Over two dozen rare 1910 E98 Set of 30 baseball cards authenticated and graded by Certified Sports Guaranty® (CSG®) recently sold at auction, with one MLB legend's card that realized tens of thousands of dollars. The group of vintage baseball cards were offered in PWCC's Weekly Sunday Auction #64 sale on April 9, 2023.
Out of 26 CSG-certified vintage cards offered, the top sale in the auction was a stunning 1910 E98 Set of 30 Ty Cobb (Red) graded CSG 9.5, which sold for $66,000. This is the second-highest price realized for any CSG-graded card offered through PWCC. Cobb played for the Detroit Tigers for more than two decades, from 1905 to 1926, as he became one of baseball's most iconic players.
Additionally, the PWCC sale included a pair of cards from another legendary Hall of Famer: Honus Wagner, who was also known as Hans. A 1910 E98 Set of 30 Hans Wagner (Red) graded CSG 8 sold for $15,600, and a 1910 E98 Set of 30 Hans Wagner (Green) graded CSG 8.5 sold for $11,400 in the auction. Wagner is known among collectors for his famous 1909-1911 T206 card, one of the most expensive cards in the hobby, with examples selling for millions of dollars.
Other 1910 E98 Set of 30 cards certified by CSG that sold in the PWCC sale are:
Johnny Evers (Red) graded CSG 8.5, which sold for $2,640
Frank Chance (Red) graded CSG 9, which sold for $1,950
Chief Bender (Red) graded CSG 9.5, which sold for $1,830
Cy Young (Red) graded CSG 6.5, which sold for $1,800
Miner Brown (Red) graded CSG 7, which sold for $1,260
Eddie Collins (Red) graded CSG 8, which sold for $1,230
Jack Coombs (Red) graded CSG 9, which sold for $1,110
Roger Bresnahan (Red) graded CSG 9, which sold for $1,020
Chief Meyers (Red) graded CSG 9.5, which sold for $990
Hal Chase (Red) graded CSG 9, which sold for $930
Fred Clarke (Red) graded CSG 9, which sold for $930
Connie Mack (Red) graded CSG 7, which sold for $930
Johnny Kling (Red) graded CSG 9, which sold for $900
Fred Tenny (Red) graded CSG 8.5, which sold for $840
Hippo Vaughn (Red) graded CSG 9, which sold for $840
John McGraw (Red) graded CSG 6.5, which sold for $690
Larry McLean (Red) graded CSG 8, which sold for $564
Red Dooin (Red) graded CSG 7.5, which sold for $444
Russ Ford (Red) graded CSG 7, which sold for $300
Al Bridwell (Red) graded CSG 4.5, which sold for $276
Bill Dahlen (Green) graded CSG 5, which sold for $276
Harry Davis (Red) graded CSG 4.5, which sold for $252
George Mullin (Red) graded CSG 7, which sold for $252
Prices realized include buyer's premium.
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