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Baseball Card.; Check this out.
Topic Started: Feb 27 2007, 05:13 PM (149 Views)
dunce
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The "Holy Grail of baseball cards, the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card once owned by hockey great Wayne Gretzky, has sold for a record-setting $2.35 million, the seller of the card said Monday.

The buyer has only been identified as a Southern California collector. SCP Auctions Inc., a company that holds sports memorabilia auctions, said it bought a small share of the card. It is scheduled to be shown at a news conference at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday.

There are about 60 of the tobacco cards in existence featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop, one of the first five players to be inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame.

The seller, Brian Seigel, in 2000 paid a then-record $1,265,000 for the prize card, which is in much better shape than the others.

"This particular one was preserved in spectacular condition," said Joe Orlando, president of Professional Sports Authenticator of Newport Beach -- the company that certified the authenticity of the card. "It's the Holy Grail of baseball cards."

Still, the Wagner cards are so rare that even tattered ones will sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, Seigel said



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dunce
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And this is it. :)

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/photo?slug=la1...d_la110&prov=ap
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I once had a card just like that I swear...
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Glenny
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Let's see what you could have won...
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that's my grandad!
I swear...
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VBM
Feb 27 2007, 08:38 PM
I once had a card just like that I swear...

....and you swapped it for a Curly Wurly :lol:
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MYK
Feb 27 2007, 08:44 PM
....and you swapped it for a Curly Wurly :lol:

..the women like it though :)
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Glenny
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Let's see what you could have won...
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VBM
Feb 27 2007, 09:09 PM
..the women like it though :)

don't be silly - it'd never last five minutes!
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Glenny
Feb 27 2007, 09:24 PM
don't be silly - it'd never last five minutes!

I know, the fucker got smaller when they "licked me off" :(
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Glenny
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Let's see what you could have won...
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VBM
Feb 27 2007, 09:36 PM
I know, the fucker got smaller when they "licked me off" :(

too much information Jimbo... Too much information...
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Notice I said "they" though..
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