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Famous Honus Wagner baseball card gets Wiz Khalifa-inspired remix from DJ Skee

Mike Palm
| Tuesday, May 11, 2021 2:52 p.m.
Courtesy of Topps
The Honus Wagner Project70 card from DJ Skee, manufactured by Topps.

The 1909 Honus Wagner T206, considered the most famous baseball card in the world, features a stoic-looking Wagner, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1900-1917.

A new remix version of the card issued by Topps offers a 21st century update, with inspiration from Pittsburgh’s own, rapper Wiz Khalifa.

As part of Topps’ Project70, artist and entrepreneur DJ Skee created a new version of the classic Wagner card. Skee changed the T206 to TGOD for Taylor Gang or Die. There’s also an orange in the corner referencing Khalifa’s song “Kush & Orange Juice.” And, of course, black and yellow colors are featured.

Topps puts the cards up for sale for only 70 hours, and the company announces the final totals for the print run after that sales period ends. Besides the standard versions, there are also chase versions which are more limited.

A card released in April featuring Pirates infielder Ke’Bryan Hayes, for example, has the fourth-highest print run with 11,237 made. The Wagner card, meanwhile, had a print run of 5,011. The card isn’t available on Topps’ site anymore, but it can be found for around $20 on secondary sites like eBay.

“Topps celebrates 70 years of baseball cards with a new program that pushes boundaries while paying homage to our heritage. Founded in 1938 as a chewing gum company, Topps released (its) first baseball card set in 1951,” the company wrote. “Now seven decades later, artists and creatives around the globe are revisiting and reimagining 70 years of iconic baseball card designs, each selecting their own MLB players and Topps designs to craft a unique story.”

Other Project70 card designers include rappers Snoop Dogg and Action Bronson, jeweler Ben Baller and model Brittney Palmer, among dozens of others.


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