Complete Honus Wagner Baseball Card & Price Guide: Tobacco, Caramel, Cracker Jack
Discover the most valuable baseball cards of Honus Wagner from 1899-1948
Honus Wagner was one of professional baseball's first major superstars. Wagner started his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1900 and quickly became a standout, hitting .381 during his first season with the club. Known as the "Flying Dutchmen", Wagner could do it all and gathered a reputation as a five tool player. He finished his career with 8 N.L batting titles, 5 stolen base titles, and 4 RBI titles. He appeared in 2 World Series and helped the Pirates win a title in 1909. Wagner was a member of the inaugural Hall of Fame class in 1936.
Although Wagner was an incredible player from the dead ball era, he is perhaps more well known for his image being put on a tobacco card; the 1909-11 T206 Honus Wagner. This card, well recognized as the "Holy Grail" in collecting, has an interesting history. 524 cards were released in the T206 set and millions of cards were printed. The Wagner card is different, as about 50-60 copies are known to exist. Wagner's card was pulled from production early in the printing process. Some say it is because he objective to his card being used to promote smoking, while others say he threatened to sue for using his likeness and not being compensated. Whatever the real reason is, very few were printed and even less have survived. This card is extremely sought after by high end collectors. An SGC 2 example sold for $7.25 million in 2022. Wagner has many other playing day card releases which can also be quite valuable. Below is a complete checklist (with images and values) of every Honus Wagner card made.
1899 M101-1 Sport News Rookie Honus Wagner
1902-11 W600 Sporting Life Cabinet Honus Wagner (2 types)
1903 E107 Breish-Williams Honus Wagner
Card Value: A BVG 2.5 sold for $62,000 in 2025
Card Value: "Street Clothes"- a PSA 3.5 sold for $192,000 in 2020. "Uniform"- an SGC 3 sold for $55,000 in 2025
Card Value: An SGC 1.5 sold for $312,000 at auction in 2024
1906 Fan Craze Honus Wagner
1907-1909 PC805 Novelty Cutlery Postcard Honus Wagner
1907-1909 PC805 Novelty Cutlery Postcard Wagner/Cobb
Card Value: An SGC 4 sold for $8,500 in 2025
Card Value: An SGC 3 sold for $11,000 at auction in 2024
Card Value: A PSA 2 sold for $19,000 at auction in 2025
1908 PC760 Rose Company Postcard Honus Wagner
1909 E102 set of 25 Batting, Throwing Honus Wagner
1909 E92 Dockman, Nadja, Croft’s Candy, Croft’s Cocoa Batting, Throwing Honus Wagner (same as E102, different back)
Card Value: An SGC 3 for $35,000 at auction in 2021
Card Value: "Throwing"- A PSA 2 sold at auction for $10,000 in 2025."Batting"- A PSA 5 sold at auction for $17,000 in 2025
Card Value: "Throwing"- A PSA 2 sold at auction for $8,500 in 2025."Batting"- An SGC 3 sold at auction for $10,000 in 2025
1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel Honus Wagner
Card Value: A PSA 2 (nice eye appeal) sold for $11,500 at auction in 2024
1909 W.W. Smith Cobb/Wagner Post Card
Card Value: A PSA 1 sold for $8,000 at auction in 2024
1909-11 E254 Colgan’s Chips Honus Wagner
Card Value: An SGC 3.5 sold for $4,000 in 2024 at auction
1909-11 E101 American Caramel set of 50 Batting and Throwing Honus Wagner
Card Value: "Throwing"- A PSA 1 sold at auction for $5,000 in 2025."Batting"- An SGC 4 sold at auction for $11,000 in 2025
1909-11 White Border T206 Honus Wagner
Card Value: An SGC 2 sold for $7.25 million in 2022
1910 E125 American Caramel Die-Cut Honus Wagner
Card Value: An SGC Authentic sold for $12,700 in 2024 at auction
1910 E91 American Caramel Honus Wagner
Card Value: An SGC 3 sold for $5,000 at auction in 2025
1910 E93 Standard Caramel Honus Wagner
Card Value: An SGC 4 sold at auction for $10,000 in 2025
1910 E90-1 American Caramel Batting & Throwing Honus Wagner
Card Value: "Throwing"- An SGC 1 sold at auction for $4,700 in 2025."Batting"- An SGC 3 sold at auction for $8,700 in 2025
1910 E98 set of 30 Honus Wagner
