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Opinions on the Mantle NOT rookie card :)please

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  • BobbyVCPBobbyVCP Posts: 755 ✭
    Looks fine to me..
  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭
    Where's the rookie? I only see a 2nd year card...image

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  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    Looks like it is a PSA 2 to me or is this a trick question?
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    Depends on the price.


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  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    Terrible card....you should buy it and send it to me so I can remove it from the market.
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  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    i like it, depends on what you had to pay, psa 1's cost a wad now on ebay
  • akuracy503akuracy503 Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭
    Rookie my ass...nice card though.

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  • 70chip70chip Posts: 797
    Looks like it will grade out to about a 2 - but I am not an expert, I just play one on TV.
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  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Didn't buy it, just curious what you folks thought of the card. I think it looks good for the grade. BTW, I know I know it's not his "true" rookie card.image
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  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    its his rookie on toppsimage
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Saying the 1952 Topps Mantle is his rookie card, is like saying the 1989 Upper Deck Nolan Ryan is his rookie card.

    The 1952 Topps Mantle is his first Topps card, and the 1989 Upper Deck Nolan Ryan is his first Upper Deck card, but neither one is a rookie cardimage


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  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tough crowd.
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  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,176 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Tough crowd. >>





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  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭


    << <i>Saying the 1952 Topps Mantle is his rookie card, is like saying the 1989 Upper Deck Nolan Ryan is his rookie card. >>



    Ryan's rookie card was in 1989? I thought his Upper Deck rookie was in 1972? image
  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Title edited, and you folks knew what I meant anyways. Hahaha
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  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OK, now that all that's over with.......image

    It looks like probably a low-end 2. Personally, I'd prefer one with better centering and without all the surface scuffing. I also don't really care for all the dirt and chipping on the right edge.

    All that being said however, it's hard to go wrong with a '52 Topps Mantle, as long as you get it at the right price.



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  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OK, so what's it worth for this non rookie card? image
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  • 1989FleerBillRipkencollector1989FleerBillRipkencollector Posts: 4,590
    I'd say GOOD, but grades are overrated so....

    I'm unsure on the price. Just bumping my post count.
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  • mickeymantle24mickeymantle24 Posts: 2,768 ✭✭✭
    Nice Card, Did you get it from 707?
  • SSSS Posts: 397
    Rookie or not, I would be proud to own it.
  • akuracy503akuracy503 Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭
    Can you edit the thread title to "1952 Topps Mantle" the "rookie" is really bothering me.
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  • metalmikemetalmike Posts: 2,152 ✭✭


    << <i>OK, now that all that's over with.......image

    It looks like probably a low-end 2. Personally, I'd prefer one with better centering and without all the surface scuffing. I also don't really care for all the dirt and chipping on the right edge.

    All that being said however, it's hard to go wrong with a '52 Topps Mantle, as long as you get it at the right price.



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  • BlackborderBlackborder Posts: 2,797 ✭
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  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭
    Price is all-important, but I like that card a lot, much better than many goods, with severe creasing across the face, etc. The color wear is a slight distraction but hardly as bad to my eye as color-breaking creases. Get it for a fair "good" price (whatever that is) and I think it's a winner.
  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Price is all-important, but I like that card a lot, much better than many goods, with severe creasing across the face, etc. The color wear is a slight distraction but hardly as bad to my eye as color-breaking creases. Get it for a fair "good" price (whatever that is) and I think it's a winner. >>



    I agreeimage Just like low grade coins it's always going to be something. I do like the fact it doesn't appear to have severe creases across the face.
    Now, if I could find out what a ballpark price is that would help.
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  • GonblottGonblott Posts: 1,951 ✭✭
    I say around $6,000 for that Mantle. =)
  • cohocorpcohocorp Posts: 1,371 ✭✭
    why is it that each and every time that somebody mentions a 1952 topps mantle as his rookie card that someone else has the incredible urge to correct him. i dont think there is anyone here who collects vintage bb cards who is not aware that 1951 bowman was the first mantle card produced. that isnt news. so whoever feels that incredible urge to correct the op, you are simply making yourself look bad. the 1952 topps mantle card holds such significance that many people consider it his rookie along with the 1951 bowman. personally, i own both the topps and bowman and i can tell you that the topps has much more impact. this can be seen in the price difference between the two issues.

    to address the orignal op request for opinions on this specific psa 2 mantle, it is graded right where it should be. nice card.
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