Honus Wagner kept on swinging the stick ... Tobacco also was extremely valuable. In 1991, the card was purchased by hockey star Wayne Gretzky and Los Angeles Kings owner Bruce McNall for $493,000 ...

Odd News // 3 years ago Rare Honus ... 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card sold for $6.6 million, breaking the record for the most expensive sports card of all time. NHL // 3 years ago Wayne Gretzky ...

Wayne Gretzky is not only a hockey legend ... sports memorabilia — he famously purchased a T206 Honus Wagner baseball card for $451,000 and sold it for a profit later on.

Thus ended the first skirmish in the war that was the only meeting between Detroit's Ty Cobb and Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner ... the card was purchased by hockey star Wayne Gretzky and Los Angeles ...