A 1914 Babe Ruth rookie Baseball card - just the tenth card of its kind to be discovered sold at auction in April 2007 for about $270,000. The card was produced by the Baltimore Sun Newspaper. The second most valuable baseball card behind only the 1909 T206 Honus Wagner tobacco card which recently sold at auction for $2.8 million.
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Along with stamps and coins, baseball cards are among the most popular collectibles in the U.S. Old and rare cards draw high bids at auctions. A Honus Wagner card, for example, sold for more than $1 million. Here are the cards that have fetched the highest prices. # $2.35 million -- Honus Wagner 1909 T206 (Gretzky card) # $1.265 million -- Honus Wagner 1909-1911 # $325,000. -- Mickey Mantle 1951 # $275,000. -- Mickey Mantle 1952 # $270,000. -- Babe Ruth 1914 Baltimore Sun Newspaper rookie card # $203,000. -- Eddie Plank 1909-1911 # $178,598. -- Joe Doyle 1909-1911 SOURCE: PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AUTHENTICATOR
The value of baseball or any collector's card will vary greatly depending on its condition. However in general, some of the most valuable cards include the 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle Rookie card, the 1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson, and the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card. Misprints and misspellings are also rare and valuable.
Honus Wagner, 100 years ago. Only a couple hundred of his cards were printed in the American Tobacco Company's set of cards before he threatened to sue if they included him.