1909 T 206 advertisement

[kevlar7]

Just wondering if anyone has information as to what a Piedmont ad like this is valued at. I would like to purchase one but haven't been able to find one yet and curious as to what I may have to pay. Thanks for any info you have. http://t206resource.com/Sporting%20Life%20Ads.html

[Leon]

Very difficult to put a price on something like that. Some of the ads are more scarce than others. I have seen them go for $50 to way more....up to several hundred. Those shown are scarce and I have to think they would be in the 200-400 range....but again that is a guess based on other items I have seen sell. I should add, even my high estimate could be half, or less, of what two diehard collectors would pay at auction. I know because I have done it on obscure items in the past.

[kevlar7]

Finally one has come up for auction. It’ll be interesting to see what it brings.
https://auction.lelands.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=88843

[3-2-count]

You do see these pop up from time to time. In regards to the example in the current Lelands auction, with an opening bid of $500 bucks coupled with the 20% juice I'd be very surprised if this lot even gets off the ground. A lower starting bid would have at least given it some legs!

Just my opinion.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

You do see these pop up from time to time. In regards to the example in the current Lelands auction, with an opening bid of $500 bucks coupled with the 20% juice I'd be very surprised if this lot even gets off the ground. A lower starting bid would have at least given it some legs!

Just my opinion.

Agreed, the starting bid is too high.

[kevlar7]

It may be a high opening bid, but based on how long I have been looking for this September ad and how many auction houses that didn’t even know it existed until recently, I’ll likely have to pay up to get one.

[david_l]

Originally these were in bound volumes in an important sports museum. Scanned for posterity, this was sliced from the volumes so the spines are split.

Eh...

[kevlar7]

Looks like there was quite a bit of interest in this.
https://auction.lelands.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=88843

[conor912]

36 hundo....woah.

[Dpoolem3]

I collect Sporting Life newspapers/magazines

and have never seen an ad go for that much but it is the first ad with the Wagner card I have seen sold recently also. Most I have seen are is the ad that ran 4 or 5 weeks that has Rube Waddell in the top left corner...the Wagner ad only ran 3 weeks. I guess the inclusion of the Wagner T206 in the ad has something to do with it?

Personally I thought it was high at the $500 opening bid so I didn't bid

[Lorewalker]

The ad with the Wagner might be as close as any of us get to owning one. Cool stuff!

[Runscott]

There are a lot of collectors in our hobby who have a LOT of money. To a wealthy advanced T206 collector this was probably a nice piece to add to the collection, at almost any price.