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Rare Honus Wagner 1909 baseball card sold for record US$2.8 million 

A rare Honus Wagner baseball card has been sold for a record US$2.8 million, just over six months after it was bought for a then-record $2.35 million.

Referred to as the "Mona Lisa" of baseball cards, the almost mint-condition collectible - released in 1909 by the American Tobacco Company - was sold by Brian Seigel of Las Vegas to an unidentified Southern California collector in February. SCP Auctions was a minority owner, but David Kohler, the company's president and CEO, said that's no longer the case.

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