Cristian Gonzalez
Collecting baseball cards is a fairly old hobby of collecting sports memorabilia, as it has been around for more than a century and has also broken sales records on some issues.
This hobby of collecting baseball cards is also known as trading cards , and began in the United States because this was the only professional sport that somehow mobilized the masses, mixing between the stories of those in attendance and those created at the legendary games.
Although in some ways the profitability of buying and selling these cards fell a little because people began to buy much more cards of animated series or games such as Pokemon, Dragon Ball, DC Comics, Marvel or Yu-Gi-Oh! Traiding cards continues to sustain, because sports will never stop moving masses and fans.
The Most Expensive Collectible Baseball Cards
At JefeBet we bring you a list of the 6 most expensive baseball cards of all time, are they worth the price?
1. Honus Wagner 1909-11 T206
This new Honus Wagner card from the 1909-11 T206 series reached in the last year, 2021, to beat a new record figure, since on May 22 of the same year it was auctioned for the sum of USD 3,75 million for the Pirates shorstop, a World Series winner and Hall of Fame member.
2. Honus Wagner 1909-11 T206
We repeat that this Honus Wagner card from the 1909-11 T206 series has to be even more famous than the baseball player himself. The shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936 broke records in 2017 when at a Goldin Auctions auction a copy of that trading card was sold for USD 3,12 millionThe card even inspired ESPN to make a mini-documentary called ‘Holy Grail: The T206 Honus Wagner’.
3. Mickey Mantle: Topps 1952
Mickey Mantle is one of the most legendary Yankees baseball players, which makes the player’s rookie card even more valuable, and this card comes from a time when collecting these items was so, so bad, they were said to be thrown away. But, over the years, it has become a collectible jewel that everyone would like to have. In 2016 a card from the Yankees player, Mantle, was sold for USD 1,13 million.
4. Babe Ruth 1915-16 Sporting News
A 1915-16 issue of Sporting News and which could someday be appraised for even more than USD 1 million, was sold in August 2016 for USD 717,000and many experts believe that the winner of the auction got a bargain with that rookie card from the Bambino, who is one of the greatest of all times.
5. Joe Jackson: 1909 American Caramel
In 2016, a 1909 card from his first year in the Majors was sold for USD 667,189on what PSA recognizes as quality 8 out of 10 on the care scale. Jackson was part of the 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal when they were called the ‘Black Sox’ when they cheated to lose that year’s World Series to get revenge on the club’s owner for mistreatment. And to think that this card came in a pack of candy.
6. Babe Ruth: 1914 Baltimore News
Babe Ruth is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player who ever lived, so it’s no wonder that anything related to him is getting a lot of hype these days. This card comes from when Babe was part of the minor leagues with the Baltimore Orioles, making this item a complete rarity. It was auctioned for USD 450,300 in 2012.
