The Wagner can fetch anywhere from a couple hundred thousand dollars to a record breaking $2.1 million in April of 2013 depending on grade and condition. Less than 60 legitimate Wagner’s are known to exist today, at least three of which are stored in museums or libraries. Often considered the most desirable and valuable baseball card in the world is the 1909-1911 T206 of Honus Wagner. While a 1/1 is probably one of the highlights of most card collections, they are not the most valuable cards in the world. I personally, have two different 1/1s in my collection, one of Mike Mussina and the other of Clay Buchholz (jersey card too) and a 1/1 printing plate the of Edmonton Oilers star Jordan Eberle.
It is supposed to be the rarest card in the set and one of the nicest pulls you could have. In the world of sports cards, cards get numbered 1/1 or some higher end sets will write out “one of one”, meaning they are only one printed that look exactly like this. Like everything else in the world, the rarest thing you could possibly have is a one of a kind item, meaning it is the only one in the world and none others like it exist, in theory anyways. It’s the same concept when it comes to overprinting money, that it loses value the more of it that is printed.ĬHECK OUT OUR ARTICLE ON: THE ETHICS OF SPORTS CARD COLLECTIVE (3-Part Series) 1/1 Sports Cards: Holy Grails or Traps? The card companies almost bankrupt the industry in the late 80s and early 90s because they over produced cards which caused them to decrease in value. Another thing short printing and numbering does, is it helps control the supply of cards and limits the market to prevent it from becoming flooded. Card companies often number or short print their cards to motivate collectors to buy more products and hunt for those super rare cards to add to their collection. So technologically-enhanced D-colour imperfect diamonds can appear flawless to the naked eye, but they still will be priced lower than naturally occurring flawless stones.Part of the fun of collecting sports cards is finding truly rare and unique cards. Today, rough diamonds undergo highly advanced cutting procedures, that allow the cutter to take a D-colour diamond and masterly hide all the imperfections of the stone. Attainable?Įven though flawless diamonds are pretty rare, it doesn't mean you cannot acquire a diamond that would look flawless to the naked eye. It goes without saying that flawless diamonds always fetch a higher price. These are graded with a D in colour, denoting the purest white colour available in diamonds, as well as with an IF (internally flawless), meaning that the stones are completely clear of any blemishes or inclusions.
In other words, flawless diamonds are the whitest and clearest stones possible. So it is only when a diamond can boast an extremely rare combination of the perfect colour as well as the perfect clarity that it is considered flawless. Flawless?īasically, flawless diamonds are stones at the highest end of the scale in terms of colour and clarity. One can only imagine the stir among the industry professionals caused by the Millennium Star, a 273.15 carat world's second largest flawless diamond when it first went on display for general public back in 1999. But to discover a diamond with an ideal colour and no imperfections whatsoever is an opportunity that comes but almost once in a lifetime. It's not an uncommon occurrence to find a perfectly white diamond, which has a few imperfections. The following is to give you an idea of how precious flawless diamonds are. They are very rare and mesmerisingly beautiful. In the Four Cs section we've already touched upon the notion of “flawless diamonds”, but it feels that it wasn't stressed enough for you.įlawless diamonds are indeed a true miracle of nature.
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