Honus Wagner tobacco card authenticity?

Factual Questions
1

While rummaging through some extremely old boxes of baseball cards bought decades ago, a small Honus Wagner card was found… How does one tell if its just a reprint or replica or the real deal? I’m told the real ones are quite valuable… :slight_smile: Here are some of the details found on the card:

On the front:
Picture of Honus Wagner
Below the picture: “Wagner, Pittsburg”

On the back:
Honus Wagner, value: $35,000, 1910 Tobacco Card
While other cards may be scarcer (about 20 exist) none is more valuable. Honus Wagner, who was anti-smoking, did not want anyone to buy tobacco products just to obtain his picture on a card. He legally forced the tobacco form to take his card off the market but some cards got into circulation.

2

If it says ON THE CARD ITSELF that he forced them to take the card off the market, how could it possibly be an original card?

Unless Honus Wagner had a Time Machine.

Hmm…Honus Wagner and the Time Machines…dare I say it?

3

Sounds like the ancient Egyptian coin that was found, date stamped “4000 B.C.” Of course it’s not original. That’d be like printing your date of death on your birth certificate!

4

This is what I was pondering, but I’ve never actually seen the card (it’s a friend’s who is sending it to me). Either way, if it’s old could it be worth anything >$1? :slight_smile:

5

Looks like some on Ebay have gone for $15 or less.

6

Plus, that means that means that it was worth the equivalent of about, oh, $350,000 in 1910. That’s a little high, even for a rare Wagner card.

7

Ohhh, so it’s just a 1910-Style “Honus Wagner Card.”

8

I was going through an old box of papers, and I found a Constitution of the United States of America. How can I tell if this is a replica, or one of the originals? I’m told the originals are quite valuable. Mine says on the back: this is a replica. If it were the original Constitution, it would be worth over 1 billion dollars on the open market. :wink: