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The name T206 refers to the catalog designation assigned by Jefferson Burdick in his book The American Card Catalog. It is also known informally as the "White Border" set due to the distinctive white borders surrounding the lithographs on each card. The T206 set consists of 524 cards. Over 100 of the cards picture minor league players.
Honus Wagner. The T206 Honus Wagner baseball card depicts the Pittsburgh Pirates ' Honus Wagner, known as "The Flying Dutchman", a dead-ball era baseball player who is widely considered to be one of the best players of all time. [1] The card was designed and issued by the American Tobacco Company (ATC) from 1909 to 1911 as part of its T206 series.
The T206 Honus Wagner baseball card is one of the rarest and most expensive baseball cards in the world, as only 57 copies are known to exist. [31] The card was designed and issued by the American Tobacco Company (ATC) from 1909 to 1911 as part of its T206 series.
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The book catalogues sports and non-sports cards, but is best known for its categorization of baseball cards. Sets like 1909-11 White Borders, 1910 Philadelphia Caramel’s, and 1909 Box Tops are most commonly referred to by their ACC catalogue numbers. They are, respectively, T206, E95, and W555.
A damaged 1909 T206 Honus Wagner baseball card that was trimmed, missing three sides and had a crease in the middle, sold at auction for $1.5 million. Damaged T206 Honus Wagner card sells for $1.5 ...
List of most expensive sports cards. The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle and the T206 Honus Wagner are the two most expensive sports cards of all time. Sports cards are a variety of trading card, small cards usually made of cardboard, which feature an image of an athlete or athletes along with identifying text.
The T206 Honus Wagner card was reissued by Topps in 2002, with variations on its background color. The card was printed with the original orange color of 1909 (#179), and also in blue (#307) and red (#456). [9] In 2020, a new Honus Wagner card was issued by the company (#45) as part of the second wave (of 5) released that year. [10]