T206 Wagner PSA 2 sold for $1.2M

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Interesting that someone would pay over 50% above the last sale and then immediately consign it to an auction where a 20% buyers premium is tacked on and expect to make money. With all due respect to a Brian, it also seems strange that if one was taking such a big risk that they would not consign the card to either Heritage or REA where the catalogs would reach the most potential bidders..

As Jeff alluded to, also interesting that the story comes out one day and the next day Mile High posts that it will be for sale in its auction.

[jchcollins]

How is that card a 2? Eye-appeal being decent for the rest I will agree - those corners are destroyed. I think that's an A or 1 at most.

[swarmee]

Graded at least 10 years ago, and it got the Honus Bonus half grade bump....

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

How is that card a 2? Eye-appeal being decent for the rest I will agree - those corners are destroyed. I think that's an A or 1 at most.

I agree the corners are very bad, but the overall registration and appearance of the player image on the card (which to me is the most important aspect) seems a lot better than most of the 1's I have seen. Part of the problem are the descriptions given to the numerical grades. Once you get to a 6, ex-mt, which if properly graded is a very nice looking card, especially for pre-war, a with half grades included there are 7 additional categories. In contrast, once you go below a "2", which is "good", there are only two additional numerical categories to go all the way down to complete trash.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by benjulmag

I agree the corners are very bad, but the overall registration and appearance of the player image on the card (which to me is the most important aspect) seems a lot better than most of the 1's I have seen. Part of the problem are the descriptions given to the numerical grades. Once you get to a 6, ex-mt, which if properly graded is a very nice looking card, especially for pre-war, a with half grades included there are 7 additional categories. In contrast, once you go below a "2", which is "good", there are only two additional numerical categories to go all the way down to complete trash.

Why grading will always be subjective. Buy the card, not the grade. Especially if it's a T206 Wagner, lol.

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Why grading will always be subjective. Buy the card, not the grade. Especially if it's a T206 Wagner, lol.

Truer words have never been said.