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Originally Posted by ls7plus
If a PSA 4 or 5 sold for that much, it means just one thing: the [transient] investor/buyers are still with us. The virtually endless stream of these cards at every major [and minor] auction makes it abundantly clear that the smart ones are not the buyers, but the sellers. Once the investor crowd heads for other pastures, values will drop to what true collectors will pay for what might, at best, charitably be termed a somewhat scarce card. Just my $2.50 worth. Truly amazing how this market for that card resembles tulip-mania!
Best of luck,
Larry
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I'm not sure about that? The 52 Mantle is an iconic card and is coveted by many/most in the collector world.
I think there will be lulls or corrections occasionally but I don't think the card will ever fall out of favor by the collector or investor.
2 recent sales, not that they necessarily reflect anything, but these cards never fail to sell no matter how many are available.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-M...vip=true&rt=nc
http://www.ebay.com/itm/351930771313...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT