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T206 Honus Wagner PSA 1
The Holy Grail of baseball card collecting. The stuff of legends, dreams, and fantasies, most of which are more enjoyable to revel in than almost any other kind. This is the one, the only, the T206 Wagner. Coming up now on it's 100 year anniversary as the ultimate baseball card, the card is, if anything, growing more popular and more desireable as the years pass. Prices realized for sales of the card often reflect this, and when presentable copies such as this one surface it's often thought that a new price level can be attained. Grading Fair, this example of the iconic card has numerous condition issues, none of which, however, alter the originality, authenticity, and purity of the spirit of the card. A few words about Wagner: whether he was scooping up and throwing clumps of dirt or belting his way to a batting title (8 time NL champion), he was always Lou Gehrig to Ty Cobb's Babe Ruth, even as he found out later that many of his contemporaries had considered Honus to be the equal or even the superior to the great Tyrus. The 1909 World Series pitted the two against each other and the stolid Wagner and his mates defeated the AL champs in a 7 game joust. Wagner was indeed an American icon - a man without equal in a man's game and completely larger than life, even if he didn't act like it. The offered example of the T206 Wagner has been handled - it's creased primarily in two areas: vertically from the bottom middle of the card up through his collar and to his right temple, where there's a bisecting crease running along his hairline and up towards the top right corner. Various light surface wrinkles are scattered around the surface, mostly around the edges, but there is nothing to deface or degrade the integrity of the appearance. A light scuff appears on his jersey, between the "B" and the "U", and each of the four corners is well rounded with honest, even wear. The reverse is, of course, Sweet Caporal 150 Series and exhibits noticeable wear but no loss of paper and is not damaged by any pencil or pen markings. Bigger than our hobby, bigger than life, bigger than most things - it's our most cherished representation of our great sport and hobby and will forever remind it's lucky new owner that great things can and do happen - it's not a dream!
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