Help with this 52 Topps Mantle

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Fuddjcal

THANKS Ted Z,

YES I love it. Thanks for the pic of the card before it was entombed, broken out and entombed again...Just stunning. Great to know the details about my favorite card!!! I have to say finding this out is what this board is supposed to be about.

I know the feeling when guys follow you around & jump your shit when you put your opinions out there and tear into you personally. There's a couple right in this thread This is about the cards and it's the reason we all keep coming back here. We all love them!

Sorry about your buddy, but know that the card will stay with me until I'm gone and I do appreciate it. Some of you might be around, others not the next time it goes for up for sale.

You know, I ran into my first thief in the Baseball Card business 46 years ago when I bought my first 52 mantle for $75.00. I was 13 and that was a lot of money in 1974. The card never came but I did receive 10 other cards and a $25.00 credit memo. Maybe that's what started my sincere distrust in the hobby? I finally was able to buy it back in 2019 for just a tad higher than $75.00

Thanks again for the info Ted

THANK YOU, Chuck, for your kind words.

The original owner of your 1952T Mantle is Ralph Triplette , who grew up near Asheville, NC. He was a Professor at Western Carolina Univ. We met in 1981, and our love and research
regarding the 1949 BOWMAN cards and 1952 TOPPS cards is what got us together back then. Ralph and I co-authored a very informative article on the 1949 BOWMAN set in the 1983
issue of Bob Lemke's Baseball Cards magazine. Here is a sample of it. So, if your also interested in BOWMAN cards, you'll find this article very interesting reading.


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Take care,


TED Z

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