A T206 Honus Wagner sold at auction this weekend for $1.33 million. In any other corner of the hobby, that’s a big return that warrants celebration. However, in the Wagner market, it’s the lowest price a T206 Wagner has sold for in roughly six years. But, beneath it all, is the story of a former…
Hey guys just a quick update, we recently built a a new website which helps users find deals on T206 cards. The website can be found at T206Baseballcards.com Its simple, but works well. We get T206 listings from eBay, apply our internal measures of valuation and rank the deals. Cards are categorized as either Excellent, Good, Fair or Poor Deals. I hope you enjoy it and I hope it helps you find some great deals on T206 cards. I recorded a video to help users understand the site, although its…
The legendary T206 Honus Wagner card is known not only for its rarity but also for its consistency—precisely, that it has only ever been found with three different advertising backs: This detail is incredibly important for authentication purposes. Unlike the rest of the T206 set, which was printed with a wide array of tobacco brands…
Before the days of TV’s and iPads and iPhones, US consumers were forced to keep themselves occupied without screens (can you imagine!?). In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s board games were quite popular in the states. Between 1904 and 1906 a company named Fan Craze out of Cincinnati, Ohio offered its own spin on…
The most popular pre-war tobacco card set is the 1909-1911 T206 White Borders set — known as “The Monster” for its 524-card checklist, 36 advertising backs, and the obsessive challenge it presents to set builders. The popularity has never wavered. High-grade assembled sets have sold for $350,000 to $390,000 at major auction houses, and collector…
Most vintage collectors, at one time or another, have had their eye on the T206 White Borders set. For set builders, completing the full 524-card set is nearly impossible unless your pockets are lined with gold. The reason? The elusive holy grail card of Honus Wagner will cost at a minimum in the many millions. Not to…
While most present-day card scams involve more modern cards that are easier to reproduce, counterfeit cards dating back to the Pre-War era are certainly still present. We have previously discussed evaluating vintage counterfeit cards, yet this piece will focus on detecting some of the more common fakes from the infamous T206 White Borders set. This…
The 1909 T206 Honus Wagner is one of the rarest baseball cards in history and consistently ranks among the most valuable cards in the hobby. No investor has ever lost money buying one. Here’s everything you need to know about the card’s history, rarity, values, and investment potential. At a glance The T206 Honus Wagner…
I recently came across a Facebook post with a seller trying to sell an unopened T206 Sweet Caporal cigarette pack. The pack looked to be in relatively nice shape, and the seller was asking for $1800, which seemed somewhat reasonable given that a T206 card might be nestled inside. I hadn’t explored T206 unopened packs…
If you’ve spent any time in the tobacco groups on Facebook, you’re well aware of the popularity and the mystique of the T206 Ty Cobb Green Portrait Card. If you’re new to the ‘Monster’ you might not realize that Cobb has four cards in the set. A green and red portrait card, a ‘Bat off…
The T206 ‘White Borders’ set is most indeed a ‘Monster’. The set features 524 cards, which for most collectors, is a rather expensive and time-consuming adventure. Many vintage collectors I know forgo the actual Monster and head right to building out the T206 Hall of Fame subset. While it’s still a pricey proposition, it’s much…
Even casual sports fans have heard of the legendary T206 Honus Wagner card, the hobby’s most iconic and valuable baseball card. But while Wagner’s card commands headlines, it’s just one piece of a much larger and equally fascinating puzzle. The full T206 set, issued between 1909 and 1911, consists of 524 cards featuring both major…
PSA just released its 2025 Fraud Report which outlines their findings into the most forged and altered cards submitted to PSA in 2025. If you’re a reader of this blog, you won’t be surprised by the findings, but I figured it would be interesting to cover the report in some more detail. The headline number…
At the recent Northeast Sports Card Expo in Marlborough, Massachusetts, I overheard a conversation that perfectly captured where the sports card hobby is right now. A young collector came up to a friend’s table and asked if he had any Goudey Babe Ruth cards. Not a modern insert. Not a numbered parallel. Not a shiny…
If you’ve been spending time at card shows or following the hobby online lately, you’ve probably come across the MBA Diamond sticker — a silver, gold, or black diamond certification that Mike Baker’s company places on already-graded PSA, SGC, and BGS slabs to signal that a card is a premium example for its grade. I…
All Vintage Cards content is free. If you purchase through referral links on our site, we earn a commission. Lots to cover this week — a rare New England collection just hit our shop, Opening Day is here, and the hobby keeps making headlines. Let’s dig in.🔥 Featured: Unearthed New England Collection — 1913 National Game (WG5) We don’t say this lightly, but this one genuinely stopped us in our tracks. We recently acquired a collection of 1913 National Game (WG5) cards that surfaced right here…
All Vintage Cards content is free. If you purchase through referral links on our site, we earn a commission. Spring training is here, Opening Day is two weeks out, and the modern card market is running hot. This issue covers the prospect boom that’s got Vinnie fired up over on AVC, some updates to the T206 site, a couple of hobby stories worth reading, and a heads-up on a new Collector Connection auction launching today. The 2026 Prospect Card Boom: Who’s Overheated and Who Still Has Room Our…
In the world of pre-war baseball collectibles, the 1913 playing card sets occupy a unique space. While most tobacco and candy cards of the era are scarce and expensive, the WG5 National Game and WG6 Tom Barker Game sets offer collectors a rare combination: stunning photography of legendary Hall of Famers and a relatively accessible…
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