Honus Wagner | 09/06/07

Today it was revealed the rarest baseball card in history was just sold for $2.8 million dollars. Six months ago it was purchased for $2.38 million--quite a nice little ROI there. It blows my mind that something like that could be worth so much. Apparently there were only about 30-40 printed and since it's from the early 1910's (right after the Cubs last won the World Series) and it's the only one that's in near-mint condition. I understand why some artworks are worth so much--you can enjoy their beauty or ponder their meaning but a baseball card? I like baseball more than your average guy but come on, that's a ton of money for something that you can do absolutely nothing with. Maybe in ten years it will sell for $10m and I'll be kicking myself for not taking out a $3m loan and buying it today.

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SC (Unknown)

People just don't smoke enough on their own nowadays. We need to bring back this baseball card thing. Nothing would make me take up smoking more than knowing I could get a Alex Rodriguez rookie card in my carton.

Charlie (Unknown)

i got a 1910 Honus wagner card and its ecatly like that card but the back says vaule of a 100,000


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