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  • Nuns' Honus Wagner card goes to new buyer

    12/20/2010 8:10:38 PM PST · by jackspyder · 11 replies
    Associated Press/Yahoo News ^ | Dec. 20, 2010 | BEN NUCKOLS
    BALTIMORE – It's been a blessed year for the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who catapulted to prominence when they put a rare Honus Wagner baseball card up for auction to support their charitable mission. Problem was, the winning bidder never paid up. On Monday, the Baltimore-based order of Roman Catholic nuns got their $220,000 — the original bid — but have a different collector to thank. Dr. Nicholas DePace, a Philadelphia cardiologist, wired them the money and owns the card. He's been collecting sports memorabilia for 30 years, and he's a longtime client of Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. A staff...