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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: JimCrandell
Thought this was deserving of its own thread as it was such a staggering amount. This was John Branca's PSA 9 1952 Topps sold in Memory Lane Auction this past week. Price includes buyers premium. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Cobby33
Some people simply have way too much money. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Sometimes I imagine how I would spend money on cards if it was no object at all. And I mean no virtually no object. I think I'd still have a hard time rationalizing spending that kind of money on a post-war card. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Al C.risafulli
I'd have a tough time spending that kind of money on ANY card. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: john/z28jd
I think that way too sometimes Jeff and i think the most id spend would be 20k on one card,but id go higher if i had to to get a K-Bats Pittsburgh team card. After that i just cant imagine spending that much on one card when you could get so many more cards for the same amount.Id rather go for quantity |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: bruce Dorskind
Mickey Mantle is an American Icon. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: JimCrandell
Good points Bruce. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: peter chao
Guys, |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Jim and Bruce: I agree this is the most sacred card of the iconic Mick, but I think that because it is such an easy card to get (albeit at a lower grade) I am surprised at its recent near-300K selling price. For example: wouldn't you rather have the Wagner that sold in the same auction at about the same price? |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: JimB
Peter, |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Bobby Binder
I know one of the owners of the Mantle PSA 10 and says he has been offered $550K and turned it down flat. So if and when it does come to auction expect it to go in the $750K range would be my guess. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Mark
A fool and his money, will soon part..... |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: greg
I'm still trying to figure out why these fetch the money they do. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Eric Brehm
I'm surprised at how much that one went for because it has a definite 'tilt' in the image that (for me at least) significantly detracts from the appeal. If I were defining card grading standards, I would not allow such a card to be called 'Mint', which according to the original (Beckett) definition, meant free of defects, or with defects so minor they don't bother you at all. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Brian
"A fool and his money, will soon part....." |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: JimCrandell
Eric, |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: barrysloate
If everyone's figures are correct, it's interesting that there have been only three 10's and six 9's graded, because the 1952 Topps case that was found in the early 1980's had something like 30-40 Mantles in it. Wouldn't you imagine all of them would be at least 9 with a smattering of 10's? They were all uncirculated. Maybe many were slightly mishandled from the time the case was discovered until the time they were graded (and I assume all are in holders by now). |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: JimCrandell
Barry, |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Jason Duncan
If I had the sources I would much rather have a centered SGC 88. That card is offcenter and tilted. I cannot believe it sold that high. I would rather have the Wagner for that kind of $$. This just goes to show that in this instance the buyer bought the PSA 9 holder and the visual appeal of the card was insignificant. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Richard Masson
And isn't the 52 Mantle a double printed high number? |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Eric Brehm
Jim, |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: joe brennan
There is a possibility the buyer may think the market will be strong and just holding it for a short while as an investment as some people hold vacation property for the same reason. I think its an awesome card and well deserved as an icon of the card hobby. The boom in the 80's was centered around the 52 set and this card. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Paul
I will never understand why someone would pay $500K to $1M for a PSA 10 and "only" $280K for a PSA9 when the only difference between the two is the mood of the graders who reviewed the card, or the identities of the people who submitted them. You have to have an astonishing faith in the skills of the graders to believe that each PSA 10 is actually in better condition than each PSA 9. And that faith has to be almost religious in nature when you realize that you can't even verify for yourself that the 10 is actually in better shape than the 9 because both are encased in plastic, concealing subtle flaws. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: barrysloate
For those who don't remember, when Mr. whatever-his-name-is first offered the cards from the case for sale, the Mantles were priced at $2500 and $3500 each, I guess depending on the centering. He also offered complete runs of high numbers and semi-high numbers. I don't remember the exact price of those, but a complete high number run may have been around $8000. Since #311-313 are double-printed, there were of course some extra Mantles to be had. They sold briskly at those prices- they were high at the time but not totally extravagant. I guess we all should have bought a couple and somehow held onto them for twenty years. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: JimCrandell
