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  • Rare Honus Wagner 1909 baseball card sold for record US$2.8 million

    09/07/2007 6:53:44 PM PDT · by xp38 · 9 replies · 553+ views
    The Canadian Press ^ | Sept. 6 2007 | AP
    MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — A rare Honus Wagner baseball card has been sold for a record US$2.8 million, just over six months after it was bought for a then-record $2.35 million. Referred to as the "Mona Lisa" of baseball cards, the almost mint-condition collectible - released in 1909 by the American Tobacco Company - was sold by Brian Seigel of Las Vegas to an unidentified Southern California collector in February. SCP Auctions was a minority owner, but David Kohler, the company's president and CEO, said that's no longer the case. Kohler said the new owner wishes to remain a...