Nuns sell rare Honus Wagner baseball card for $262K
http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=5767507
I was just browsing ESPN.com today and I saw the article title, “Nuns sell rare Honus Wagner baseball card for 262K.” I thought this was very interesting and humorous in a way, because you don’t really see things like this very often. The nuns decided to put it up for sale after inheriting it from the brother of a deceased nun. The baseball card was produced between 1909 and 1911 and there are only 60 known to still exist. I just thought it was interesting that this story was a headline on ESPN.com. The story is more about the value and age of the card, not necessarily sports.
I don’t think this is real news and definitely should not have earned a spot as a headline for ESPN. Things like this happen all the time and most people do not even know who Honus Wagner is. I know I don’t. Maybe if it was a Babe Ruth or Reggie Jackson card, this would be some form of news, but Honus Wagner? Who?
I will comment on this one since I’m pretty much Raider’d out.
Only 60 cards exist. He was a baseball player. It was worth millions (I’m assuming.)
This is a feature story, Jordan. It’s news value is somewhat different than sports (which is a feature of a different sort). I’d be willing to bet there are many ESPN readers who are also collectors of sports memorabilia, making this an interesting story.
fuglsang said this on November 8, 2010 at 8:30 PM