1. The T206 Honus Wagner Baseball Card

2. How much would you pay for an old baseball card? Wayne Gretzky (a hockey player) paid $451,000 for it in 1991. It was sold in February 2007 to a private collector for $2.3 Million. It was sold again in September 2007 to another private collector for $2.8 Million.

3. Why was the Honus Wagner card so valuable??

4. Honest “Honus” Facts Shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1900-1917 One of the original members of the Baseball Hall of Fame One of the best hitters in Baseball history – he hit over.300 for 17 straight years. Won the National League Batting Championship 8 times. Stole 722 bases in his career. Some experts think he was the greatest all-around player ever. Few Baseball cards with his picture were made because the tobacco company made the cards and Honus didn’t want to be connected with smoking.