OT: Who Determined That Mantle's Rookie Card was the 52 Topps

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OT: Who Determined That Mantle's Rookie Card was the 52 Topps

View Poll Results: Which card do you believe is the Mantle Rookie card?
1951 Bowman	215	89.58%
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11-05-2017, 10:06 AM

samosa4u

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I remember I was talking to a collector many years ago and he was telling me the difference between American and Canadian collectors. He stated that Canadian collectors go after rookie cards - any player's first appearance on cardboard - and Americans don't really give a sh*t and will just go after the cards that they like. The 52' Topps Mantle is obviously the biggest example of this, but there are plenty of others to prove his point: the Joe DiMaggio Play Ball cards are extremely sought-after, but his rookie came out in the late 1930s. A lot of American hockey collectors I've met just love Gordie Howe's 1954 Topps card, but his rookie came out in 1951.

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