Paul, |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: barrysloate
There was a smaller find of low number packs a few years ago, so I guess that is where those originate. After the high number find, the low numbers were in a sense even more valuable in high grade because you just couldn't find them. It was tough to locate even an EX-MT Runnells in the days when EX-MT meant something. After the low number packs hit the market, the pop's changed. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: E, Daniel
I've actually always thought that differences between a PSA8 and PSA9 were less significant than a 9 & 10......10's have always looked pretty clean to me and rarely stood out with a flaw I would have thought should hold it back to a 9, save perhaps centering. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: JimCrandell
daniel, |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Wesley
If a 1976 Gretzky card or a 1957 Koufax card can sell for $80,000 each, I guess $282K for a 1952 Mantle is not as crazy as it initially sounds. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: E, Daniel
True Jim, but that SGC96 has a pretty decent chance at a PSA10 |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Wesley
In looking at the PSA Population Report, it is interesting to see that PSA has graded a total of 766 1952 Topps Mantle cards. No one would consider this rare or scarce. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Paul
Wesley, I agree. And I believe there is solid evidence that the card is actually a triple print, not a double print. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: bruce Dorskind
It is most interesting to compare the auction prices realized for |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: JimCrandell
I think the DiMag and the Ruth's are a tremendous buy at these prices. remarkable. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Peter_Spaeth
Can anyone explain 4K for a PSA 8 59 Koufax, a $500-600 card? |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Mark
"If someone has worked hard enough to have this kind of coin to spend on a card, I am sure they know how to handle a dollar." |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: warshawlaw
at a fraction of the price, too. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: DMcD
Per Kevin Bacon in Diner : "Do you ever get the feeling that there's something going on that we don't know about?" |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Bottom of the Ninth
I do not know pricing on much of the post war issues but the following are cards that are routinely available on ebay every month yet the prices sold significantly over SMR in this same auction. I had sent an email to a new member of the board who knows pricing on this material for his comment but he is not returning my email. Maybe this is the place to go to sell your post war cards... |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Wesley
$1,579.20 is an amazing price to pay for a PSA 8 1959 Topps Aaron card. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Joe Tocco
I think if you busted a 1982 wax case and got 30-40 Ripkens, you'd be very very lucky to get six 9's and 3 10's. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Peter_Spaeth
I can understand someone paying twice the going rate, maybe. But it makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE that TWO SOMEONES would bid against each other with both willing to pay many many multiples for cards that, as has been said, are available on an almost continuous basis on ebay and elsewhere. Something doth not look right to the naked eye. EDITED TO CORRECT TYPO ONLY |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Bottom of the Ninth
Should I buy this one and consign it? I am sure the under bidder still needs an 8 despite the fact that s week ago an 8 on ebay did not open for $170. Guess they missed that one. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Peter_Spaeth
The one in Memory Lane only had white showing at 2 corners, surely that is worth a serious premium, no? |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: JimCrandell,
Greg, |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Frank Evanov
Even though they are plentiful, 1952 Topps Mantle prices remain strong due to the high demand. It's the card everyone wants. I don't see the prices coming down anytime soon. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Dylan
Bottom line, this is an iconic card. Infact I think you can only make a case for the T206 Wagner being more iconic then the 52 Mantle. These two cards are recognized by collector and non-collector alike. Yes prices continue to soar, but I havent heard of anyone losing their money buying Mantles and Wagners. These cards will always have a market, safe bet in my book. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: fkw
Not a bad price for a player who averaged .298, 29 HRs and 83 RBI's a year. |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Ricky Y
I think you throw any logic out the window when it comes to the 52 Mantle. It's a card even the causal collector knows about. Despite it being plentiful, a graded example has no trouble selling. I picked up a fair condition one some years ago that I thought I probably over paid for at the time....even though it was within my spending budget ...but I really wanted one. It's now housed in a PSA 1 holder..its creased with rounded corners but its centered 55/45 with no markings or other damage. I can probably triple the return of the original price if I sold it now... |
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OT-$282,587 for a Mantle PSA 9
Posted By: Bob
I know it's blasphemy but I would rather have a PSA 6 52 Mantle and $225,000 to spend on pre-war SGC 50 and 60 caramel cards. |
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