Original T206 Honus Wagner Auction Begins This Month

Time to break out the old checkbook! The world's most famous and valuable baseball card is coming up for auction once again beginning May 24 through June 10 (click here for the auction site).

Why is this card so famous? It might have more to do with its lineage than anything else.

it’s believed the card’s first mention in a mainstream news publication came in November, 1930 in the Newark Evening News. 

Past owners of the card include sports writers and noted early collectors Willie Ratner and Wirt Gammon, as well as Bill Haber, who wrote card backs at Topps.

“From the day I purchased the card until early 2014, I only knew that the owner before me, Bill Haber, worked for Topps and wrote the copy on the back of Topps cards each year,” said Greene. “After learning the noteworthy lineage, I knew the Wagner, which I had initially viewed as simply a baseball card, albeit a much sought after one, now took on significantly greater importance to me. I realized that I was in possession of a true item of baseball and sports card collecting history.”

The card is presumed to sell for six-figures. It is also presumed to sell to someone who is not me.