If you found a Wagner...

[Joshwesley]

Originally Posted by TCMA

When my dad obtained his first Wagner in 1972 he immediately called my mother from a pay phone. He found it among T206's he purchased in a large lot for twenty cents each. It was also one of the last cards he needed to complete the set, so he was pretty excited.

He held that one until 1974 when he upgraded to a better one and sold off the original. Here they are below:

What the crap??

Didn't the Wagner have some value in the early 70's... Maybe 1-2k??

[edjs]

By the way, I did just find my Wagner. Not the one we are talking about, but pretty tough. If only scarcity=astronomical price!

[Joshwesley]

Originally Posted by edjs

By the way, I did just find my Wagner. Not the one we are talking about, but pretty tough. If only scarcity=astronomical price!

As a born and raised "mobilian" what's the story with the Wagner kid that played for mobile?

Really cool piece!

[iwantitiwinit]

Thats a good question. If you are working on a t206 set and are lucky enough to have or receive a wagner I think it only makes sense you keep it. If you decide you are going to sell it I figure you might as well sell all other t206's you have I mean u had the ultimate prize and decided to sell it no use keeping the rest of the cards.

[edjs]

Originally Posted by Joshwesley

As a born and raised "mobilian" what's the story with the Wagner kid that played for mobile?

Really cool piece!

Josh, I don't want to completely hi-jack someone's thread, but take a look at the T211 thread, you will get a bunch of info about this set.

Ed

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by Joshwesley

What the crap??

Didn't the Wagner have some value in the early 70's... Maybe 1-2k??

It did. My father brokered a deal to sell one for someone in 1973 for $1100. And then he purchased the "Jumbo" Wagner for $1300 - $1500 in 1974 after he drove to VT from NY to follow up on a lead for one. Prices rose exponentially from there.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Joshwesley

What the crap??

Didn't the Wagner have some value in the early 70's... Maybe 1-2k??

Supposedly the one Bill Mastro bought in the 1970's as a teenager to complete his own set was somewhere around $1,500. Then the one he bought about 1985 and then later notoriously trimmed was a $25,000 card. They had value back then, but nothing compared to what they are today after the explosion of the internet hobby could pass the legend along to the masses. As crappy as what Mastro did is, it's only further fuel to the fire in terms of the legend and will keep all Wagners - and particularly that one - going up up up in value every single time it's sold.

It's ironic to me that the single most valuable and famous baseball card in the world is trimmed / altered, and still in a PSA 8 slab. One of my prized possessions is a '56 Mantle with a bum lower right corner because many years ago, I scratched a stain off of it and thus "altered" it in the eyes of many grading companies. Anyhow, I think of the Wagner now and try not to give myself such a hard time about it....


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