"Last Monday, a family with Marin County and Los Angeles connections revealed that they are the owners of an extremely rare Honus Wagner baseball card from the 1909-11 T206 set. It is the first time in the 21st century that a T206 Honus Wagner card has been added to the list of approximately 50 previously known to exist. The baseball card is worth millions of dollars."
"is a perfect storm of collecting factors: it's extremely rare, part of a beautiful set which has been widely collected for 116 years, Honus Wagner is one of the all-time greatest baseball players and among the elite first class inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and it's an eye-catching card - with the composition of an Early Renaissance portrait."
Douglas Shields and Dennis Shields own an extremely rare Honus Wagner baseball card from the 1909-11 T206 set. The card is the first T206 Honus Wagner added to the known census of roughly 50 in the 21st century and is valued in the millions. The Shields brothers unveiled the card on CNBC's Squawk Box and plan to sell it at auction in 2026. Local dealer Bobby Michener called the find "the Holy Grail" and estimated the card's value at $5 million. The T206 Wagner's value stems from extreme rarity, long-term collectibility, Wagner's Hall of Fame status, striking portraiture, and accompanying lore such as the missing 'h' in Pittsburg.
Read at The Mercury News
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