A T-206 Wagner card graded in fair to poor condition is coming up for auction later this month. The card was once owned by Charlie Sheen. During the mid 90's Sheen lent the card to the Official All Star Cafe in NYC. While the card was on display there it was stolen by an employee of the cafe and replace with a fake Wagner card. The FBI was able to recover the card. Sheen sold the card in the early 2000's. I'm sure he regrets selling the card.
The card is part of a set that was released during the years 1909-1911. It is often referred to as the "White Border" set. It is considered the Holy Grail of baseball card sets. Tens of thousands of cards were printed for most of the players included in the set with the exception of the Wagner card. No one can say for certain how many of the Wagner cards were printed. Estimates range from 75 -275. And it is estimated that less than 75 authentic Wagner cards are known to still exist.
Fakes of both the Wagner card and Mantle card have been known to circulate in the collecting world. Fakes are generally easy to spot by a collector with a trained eye BUT some scammers go to great lengths to make a card appear to be authentic and from the time period the card was issued in.