WTT: my 214 T206 cards for your 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle

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**This is also posted in the 1950s B/S/T thread - wasn't sure where was most appropriate. Apologies, Leon, if double posting is a problem, please delete if necessary***

Hello all, I know it's a long shot but figured if this is going to happen anywhere it would be on net54. I am looking to trade my partial set of T206 cards (breakdown below) for a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle.

I am one card away from completing the run of base and traded/update Topps sets from 1952 through 2025 - that card of course being the Mantle.

Completing the Topps run has been my primary collecting goal since I was a kid, when I saw a contest in Beckett where the grand prize was a full Topps set run. I dreamt of how amazing owning a complete run of sets would be, while understanding how impossible it seemed in the moment.

I've collected since I was an 8-year-old in 1987 until now to get to this point, but I realize the best way for me to complete this goal is to try to trade for the Mantle as I cannot afford to purchase one outright at the moment. I'm hopeful there is a dealer out there who thinks it might be easier to move a bunch of T206s than a single Mantle, or someone who wants to change the direction of their collection.

I value the T206 cards I have in the $50,000 - $55,000 range and understand that in a trade like this - many lower value cards for one mega card - I will need to overpay to make it worth the other party's while.

If I can find a PSA / SGC 1 Mantle with decent eye appeal (or ideally a 1.5) I would be happy. My only asks are no writing on the card and no major paper loss. Obviously fine with bad corners, wrinkles, and creases. I am not interested in Authentic / Altered. I don't care about 50/50 or even 60/40 centering.

Breakdown of the 214 T206 cards is below. It's important to note that most are graded / would grade in the 1-2 range, a small few maybe a 3, and two cards are altered (Red Hindu that is laminated and a Carolina Brights that is trimmed). Vast majority of the HOFers are slabbed, while all others, even the rarer backs, are in a binder (I have the flips for many of these, including all the rarer backs, that I cracked for my binder).

-48 HOFers including Cobb (Red), Young (Portrait), Johnson (Portrait), Johnson (Hands at Chest), Mathewson (Dark Cap), Mathewson (White Cap), Mathewson (Portrait), Lajoie (with bat), Speaker

-Piedmont backs: 47, including 2 Factory 42s (Donlin with bat and Elberfeld fielding)
-Sweet Cap backs: 55, including Elberfeld Washington
-Sovereign 350 (Forest) backs: 11, including Jennings Portrait
-Sovereign 350 (Apple) backs: 7, including Lajoie with bat
-Sovereign 150 backs: 9, including Flick and Clarke with bat
-Sovereign 460 backs: 6
-Polar Bear backs: 13, including McGraw glove at hip, J. Collins, Beckley
-Old Mill backs: 11, including Bender with trees
-Old Mill Southern League backs: 1
-Cycle 350 backs: 8
-Cycle 460 backs: 3
-American Beauty 350 (with frame) backs: 8
-American Beauty 350 (no frame) backs: 2
-American Beauty 460 backs: 2
-EPDG backs: 11
-Tolstoi backs: 9, including Chance Yellow
-Hindu Brown backs: 4 (White Portrait, Ganley, Liebhardt, Wiltse No Cap)
-Hindu Red backs: 1 (Ford) [laminated]
-Carolina Brights backs: 2 (Groom, Campbell - trimmed)
-Broad Leaf 350 backs: 2 (Abstein, Downy Fielding)
-Lenox Black backs: 1 (Murray Portrait)
-Uzit backs: 1 (Wiltse Pitching)

If you are interested in a more comprehensive breakdown of the cards, what specific cards are graded, or want to see pics, please send me a message. If we agree on a trade I would be willing to travel to your location to make the exchange. I've been active on Net54 since 2021 and have made dozens of deals with many prominent members here who can hopefully vouch for me if needed. Thanks for your consideration. I feel I am on the cusp of achieving a lifelong collecting goal - let me know if you want to make a deal!

Chris