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1952 Topps Mantle PSA 9 Heritage Auctions
Tomi
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Just got a flyer today from Heritage. There's going to be a 1952 Topps Mantle PSA 9 coming up in April. I don't see the card on their site but it looks incredible on the flyer. Anyone want to guess what the final price will be. An off center PSA 8.5 just sold for $1.1 million and this one is perfectly centered.
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This card belongs to Evan Mathis. It is said to be the nicest PSA 9 of the 6, I think, that exist. I think there is a good change that it will sell for more than the $4M estimate.
James
He had this card on display at The National. It is every bit a PSA 9 and then some. Hard to believe that there is a better looking 1952 Topps Mantle out there.
Get your popcorn ready.... WOW
I’m guessing $4,250,077
Will be fun to watch!! $4,888,888.88
holy smokes, good luck, Evan!
Saw that card at the National. Amazing card. $ 3,777,777.
Magnificent card!
This will be more lucrative than a new contract extension signing bonus!
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$7,777,77.77
Only for The Mick...7s are wild!
Is there currently a graded card that would possibly sell for more than this PSA 9 other than his 52 PSA 10 and the T206 Wagner PSA 8?
From the mailer:
I already sent my wife a photo from the flyer and told her I have been good this year and would be a great present for my big 5-0 this summer
I don't even dream that good.
If he were alive, I'd buy it, I'd crack it and get it signed
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When this sale is over and if the price paid hovers in the $4 million range, wonder if the main stream media will pick up on the story. May give a boost to the overall market in cards.
I would think the lone PSA 10 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle would have a pretty good chance.
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A Mantle 2.5 just went for $43k in Heritage yesterday
The last one sold for $12K a little over a month, so that is a...wow. And it's Heritage, located in Texas, and we all know what's legal there. However, that card is an incredible 2.5. It looks better than most of the 7's. Unless I'm missing some paper-loss, it's a great crack candidate and may end up being a wise purchase.
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WOW. Can you post a link to it or a picture please?
It may have a decent chance of getting written up in Forbes.
Here you go. Between this one selling for $43k and the PSA 9 coming up for sale I might be visiting my safe deposit box soon and getting my PSA 3 out
KC!
Look at the PSA 5 from the PWCC auction right now. Can only imagine what that will bring right now with centering like that compared to the PSA 2.5 that just sold for $43K.
I am normally all about the 52T Mick having great centering and zero tilt, yet that Heritage 2.5 is a really, really strong card for the grade. It certainly hits the eye more like a 6-ish card, if it was raw and you had to stare at it for a few seconds and then guess a grade. Wonder what the technical flaw was. Anyways really nice card.
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Probably some minor paper loss on the card, or a crease that doesn't affect the appearance?
Wow, a "roller press mark," per the auction description. There's a very happy buyer out there whose eyes are feasting on 60k-ish eye appeal that cost 43k. Sweet piece.
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No creases, scuffing, or paper loss that I can see from the pics. Perhaps a bit of water damage, causing a bit of rippling on the edge of the card, from being stored in a moist basement or whatever?
Gotta be some reason that beautiful card is in a 2.5 holder.
Upper right corner in the back scan looks like it might possibly be missing some paper?
On the other hand, Evan's PSA 9 looks like a 10 to me.
Just saw a Forbes story posted online about this card. I think it's great press for the hobby, good luck Evan!
Would take some mighty big stones to crack that 9 and send it in hoping for a 10.
Not that there's any chance for an 8, I'd just be afraid of the card getting lost or something.
Why is Evan selling? Did he have his sites set on a 10 I wonder? He claimed to not be in the selling market unless he had a 1up to the card in question, especially being a staple in the hobby of which he wants the very best of the best....so I am curious, what card he trumped it with?
Maybe he talked Kendrick out of his Wagner.
The "roller mark" on the 2.5 is on the front in the left side blue area running vertically. If you look at the high resolution picture on the Heritage site you can see several white spots running vertically in that area where it has affected the surface of the card.
...great article in Forbes on this very card...CPAMike will be happy to chime in on the convo I am sure
super pic Mike!!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidseideman/2018/03/06/the-mystery-mickey-mantle-card-owner-is-a-popular-super-bowl-champion/#73a42dd96662
Thank you KC
Hi again everyone.
I am looking forward to seeing what this Mickey Mantle sells for as I have 2 of the 6 PSA 9s that exist. They are part of my late husband’s collection.
I did not realize they were potentially so valuable so I have now taken the proper measures to protect them prior to sale.
Best of luck to Mr. Mathis, I am sure it will legitimately sell for an amazing amount.
God bless,
Jenny
Roshambo! Could this be a clue?
And the bidding begins. Just under $2,000,000. This will be fun.
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-cards/singles-1950-1959-/1952-topps-mickey-mantle-311-psa-mint-9/a/50003-80477.s?ic=hero-Micky-Mantle--viewLot-auction50003-032318
Anybody got a few million they can lend me? I can put up my house, my car, and my kidneys for collateral.
Not counting this card, what is the record price for a baseball card? Didn't the PSA 8 Wagner sell for $2 million? If so, doesn't this set a record? Also, aren't there 3 PSA 10 Mantles out there somewhere?
Shane
Goldin sold a PSA 5MC Wagner for 3.12m which is the current record.
USA Today Article on the sale:
https://usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2018/03/24/ex-nfl-lineman-evan-mathis-selling-prized-mickey-mantle-card/33238039/
I may put in a snipe for 4 million, and if i win the bid, I plan on immediately starting a GoFundMe page asking the generous, kind, warm & wonderful baseball card loving American public to please help me pay for this card.
Here is a wild idea, what if there was a "set break" for a chance to win the card. Slots coule be sold at $1000 a piece and cap the number at 4,000 sold. If you don't win the Mantle you would receive something else of minimal value. I know I would buy that lottery ticket!
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I was just thinking.
Topps and others have no compunction about taking a Ty Cobb jersey and chopping it into little pieces?
They might want to consider taking a 52T card...
and embed them into a 1952 Mantle Tribute Card - for those who can't afford? A chance to own a "little piece" of the iconic Mick 52 card.
They'll be numbered 1/30, 2/30, 3/30.....30/30. Of course the 7/30 will command a little premium?
The only problem is with my luck, the chances of finding one in a $19.99 Topps blaster is virtually zero. So if the card sold for 4 million, a 1/30 "1952 Mantle Tribute Card" would be worth over 133k and that 7/30 might sell for over 500k. Not possible for me to afford that. Now maybe if they took one of the 1/30, and cut that up into 1,000 pieces and perhaps named it the "1952 Mantle Tribute Micro-Card", that I could possibly afford, and would cherish it with all my heart.
It's been sitting there at $1,900,000 for a while now...with 5 days left to go.
The final hour of this should be most interesting.
Nice to see it finally break the 2 million dollar mark (without buyer's premium)
3 days to go.
I wonder how many people will be following the last hour of the auction... I for one will be trying to!
I think the easier question may be who isn't going to be following it?
How can ya beat this for theater and entertainment for those such as me who can't even afford to buy a 1952 Mantle reprint.