Card Value: A PSA 4 sold at auction for $11,000 in 2024
1910 PC796 Sepia Postcard Honus Wagner
Card Value: An SGC 1.5 sold at auction for $4,400 in 2024
1910 E103 Williams Caramels Honus Wagner
Card Value: An SGC 4.5 sold for $76,000 at auction in 2025. A PSA 1 sold for $26,000 at auction in 2025
1910 PC796 Sepia Postcard Wagner/Cobb
Card Value: An SGC 1 sold at auction for $6,000 in 2025
1910-11 M116 Sporting Life (Pastel & Blue) Honus Wagner
Card Value: "Pastel"- An SGC 5 sold for $23,000 at auction in 2025. "Blue"- A PSA 5 sold for $75,000 in 2024
1910 E90-2 American Caramel
Card Value: A PSA 4 sold for $111,000 at auction in 2025
1910 Hermes Ice Cream Honus Wagner
Card Value: A PSA 3 sold at auction for $3,900 in 2024
1910 Tip Top Bread Honus Wagner
Card Value: A PSA 4 sold at auction for $186,000 in 2024
1911 Jones, Keyser, & Arras Honus Wagner #346
Card Value: An SGC 1 sold for $21,600 at auction in 2023
1911 E94 George Close Candy Honus Wagner
Card Value: (comes with blue, green, purple, red, and yellow backgrounds) Green: An SGC 3 sold for $54,000 at auction in 2025
1911 M110 Sporting Life Cabinet Honus Wagner
Card Value: A PSA 2 sold for $26,000 at auction in 2025
1911 D304 General Baking Honus Wagner
Card Value: An SGC 1 sold for $7,500 at auction in 2025
1911-16 People’s Tobacco (Kotton Ad) Batting, Throwing
1912 E300 Plow’s Candy Honus Wagner
1913 T200 Fatima Pittsburgh Team
Card Value: "Throwing"- A PSA 1 sold at auction for $17,000 in 2025."Batting"- A PSA 1 sold for $8,400 at auction in 2025
Card Value: A PSA 7 sold for $312,000 at auction in 2022
Card Value: A PSA 1 sold for $1,100 in 2025
1913 Voskamp Coffee Honus Wagner
Card Value: A PSA 2 sold at auction for $52,000 in 2024
1914 E224 Texas Tommy Honus Wagner
Card Value: An SGC 6 sold at auction for $81,000 in 2021
1913-15 Pinkerton Postcard Honus Wagner
Card Value: An SGC 3 sold at auction for $5,600 in 2025.
1915 Cracker Jack Honus Wagner #68
Card Value: A PSA 2 sold at auction for $18,600 in 2025
1914 Cracker Jack Honus Wagner #68
Card Value: A PSA 5 sold at auction for $76,000 in 2025
1916 D381 Fleischmann Bakery Honus Wagner
Card Value: An SGC 2 sold at auction for $8,400 in 2020
1916 M101-4 Sporting News Honus Wagner #182
Card Value: A PSA 5 sold at auction for $15,800 in 2025
1917 D350-2 Standard Biscuit Honus Wagner
Card Value: A PSA 3 sold at auction for $16,500 in 2023
1940 Play Ball Honus Wagner #168
Card Value: A PSA 4 sold at auction for $400 in 2025
1948-49 Leaf Honus Wagner #70
Card Value: A PSA 5 sold at auction for $600 in 2025
1948 Topps Magic Honus Wagner #11k
Card Value: A PSA 5 sold at auction for $450 in 2024
Honus Wagner Baseball Card 1899-1948 Checklist
1899 M101-1 Sport News Rookie
1902-11 W600 Sporting Life Cabinet (Street Cloths, Uniform)
1903 E107 Breish-Williams
1906 Fan Craze
1907-1909 Novelty Cutlery Wagner
1907-1909 Novelty Cutlery Wagner/Cobb
1908 PC760 Rose Company Post Card
1909 E102 set of 25 Batting, Throwing
1909 E92 Dockman, Nadja, Croft’s Candy, Croft’s Cocoa Batting, Throwing
1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel
1909 W.W. Smith Cobb/Wagner Post Card
1909-11 E101 American Caramel set of 50 batting and throwing
1909-11 E254 Colgan’s Chips
1909-11 White Border T206
1910 E125 American Caramel Die-Cut
1910 E91 American Caramel
1910 E90-1 Throwing, Batting
1910 E90-2 American Caramel
1910 E93 Standard Caramel
1910 E98 set of 30
1910 Hermes Ice Cream
1910 Sepia Wagner
1910 Sepia Cobb/Wagner
1910 Tip Top Bread
1910 Williams Caramels
1910-11 M116 Sporting Life (Blue and Pastel)
1911 Jones, Keyser, & Arras #346
1911 E94 George Close Candy
1911 M110 Sporting Life Cabinet
1911-14 D304 General Baking
1911-16 People’s Tobacco (Kotton Ad) Batting, Throwing
1912 E300 Plow’s Candy
1913 T200 Fatima Pittsburgh Team
1913 Voskamp Coffee
1913-15 Pinkerton Post Card
1914 Cracker Jack #68
1914 E224 Texas Tommy
1915 Cracker Jack #68
1916 D381 Fleischmann Bakery
1916 M101-4 Sporting News #182
1917 D350-2 Standard Biscuit
1940 Play Ball #168
1948-49 Leaf #70
1948 Topps Magic #11k