Legendary March 2010
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on:
3/2/2010
Graded 84 NM 7 by SGC, the only example assessed at that level with two graded higher. Fortunately, Wagner's storied distaste for tobacco endorsements didn't extend to candy products. His likeness appeared in the series known as E254 -- those eye-catching little circles distributed in five-cent tins of Colgan's confections -- and one of the finest specimens on earth of Wagner's disc is presented here. With no card-like corners to reckon with, grading criteria are largely focused on the fragile edge. On this splendid collectible, that outside dimension encircles a crisp, nearly perfectly resolved version of Carl Horner's Wagner portrait photograph (the same likeness that also inspired the legendary T206). The edge cut remains sharp and clean around the entirety of the circumference. A fantastic contemporary Wagner piece, and indisputably one of the best of its type in existence. Near Mint condition.
1909-11 E254 Colgan's Chip "Stars of the Diamond" Honus Wagner - SGC 84 NM 7
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