Why a Honus Wagner tobacco baseball card could be more expensive than your broken down Toyota

Yep, a small piece of cardboard could be more expensive than that broken down monstrosity you call a car.

The famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco baseball card, dubbed the ''Holy Grail of baseball cards,'' (don't ask me why...) has been sold for a whopping $2.35 million. You just know that it must've made some kind of record. Heck, we're talking about a goddamn piece of cardboard here.

The buyer has only been identified as a Southern California collector. SCP Auctions Inc., a company that holds sports memorabilia auctions, said it bought a small share of the card. This was the same card once owned by the NHL Hockey Hall of Famer, Wayne Gretzky.

Only about 60 tobacco cards exist that features the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop. Honus Wagner was one of the first five baseball players inducted in the Hall of Fame. The seller, Brian Seigel, in 2000 paid a then-record $1,265,000 for the prize card, which is in much better shape than the others.

''This particular one was preserved in spectacular condition,'' said Joe Orlando, president of Professional Sports Authenticator of Newport Beach, the company that certified the authenticity of the card.

Orlando adds, ''It's the Holy Grail of baseball cards.''

It turns out, that these 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco baseball cards are so rare that even tattered ones will still sell for a fortune.

Brian Seigel said, ''You could stick in middle of the street and let cars drive over it through the day, take it in your hand and crumple it up, and it still would be a $100,000 card.''

Oookaaay... What if I piss on it?

Brian Seigel, CEO of Emerald Capital LLC, an asset management company, lives in Las Vegas with all the other crazy folks thinking about crazy stuff to get rid of their money.

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