1909 Card Sells for $1.1 Million
From Staff and Wire Reports
A baseball card depicting Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop Honus Wagner, issued in 1909, fetched $1.1 million on the eBay online auction house over the weekend. The unidentified buyer will be presented with the card during a press conference today at Edison Field.
EBay officials would only confirm that the buyer is not a celebrity or public figure, but rather an “avid sports memorabilia collector.”
The near mint-condition card, won in an auction for $640,500 by Chicago-based collector Michael Gidwitz in 1996, broke its own record for a sports card.
The card is widely regarded as one of the rarest and most coveted among collectors.
The winning bidder, will pay $1.265 million, which includes a 15% buyer’s premium.