The Armored Car Arrival---and Unveiling of the PSA 10 Mantle

figured by now, PSA would've offered a free reslab into a new lighthouse label holder.

PSA may have it down to a perfect science but I would be scared to death to tamper with the holder and risk damage to the card. There is no doubt the new holders look better but at the end of the day the card inside is what matters and it is stunning.

@1970s said:
Thanks for posting the pic. Beautiful card. Would much rather have beach front property in Santa Barbara or a nice yacht instead of that, but still a beautiful card.

Who said you had to choose between the three. Why not slip Mickey in your shirt pocket, label out, walk down to your very nice yacht at the dock of your little Santa Barbara getaway, and take Mickey out for a nice cruise.

Yeah, if you own that card you already have the beach front property and the yacht.

Arthur

From the article, "Fogel has owned the Mantle card since buying it in 1996 when the going rate was $2,000-$3,000."

That's quite a substantial profit from his original investment. Probably equivalent to buying Microsoft stock in the early 80s.

"This was one of the greatest finds in hobby history," said Fogel. "I owned two [PSA MT] 9s of Mantle from that find, and I sold those to help pay for my PSA [GEM-MT] 10 Mantle."

Didn't he set the initial record for a card at something like 121k for it?

@Dpeck100 said:
https://www.psacard.com/articles/articleview/3093/1952-topps-mickey-mantle-brings-275-000

Yeah 121k

Too funny as this card is on the list
1996 SI For Kids Tiger Woods, PSA Gem Mint 10 $125,000 2001 Private sale

@Dpeck100 said:
What is that white area?

Glare from lights on ceiling