Oct 10, 2012 - Eddie Plank T206 baseball card to smash $80,000 estimate at Heritage We're expecting a rare Eddie Plank T206 baseball card to perform superbly on Oct... More information Eddie Plank T206 baseball card is the second most valuable card behind the Wagner. His career 326 wins ranks 13th in MLB history. Value (Based on Highest Price Paid at Auction): $2.88 million. Matched against the great Christy Mathewson, “Gettysburg Eddie” threw a 2-hitter to defeat the Giants 3–1, clinching a World Series win for the A’s. Contact us today to speak with one of our specialists to find out what your card is worth, and to see what we're paying for it. To this day, there is no clear explanation for the rarity of this card, a card that is nearly as tough as the Honus Wagner from the same set. Buyers or sellers of a particular card should do their own research to determine the relative importance of that card. To this day, there is no clear explanation for the rarity of this card, a card that is nearly as tough as the Honus Wagner from the same set. The most prevalent theory is that the card suffered from a poor printing plate, resulting in many of the cards being destroyed since they could not pass quality control. Need Help? A sidearm pitcher with a big sweeping curveball and excellent control, Eddie was a master of stall tactics. But Plank, both the baseball player and the card, is every bit as worthy as Wagner. $9.74. Add To Cart. He was the first lefty to win 300 games, and his 326 wins remain to this day the third most wins by a left-handed pitcher in baseball history. To this day, there is no clear explanation for the rarity of this card, a card that is nearly as tough as the Honus Wagner from the same set. Ken Kendrick, the owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks, recently loaned his card collection including an Eddie Plank card valued at $400,000 to the Baseball Hall of Fame for display. Seller 99.2% positive. "Wagner, Plank, and Lajoie" are the three baseball card rarities that have long been referred to as "The Big Three." Those two words conjure more emotion among T206 collectors than any others in the language (with, perhaps, just two exceptions). Just Collect is the Nation's top buyer of sports cards, and we're paying top dollar for vintage cards in any condition! In the summer of 2016, Just Collect received an email from a man named Kevin living outside of Boston which said, "I have had these cards for 25+ years and am not sure of value and unsure I want to part with them." The mystery behind Plank's scarcity is not known and numerous speculations have been made. Not the trickiest, and not the possessor of the most stuff, but just the greatest.". Like the more famous Honus Wagner card from the same set the scarcity is, and will likely always remain, a secret lost to history. 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