Dating of The Reccius Cigar Card of Honus Wagner

[swarmee]

Hans Wagner Cigar Box

Here's an auction I noticed last week that ended with no bids and got re-listed. Might be interesting to those reading this thread.

[Michael Peich]

Great job of sharing valuable information, Rob. Many thanks to you and John Thorn.

Cheers,
Mike

[h2oya311]

Excellent info! Thanks for sharing!

[1880nonsports]

that IS the date. NO-ONE knows more about cigars and their containers than Tony. His book is a must read for the cigarbox collector. A bit on the rougher side for some - he has always been willing to help me over many years. Pretty much retired and no longer doing radio shows....

[1880nonsports]

show your cigar band :-)

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

show your cigar band :-)

Here it is

[spacktrack]

For anyone not familiar with the Reccius Wagner card, I've included a picture below, followed by the cigar box REA auctioned featuring the same picture.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

that IS the date. NO-ONE knows more about cigars and their containers than Tony. His book is a must read for the cigarbox collector. A bit on the rougher side for some - he has always been willing to help me over many years. Pretty much retired and no longer doing radio shows....

I agree, Tony Hyman definitely knows his stuff, but in this case he is referring to the Wagner cigar box the REA auctioned off, not the trade card. They have nothing to do with each other except that they used the same image of Wagner.

[ethicsprof]

many thanks for the information, Rob and John.

As an aside, it's always great to hear about Hal Lewis and his involvements in the hobby some years back. Thanks for the memories, Peter S. .
all the best,
barry

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by ethicsprof

many thanks for the information, Rob and John.

As an aside, it's always great to hear about Hal Lewis and his involvements in the hobby some years back. Thanks for the memories, Peter S. .
all the best,
barry

Yeah, he was relentless in his obsession with "true" rookies. As some of the candidates were not baseball cards in the traditional sense, it made for some interesting discussions.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Hans Wagner Cigar Box

Here's an auction I noticed last week that ended with no bids and got re-listed. Might be interesting to those reading this thread.

This has been on eBay for 2 years, it has been deemed a fantasy piece, and not vintage. Here is a real Wagner label looks like that I have in my collection:

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

This has been on eBay for 2 years, it has been deemed a fantasy piece, and not vintage.

Appreciate it. Maybe it should be turned in as fake.