Newly discovered T206 Wagner sells for over $5M
Dan Hajducky
created: Feb. 23, 2026, 12:21 a.m. | updated: Feb. 23, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
It's the third-most expensive T206 Wagner behind the copy purchased for $6.606 million in August 2021 and the copy sold privately for $7.25 million in August 2022.
Rogers Silver Company in 1955 and expanded west, he framed his cards and decorated his businesses with them; when the National Silver Company folded, the cards were moved to a warehouse and eventually bequeathed to Dennis and Douglas.
Goldin announced the card in December, a discovery chronicled on Season 3 of Netflix's "King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch."
"The T206 Honus Wagner remains the Mona Lisa of sports cards."
The lore behind the T206 Wagner is one of sports cards' most revered, given the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop asked the American Tobacco Company to pull it from production in 1909.
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