I-T206 Honus Wagner ithengiswe nge-1.3 yezigidi zeedola ngo-Epreli 25, 2015 ngefandesi yasentwasahlobo. (Ifoto: Robert Edward Auctions)
Lelona khadi libizayo le-baseball emhlabeni, kodwa ngaba ngomzekelo we-T206 Honus Wagner wathengisa ngexabiso eliphantsi kwintengiso yasentwasahlobo yendlu yefandesi yezemidlalo URobert Edward Auctions ?
Ngexesha lentengiso yasentwasahlobo ka-2015, eyaqala ngo-Epreli 2 ukuya ku-Epreli 25, indlu kaRobert Edwards Auctions yayilindele ukuba ikhadi elinqabileyo lizise okungenani i-1.5 yezigidi zeedola. Ibhidi yokuvula ide yaqala nge-100,000 yeedola ethembisayo, kodwa emva kwabathengi abangama-42 ababeke amabhidi kuthengiso lweeveki ezintathu, ikhadi ekugqibeleni ligqithile ekudluliseni uphawu lwedola, bethengisa i-1.3 yezigidi zeedola kule Cawa idlulileyo.
Eyaziwa phakathi kwabaqokeleli njenge-Oceanside Wagner, eli khadi linqabile kakhulu kwiHolo le-Famer lasePittsburgh lafunyanwa phakathi kwezinye iimemorabilia ze-1910 kwigumbi elingaphantsi kwendlu e-Oceanside, eNew York. Ikhadi libone abanini babini bangaphambili kwaye lihlala likwimeko ephezulu, lithengisa ngo-2008 ngeedola ezingama-791,000 njengenxalenye yokuthengiswa kweempahla kuPhilip Weiss Auctions.
Ngelixa nantoni na engaphezulu kwesigidi esinye seedola isenokubonakala ngathi iyinkcitho kwikhadi le-baseball, i-California-based Professional Sports Authenticators ilinganise olu hlobo lwekhadi elinamanqaku ama-3 kwali-10, alibeka phakathi kwamakhadi amahlanu aphezulu e-T206 Wagner ngokwemeko. Ingxelo eyabekwa ngumdlali wehoki uWayne Gretzky ka-T206 u-Honus Wagner ngo-2013, eyathengisa nge- $ 2.8 yezigidi.
Ebizwa ngokuba ngu-The Flying Dutchman, owazalelwa ePennsylvania, uMnu Honus Wagner uthathwa njengeyona ndawo ibalaseleyo kwezona ndawo zibalaseleyo embalini ye-baseball. Udlale ixesha elipheleleyo lama-21 ePittsburg Pirates, ethatha umhlala-phantsi ngo-1917 emva kokumisela irekhodi leligi lama-3,420, ii-1,739 zokubaleka kunye neziseko ezingama-723 ezibiweyo. Kodwa kuqikelelwa kuphela imizekelo eyahlukeneyo engama-60-70 eyahlukeneyo ye-T206 Honus Wagner okwangoku ekucingelwa ukuba ikhona. 
Icwecwe likaHonus Wagner lifotwa ngumlandeli kwiHolo yoDumo yeSizwe yeBhola kunye neMyuziyam ngexesha le-baseball Hall of Fame ngempelaveki ngo-2008 e-Cooperstown, eNew York. (Ifoto: UJim McIsaac / imifanekiso kaFetty)
Amakhadi e-T206 Honus Wagner akhutshwa phakathi kwe-1909 kunye ne-1911 yinkampani yecuba laseMelika ukukhuthaza icuba. Kukho amarhe okuba uWagner wayenokwala ukuba ukufana kwakhe kuphindwe kwenziwe kumakhadi exesha elizayo kuba usenokungaziva ukuba umvuzo uphezulu ngokwaneleyo okanye, kwinguqulelo ebengezelayo yebali, ngekhe avume ukukhuthaza iisigarethi ebantwaneni. Ngenxa yoko, kuphela malunga namakhadi angama-200 ekucingelwa ukuba akhe enziwa, enyusa kakhulu ixabiso lekhadi kubaqokeleli. Ke ngoko, kuyothusa ukuba ikhadi alithengisanga xabiso liphezulu nangaphezulu ngeli xesha lentengiso yakutshanje.
Eli yayili khadi elikhethekileyo, hayi kuphela imeko yalo enxulumene neminye imizekelo, kodwa ngebali layo elihle lokuba nabanini babini kuphela ngaphambili kwiminyaka eli-106 edlulileyo. Ixabiso lerekhodi libonisa ukomelela kwimarike yamakhadi ebaseball kunye nokuxabisa abaqokeleli bezinto ezinqabileyo, utshilo uBrian Dwyer, uMlawuli weZothutho eRobert Edward Auctions, ifandesi yezemidlalo eyaziwayo eNew Jersey. Umjongi .
Ewe kunjalo, ngokujonga uninzi lwamakhadi ebaseball enziwe ngomtya omncinci wekhadibhodi, i-1 yezigidi zeedola ayibonakali ngathi iyinto enqabileyo kwaphela.
