus seems like a solid price to pay for a 1...this coming from someone who is not in the market for one. Most bidders do not love the concept of a reserve, hidden or otherwise. And while I get that the consignor preferred one be used, they might have cost themselves a sale unless of course they told Ken, I need X mil or I am not a seller.

One has to wonder if the top bids were even from the public or internal bids trying to get action on the card and to drive it to where the reserve was met.

Sale or no sale it was good PR for the house.

Ryan’s card, Ryan’s choice. If it goes up from here it was a good decision, if not it wasn’t.

I agree each consignor has a right to do reserve if they choose or “let it ride”.

Especially the higher the value of the card the higher risk/reward.

Amazing what the bidding was without a winner.

And I am sure when and if he decides to sell at auction or in private he will get what he is asking price wait until he gets it

All the other Wagners were strong prices

Does anyone know how Goldin treats reserves? I know some auction houses bid against reserves and some just take the bid to one increment below the reserve so that the next bid exceeds it. I assume that also some auction houses do nothing and just see if the final bid exceeds the reserve.