Honus Wagner Baseball-Card Auctioneer Indicted for Fraud
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William Mastro, a sports memorabilia auctioneer, was indicted by a U.S. grand jury for defrauding bidders through actions that included hiding alterations to a rare Honus Wagner baseball card.
Chicago’s Acting U.S. Attorney Gary Shapiro announced charges today against the former Mastro Auctions principal and three other men. The portrait of Wagner, who played shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates a century ago, is “the world’s most expensive baseball trading card,” he said.