(Forbes) Controversy has clung to Honus Wagner like the moist tobacco it was packed with almost since the day it was first issued. No one is absolutely sure why the American Tobacco Company (ATC) pulled it from production sometime from 1909 through 1911. “The most popular story to explain it is that Wagner wished to play no role in the promotion of the use of tobacco [particularly setting a bad example for children], though it has been justly stated that he was himself a user and had appeared in advertisements for many tobacco products previously,”
Heritage Auctions said in its catalog description of two Wagner cards it has sold; one in poor condition sold for $227,050, and the other simply authentic, $262,900.
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