T206 Wagner mention on Pawn Stars

[mrvster]

I was just watching Pawn Stars and and woman came on with a Honus Wagner cut sig......they are about to appraise it.......

Corey just was explaining about the T206 Wagner being the Holy Grail of baseball cards.....stating 56 exist......

I thought it was about 75.....now with the new find.....

does anyone know a true count???

Leon....please move to main page sorry

[Leon]

Not sure anyone knows an exact count. From what I have seen and read I would put the number between 65-90. Others might have more accurate guesses.

[mrvster]

tnks for moving to main page

[sbfinley]

I'm not an expert on how many exist, but I have a buddy that is. If you can come back later we'll let him chime in and then we can settle on a number. Sound good?

[mrvster]

it's my dream card

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by mrvster

I was just watching Pawn Stars and and woman came on with a Honus Wagner cut sig......they are about to appraise it.......

Corey just was explaining about the T206 Wagner being the Holy Grail of baseball cards.....stating 56 exist......

I thought it was about 75.....now with the new find.....

does anyone know a true count???

Leon....please move to main page sorry

I wouldn't put much stock in what reality pawn 'stars' say.

Most of what I've heard them say about Baseball is either common knowledge or long-ago rebuffed legends.

They've said the sport card market is dead on more than one occasion.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

They've said the sport card market is dead on more than one occasion.

I don't watch the show, but I'm curious: do they say this to someone right before they make someone an offer on their cards?

[Enfuego]

Couple of things:

1. I watch Pawn Stars regularly and did watch the episode with the Wagner sig, it was a shame the sig was phony.

2. I read somewhere and seen various clips on YouTube that there roughly 60-100 Wagner cards in existence, again I am no pro.

What kills me about the show is many times the staff do recite "obvious" info on items and also tell customers some outlandish stuff. I think that they go off of hearsay around their respective area and those that are from out of town that pass by. This is just my opinion.

[mrvster]

need schooling in some vintage cards

[Eric72]

RE: Pawn Stars

I recently turned on the TV for the first time in a long time. When I finally found the History Channel (where the past comes alive) I was appalled by crap like Pawn Stars. Idiotic programming like this on a channel I used to respect and admire quickly reminded me why I gave up television 13 years ago.

To use a modern phrase, Pawn Stars is an, "epic fail."

And I doubt whether the people on the show would be able to authenticate a T206 Wagner...Honus or Heinie...or any other card from that set, for that matter.

Best regards,

Eric

[Orioles1954]

Suffice to say that the T206 is not even Wagner's toughest tobacco card.

[Gary Dunaier]

The T206 Wagner is not rare. There are thousands, or maybe even millions, of 'em out there.



Of course, that does include the reprints.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Leon

Not sure anyone knows an exact count. From what I have seen and read I would put the number between 65-90. Others might have more accurate guesses.

I thought I remembered seeing something or reading something about several of the known authentic copies of the Wagner T206 card being brought together for a photo op. Somebody please tell me that I didn't dream this up.

If it has happened before, would it be possible to get them together again? It would make for a great story, an incredible picture, and it would go a long way towards narrowing down a number of how many examples actually exist.

Can you imagine the level of security that would be needed for this?

[Davino]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

I'm not an expert on how many exist, but I have a buddy that is. If you can come back later we'll let him chime in and then we can settle on a number. Sound good?

lol