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Honus Wagner Rare Card Sells for $1.32 Million at Robert Edward Auction

Related Topics: T206, Iron Man, Ty Cobb, 42, Christy Mathewson

The famous T206 Honus Wagner card has become the baseball card to own because it's one of the rarest collector's items. On Sunday, one of the few remaining was sold for $1.32 million at Robert Edward Auctions. 

Chris Olds of Beckett.com reported that after 42 bids, "the sale was for $1.1 million and that excludes a 20-percent buyer’s premium that raised the sale to $1.32 million."

Baseball cards have been collector's items for as long as they have been around, but the T206 Wagner stands above the rest because of its unique backstory. 

According to ESPN's Darren Rovell in April 2013, when the card sold for $2.