Lot # 562: 1910 E125 American Caramel Die-Cut Honus Wagner Batting SGC VG 40 - Extremely Rare Pose - 1 of 1 - Highest Graded!

Graded VG 40 by SGC. This is the only example graded at this level by SGC with none higher! Extremely rare E125 American Caramel Die-cut of Honus Wagner. Honus Wagner will always be a magical name in the world of baseball cards because of the legendary rarity of his card in the T206 set. Approximately sixty T206 Wagners are known to exist. Offered is a card of Honus Wagner (batting pose) from the American Caramel Die-cut series issued in 1910, which is more than 10 times rarer than the T206 Wagner! We are aware of fewer than 10 examples of this pose. A second pose of Wagner throwing is also known in the set. For unknown reasons, the Wagner batting pose is the rarer of the two variations. E125s have always been held in the highest esteem by advanced collectors both for their extreme rarity as well as for their very striking and unique design. The fragile nature of all die-cut cards, and the easily broken flaps at the base of E125s that allow them to stand, make complete high-grade examples all the rarer. This E125 Honus Wagner has survived complete, with all flaps intact. The stand-up flaps have never even been folded back. The card is bright and crisp, with bold colors, very little wear along the edges, and a light crease across the right stand-up flap. Most notably, the barrel of the bat is completely intact near the top of Wagner's head (most examples seen are missing the bat). The reverse of the card, which features a complete checklist of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the set and advertising for American Caramels, is also bright and clean, with bold black text. This is a very attractive example of perhaps the rarest of all Honus Wagner cards, from one of the rarest and most condition-sensitive of all caramel card issues.