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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card

The Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card

O'Keeffe, Michael
Thompson, Teri

Paperback

ArtGeneral Antiques & CollectiblesSports

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 0061123935
ISBN13: 9780061123931
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Published: Jun 17 2008
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.24 Depth: 8.06
Language: English

Only a few dozen T206 Wagners are known to still exist, having been released in limited numbers just after the turn of the twentieth century. Most, with their creases and stains, look like they've been around for nearly one hundred years. But one--The Card--appears to have defied the travails of time. Its sharp corners and still-crisp portrait make it the single-most famous--and most desired--baseball card on the planet, valued today at more than two million dollars. It has transformed a simple hobby into a billion-dollar industry that is at times as lawless as the Wild West. Everything about The Card, which has made men wealthy as well as poisoned lifelong relationships, is fraught with controversy--from its uncertain origins to the nagging possibility that it might not be exactly as it seems.

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