Pin Holes. Be aware that this card can either have a Sporting News back or a blank back. 1909 T206 Sweet Caporal 350 Ty Cobb Red Portrait PSA 4 VG-EX Good Centering. Set Name Card Nbr Card Description Total Qty Low Price; 1911 Mecca Double Folders T201 Dover Reprint: 22: Gabby Street|Walter Johnson 1: $3.02: Add to Cart Details Cond Price Qty Dealer info; NM: $3.02: 1: jwesport 1911 T205 Gold Border Reprint: NNO: Walter Johnson 2: $2.02: Add to Cart Details Cond The intricate border of 1922 E120 American Caramel has made it a very popular set for collectors. To date, Walter Johnson has never had a uniform-based relic or memorabilia card included in a set. It is unknown how many cards can be found with these variations, but they are quite rare. Johnson's card is only topped by Ty Cobbfor the set's most valuable card. Walter Johnson prices (Baseball Cards 2001 Upper Deck Hall of Famers) are updated daily for each source listed above. ERA: 2.17 A circa 1940 one-page letter handwritten and signed by Walter Johnson on Dr. Pepper Bottling Company stationery brought $1,624 at auction. He manages a pre-war sports card blog and database at www.prewarcards.com . When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Historic sales data are completed sales with a buyer and a seller agreeing on a price. When you click on links to merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. He led the league in strikeouts 12 times, shutouts 7 times, wins 6 times, ERA 5 times, and the list goes on and on. Walter Johnson, nicknamed "The Big Train," was as dominant a pitcher as the game has ever seen. I would love to know which one does. View cart for details. Copyright 2022 - All Vintage Cards - All Rights Reserved. Old Cardboard: Vintage Baseball Cards Johnson posted a 1.88 ERA in his career. The only example known to exist, this graded card without bottom tab in SGC30 good 2 condition sold at auction for $8,962.50. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Im curious that the article says despite the obvious flaws, these cards offer baseball card collectors a more reasonable way to collect some of the biggest names from yesteryear, including Babe Ruth, Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and more. Maybe its sitting right in front of me and Im just not seeing it, but I cannot find any strip set that includes Honus Wagner. There are two different subsets (W515-1 and W515-2) each with 60 cards, yet with one variation. Walter Johnson Inducted 1970 Walter's big break was when he moved to Idaho, where he doubled as a telephone company employee and a pitcher for a team in Weiser, Idaho of the Idaho State League. The Baseball Hall of Fame issued a set from 1950 to 1956 that featured the early members to the Hall and Johnson's card has a nice ink drawing of him. Although Johnson lost two games in the series, he operatedout of the bullpen as an extra-innings reliever in Game 7, helpinghis team close out the win. His strikeout record of 3,508 set the markfor 56 years until it was broken by Nolan Ryan in 1983. *, T206 Sweet Caporal 460 25: CHRISTY MATHEWSON Dark Cap, New York Giants ~ SGC 1.5, 1909-1911 T206 Piedmont 150 TY COBB Green Portrait PSA 1 POOR HOF Detroit Tigers, 1909 T206 Ty Cobb Green Portrait - PSA 2 (Sweet Caporal), 1909-11 T206 Frank Chance Yellow Portrait Polar Bear back SGC 50 VG/EX 4, 1909-11 T206 Napoleon LaJoie with Bat PSA 4 VG-EX. They have an elegant look and are extremely hard for scammer to replicate. Refresh your browser window to try again. Johnsons W551 strip card isnt the prettiest one out there, but weve seen worse farworse. The T206 portrait card of Walter Johnson is his most valuable T206 card.