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Mickey Mantle card crushes record after selling for $5.2 million
NY Post ^ | 14 January 2021 | Dan Martin

Posted on 01/14/2021 8:56:55 AM PST by oh8eleven

A 1952 Mantle baseball card became the highest-priced sports card ever, selling for $5.2 million, PWCC Marketplace announced Thursday.

The Topps card, rated PSA 9 based on the grading system for cards, blew by the previous record of $3.94 million, set in August for a signed Mike Trout 2009 rookie card – of which just one was created.

As for the Mantle card, there may be as few as three left in good condition.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: mickeymantle; yankees
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And millions of baby-boomers are hearing baseball cards in their bicycle spokes thinking - oh crap.
1 posted on 01/14/2021 8:56:55 AM PST by oh8eleven
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To: oh8eleven

And don’t forget parents who threw away their baseball card collections.


2 posted on 01/14/2021 8:58:53 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (We must FIGHT, I repeat it sir, we must FIGHT! -Patrick Henry)
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To: oh8eleven

Mantle sure makes more sense than Mike Trout.


3 posted on 01/14/2021 9:00:26 AM PST by fhayek
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To: oh8eleven

Yup and this too,
My bro had one or more of these and no telling what others? After we all went in the Mil (late 60’s) and the folks sold the old homestead(we were all service dear ole maw cleaned out the cellar and tossed all the BB cards in the trash.


4 posted on 01/14/2021 9:03:38 AM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: oh8eleven

Mick said he threw away two boxes, about 400 one day.


5 posted on 01/14/2021 9:03:46 AM PST by Jolla
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What’s the appeal of an old baseball card other than selling it to the next guy?


6 posted on 01/14/2021 9:03:49 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Socialism requires slavery.)
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To: oh8eleven

This is the exception. For the most part the sports memorabilia market crashed around 2008 with the beginning of the Obama depression.


7 posted on 01/14/2021 9:04:54 AM PST by circlecity
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To: ArcadeQuarters

or comic books and antiques and much more, you need xtra folding cash to participate and most cant


8 posted on 01/14/2021 9:05:22 AM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: fhayek

Amen!


9 posted on 01/14/2021 9:05:51 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: fhayek

If only one card was created it makes great sense.


10 posted on 01/14/2021 9:06:49 AM PST by pas
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To: ArcadeQuarters

In a sense, it is a form of money, something like bitcoin, I guess. You buy it, partly because you want it, but at these prices, you are, “speculating”, that it will hold its value better than money or other assets over time.


11 posted on 01/14/2021 9:07:47 AM PST by fhayek
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To: oh8eleven

I used to shove the stupid rookie cards in my spokes, like Nolan Ryan, Pete Rose...stupid Rookie cards...


12 posted on 01/14/2021 9:09:52 AM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: oh8eleven

What a waste of money. But then, it’s their money.


13 posted on 01/14/2021 9:11:40 AM PST by lee martell ( )
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To: oh8eleven
I grew up in a small town in northern Michigan back in the 50's and 60's. There was a relative who owned a newspaper and magazine store where I always purchased my 10 cent comics. Every new super hero comic that came out in those days, I bought them and saved them until I lost interest in comics in the mid 60's then finally threw them away......The same with baseball cards.

If I only knew then.....

14 posted on 01/14/2021 9:12:22 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: oh8eleven

“And millions of baby-boomers are hearing baseball cards in their bicycle spokes thinking - oh crap.”

Same thing crossed my mind. Back in the 50’s in NYC and in my pre-teens, we used to ‘Flip’ or ‘Scale’ cards against a wall. Those of you from the Bronx probably know what I mean. I had literally thousands of cards I won. Mom gave them away when I got married.


15 posted on 01/14/2021 9:12:23 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: circlecity

Sites like eBay taking off didn’t help any either......particularly as people realized “rare” cards weren’t all that “rare” when so many people were selling them.


16 posted on 01/14/2021 9:12:55 AM PST by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: ArcadeQuarters

Answer: People who have money to waste love to brag by wasting it where others can see. It’s an ego-centric thing......kinda like framing every certificate or award or photo-op you ever got and filling your home walls with them for everyone to see how great you are.


17 posted on 01/14/2021 9:16:01 AM PST by CAGOPgramma (🙏‼️Truth matters!! Trust God!! Pray for our country!!)
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To: fhayek

We would play games of chance like topsies. You and one or more others flig cards against a wall. As soon as one card landed on top of another, that thrower won the pot.


18 posted on 01/14/2021 9:18:02 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: Karliner
stupid Rookie cards

LOL ...
19 posted on 01/14/2021 9:18:47 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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The card will be worth half that in a year.


20 posted on 01/14/2021 9:19:17 AM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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