Honus Wagner T206 PSA 5 Sells For $1.62 Million

Last week a Honus Wagner T206 PSA EX 5 was purchased for $1.62 million. The owner John Rogers, 35, of North Little Rock, Arkansas who said purchasing the card was the fulfillment of a decades-long dream.

According to Rogers, "I call this the holy grail of baseball cards. I've looked at a number of other specimens, sat in a few other Wagner auctions. But this is the one that makes collecting worth while. Since I was 8 years old, I've hoped and dreamed that one day I'd be able to get one"

The second highest bid was $1.3 million by an anonymous bidder in the Mastro Auction for the card.

Here is an update on recent Honus Wagner T206 cards sold:

PSA 1 / SGC 10 / BVG 1:

• May 2008: BVG 1 - $270,000 (Source: Robert Edward Auctions)
  
• May 2008: SGC 10 Poor 1 - $227,050 (Source: Heritage Auctions)
  
• 2004: PSA 1 - $109,638 (Source: honuswagner.com)
• 2003: PSA 1 - $92,256 (Source: T206 Museum)
• 2003: SGC 10 Poor 1 - $90,199 (Source: T206 Museum)
• 2001: PSA 1 - $78,144 (Source: T206 Museum)
• 2001: PSA 1 - $50,935 (Source: T206 Museum)

PSA 2:

• 2005: PSA 2 - $236,706 (Source: T206 Museum)
• 2000: PSA 2 - $74,918 (Source: T206 Museum)

PSA 3:

• 2000: PSA 3 - $145,314 (Source: T206 Museum)

GAI 3.5:

• 2005: GAI 3.5 - $456,057 (Source: T206 Museum)

PSA 5:

• August, 2008: PSA 5 - $1.62 million (Source: Mastro Auctions)