Here is a picture of Honus Wagner, as seen on his 1909 T206 baseball card. In addition to being arguably the best Pittsburgh Pirate ever, Wagner is also famous for this card— he didn’t want kids to buy cigarettes to buy his card ((the only way to do so back in the day), so he demanded that the producer (American Tobacco Company) stop production. As any economist will tell you, shortened supply drives up demand which, combined with the fact that he was also the best Pirate to-date, made this card very rare and very valuable. One particular copy (which was once owned by Wayne Gretzky) sold for over $3 million.
