A T206 Honus Wagner graded graded PSA 1.5 was sold for 3.72 million dollars this week. How good has the market been for vintage and rare cards? The EXACT same card was sold for 2.28 million dollars in May.
As part of the T206 Tobacco set, the Honus Wagner is one of the most-sought cards in the hobby. The T206 baseball card set was distributed in various brands of tobacco between 1909 and 1911. For unknown reasons, Wagner chose not to have his card produced in the set (either to prevent kids from using tobaccos, or most likely that The American Tabaco Company and Wagner could not agree on compensation for using his likeness). The ATC stopped producing the Wagner card, leaving the hobby with very few cards documented; the estimate is around 50 known examples to exist. Since 1933, the Wagner card has been one of, if not the most expensive card to own.
This is the Wagner card that Goldin Auctions sold. You can see a crease down the front of the card and rounded corners in both photos but given the rarity and market desire, this card is still a treasure to own.
The vintage card market has been STRONG. A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle graded SGC 9.5 was sold for a record price of 12.6 million dollars in late August. That record belonged to a T206 Honus Wanger when one was sold for 7.25 million dollars in early August. This week a T206 Wanger graded PSA 1.5 (lesser condition than the record-priced card) was sold at Goldin Auctions for 3.72 million dollars. That exact same PSA 1.5 Wagner card - the SAME card - was sold for 2.28 million dollars in May.
Other vintage cards are setting records for prices, too. A 1954 Topps Hank Aaron rookie card graded PSA 9 sold for $720,000, a record amount of a Hammer rookie, this Summer. A more "modern" card from 1979, a PSA 10 Topps Wayne Gretzky rookie card, was sold for 1.2 million dollars.
At Just Collect, we have vintage card specialists that have discovered, procured, and purchased both a T206 Honus Wagner, 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie cards, 1954 Topps Hank Aaron rookie cards, and 1979 Topps as well as OPC Wayne Gretzky rookie cards. This Summer we proudly purchased a complete 1952 Topps baseball card set with the Mickey Mantle rookie card in The Black Box Collection. If you're interested in selling your vintage cards we would love to speak with you.
WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING
Just Collect is always buying vintage sports and non-sports cards from 1879 to 1979 as well as select modern cards. If you have a collection that you are considering selling, contact us today to discuss or get our industry-leading purchase offer. If you have a collection that you want to be appraised, please contact us and we would be happy to discuss your collection and help you understand the real cash value of your collection in the current marketplace. Check out the Just Collect Buy List.
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We offer many ways to evaluate your cards other than using our website, too.
If you can make the trip here like the son from my hometown did for this collection- we can make a deal at the office. We once met a father-son duo that drove eight hours from Virginia to meet us to sell a Michael Jordan rookie card stored in Tupperware since 1986 - great read here.
We keep a LIST of the card shows we'll be attending. Come stop by the Just Collect table and chat.
If you have a valuable collection and want us to come to you, we'll hop on the next plane out. We recently took a trip to California to purchase a collection that included three Jackie Robinson 1948 Leaf rookie cards that you can read about here.
We have another location in New York you can meet us at; read all the information here.
If you choose to mail your cards for an appraisal, we will evaluate your cards for FREE still. If you choose not to sell the cards, we'll ship them back with shipping fees paid by us! We can offer our FedEx account with 2-day shipping, fully insured, all covered by us. Simply contact the office to set up this option.
OUR BUYING PHILOSOPHY
We've run into a wide range of people and collections over the last 25 years. Although Just Collect is known for buying vintage sports cards and especially vintage baseball cards, we are also extremely interested in buying non-sports cards, too!
Every collection and every collector is different and we treat EVERY collection with the respect and attention that we show for our own collections. We understand that many have put their heart and souls into building their collections. So when you're ready to sell, we understand the feelings that you're going through and will work with you to help you reach a decision that is a WIN/WIN, because if you're not happy, we're not happy.
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