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There are also multiple cards for the same player in different poses, different uniforms, or even with different teams after being traded (since the set was issued over a period of three years). The cards measure 1 + 7 ⁄ 16 by 2 + 5 ⁄ 8 inches (3.7 cm × 6.7 cm) which is considered by many collectors to be the standard tobacco card size.
The typical card in the T206 series had a width of 1 + 7 ⁄ 16 inches (3.65 cm) and a height of 2 + 5 ⁄ 8 inches (6.67 cm). [11] Some cards were awkwardly shaped or irregularly sized, which prompted a belief that many of the cards in the series had been altered at one point or another.
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.
According to cardboardconnection.com, as of 2015, it is estimated that less than 60 of the T206 Honus Wagner cards still exist. By last count, there were 57 known examples. [15] In 2021, a T206 Wagner card was sold in a private sale for $7.5 million, a record amount for a sports card. [16] [15] Another famous one, from 1911, is Joe Tinker. [17 ...
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.
In 2016, a cache of 7 T206 Ty Cobb baseball cards were discovered in a paper bag when a family was cleaning out their deceased great-grandfather's home. [7] These cards were nicknamed the "Lucky 7" [2] and brought the total number of known T206 Ty Cobb's in existence to 22. [6] The cards were authenticated and initially valued at around $1 ...
This list includes only the highest price paid for a given card and does not include separate entries for individual copies of the same card or multiple sales prices for the same copy of a card. Thus, for example, the T206 Honus Wagner is represented on this list by one particular card's 2021 sale and does not include the same card's 2012 sale ...
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]