Wagner Card May Fetch $1.5 Million at Auction, Dealer Says
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The trading card that the National Baseball Hall of Fame calls the sport’s “most famous collectible” might fetch up to $1.5 million in an online auction that begins today, according to the dealer handling the sale.
The 1909 card of Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner should sell for between $1.2 million and $1.5 million, said Bill Goodwin, president of St. Louis-based sports memorabilia auctioneer Goodwin & Co. Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick purchased a version of the same card with a higher grading for $2.8 million in 2007, making that the most expensive baseball card ever sold.