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Rare Honus Wagner baseball card sells for $1.32 million

A rare Honus Wagner T206 baseball card, one of the most sought-after baseball cards in history, was auctioned off this week for $1.32 million in online bidding.

The card was rated as a three condition on a scale from one to 10, with 10 the best.

Considered the 'Mona Lisa' of baseball cards, it features a youthful Wagner in his Pittsburgh Pirates uniform, his hair parted down the middle. The card is so valuable because there are only 50 to 60 of them believed to exist and and less than ten are in excellent condition.

Wagner's was among the first of hundreds of cards of major league players produced by the American Tobacco Co.