it is a valuable baseball card,
but why is it so rare? the Wagner card stands apart from the set because it was pulled from circulation after about 200 cards were issued, there are two stories as to the reason, the standard spin is that Wagner did not want to encourage children to buy cigarettes or smoke, so he threatened to sue if any more of his cards were released, or some argue that Wagner was more irked about not getting paid for the use of his likeness as Wagner's image is on some cigar boxes, and he was photographed with a big chaw of tobacco in his mouth, what ever the reason I wish I had a couple of the cards!
but if you think that is expensive, though it was already famous with collectors, "The Card" got a massive boost in 1991, when hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and then-Los Angeles Kings owner Bruce McNall paid $451,000 for the highest-graded Wagner card in existence, an "8," the "Gretzky Wagner" has changed hands several times and last sold in 2011 for $2.8 million to Ken Kendrick, owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks, just think if only my great grandfather had known back then I could have had one!
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