Baseball Cards T206 Honus Wagner Reprints
Baseball cards of the T206 Tobacco set including the infamous Honus Wagner (The highest sold card ever at $2.8 Million) is the most popular and widely collected set of the pre/war era. The historical significance of the set as well as the large number of variations give it enormous appeal to collectors. In addition, the set features many Baseball Hall of Fame members including Ty Cobb (who is pictured on 4 different cards), Walter Johnson, Cy Young, and Christy Mathewson. The value of the cards has led to a great deal of interest over the years. The name T206 refers to the catalog designation assigned by Jefferson Burdick in his book The American Card Catalog. It is also known informally as the "White Border" set due to the distinctive white borders surrounding the lithographs on each card. The T206 set consists of 523 cards. Over 100 of the cards picture minor league players. There are also multiple cards for the same player in different poses, different uniforms, or even with different teams after being traded (since the set was issued over a period of several years). The cards measure 1-7/16" x 2-5/8" which is considered by many collectors to be the standard tobacco card size.
The reprint cards for this set are available at very affordable prices for everyone to enjoy.
 "There aint much to being a ballplayer, if youre a ballplayer." "Things were changing fast by that time, women were beginning to come to the ball parks. We had to stop cussing." "In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they saw 'em." "I don't want my picture in any cigarettes, but I also don't want you to lose the ten dollars, so I'm enclosing my check for that sum." "I never have been sick. I don't even know what it means to be sick. I hear other players say they have a cold. I just don't know what it would feel like to have a cold - I never had one."-
Honus Wagner
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