1952 Topps Mantle; Worth It In Any Condition?

[Beatles Guy]

I think baby boomers drive the market on this card. Once that generation starts to pass away, you will not have anyone who actually collected in that era or watched Mantle play. Therefore I think the demand will slow.

As a Gen-Xer, I love the card, it's been iconic since I started collecting in the 70's. However, if I had the disposable income to purchase one, I think I'd pass unless the deal was so good that I could flip it for a decent profit.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by Beatles Guy

I think baby boomers drive the market on this card. Once that generation starts to pass away, you will not have anyone who actually collected in that era or watched Mantle play. Therefore I think the demand will slow.

As a Gen-Xer, I love the card, it's been iconic since I started collecting in the 70's. However, if I had the disposable income to purchase one, I think I'd pass unless the deal was so good that I could flip it for a decent profit.

Nobody alive has seen Ty Cobb play or Wagner or ...well you get the idea. Their prices are holding up just fine...........

[Beatles Guy]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

Nobody alive has seen Ty Cobb play or Wagner or ...well you get the idea. Their prices are holding up just fine...........

I see your point. I would venture to say that there are a lot more '52 Mantle's out there than Cobb and Wagner.

[HappyJack41]

I'll just say this, I can think of A LOT better items to spend nearly $4,000 on than that faded piece of worn out, destroyed, scrap garbage

To answer your question, I don't see how the trend CAN'T continue......there's obviously no shortage of really, really "intelligent" people out there with too much money in their hands that are willing to pay $4,000 for scrap examples such as this when the card is actually so common and plentiful. Well over 2,000 examples......and that's just the graded ones! Haha. Doesn't even include all the raw specimens out there (probably actually closer to 3,000). It would be like the Griffey Jr. UD rookie fetching $100,000 20 years from now. I know seems so silly.....that's what everybody first thought in the early to mid 80's when the Mantle prices first started getting stupid.

[Exhibitman]

That's exactly my point, Roy. With thousands of these cards out there, no issue of scarcity exists, just demand.

[pawpawdiv9]

I had actually placed a early bid, and sat and watched it climb. I talked it over with another board guy (Bestdj777) who shared interest in almost anything Mantle. We thought near 2500 max, maybe near 3k tops would win this one. The image is still there and centered was a plus. Like i mentioned somewhere, it must been a few guys on a registry that needed one. Its the 'white whale' guys, i remember when i snagged mine, and how joyous i was when i got it. Some guys do it for the money, some do it for love of cardboard,

[HRBAKER]

I get the allure of the card but not that one.
I wouldn't be interested @ 10% of what it brought xc for the opportunity to sell it at a profit perhaps. That's hideous but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Bestdj777]

1952 Topps Mantles, in lower grade, have been going very strong over the last couple of years. I bought my first one roughly five years ago and paid a little less than this one. It was damaged, but I love it. When I went for my second, the price for anything somewhat presentable jumped by $500 or so dollars. I did not think that this would bring what it did. As I told Chris, I thought it was a $2,800 card and would have easily laid out the $2,000 on it myself it I thought I had a shot of winning it.

At the end of the day, some people like well loved Mantle cards. I happen to be one of them. And, you can apparently not get an authentic 52 Topps Mantle for less than $3,000 anymore.

Congrats to the buyer and the seller!

[kamikidEFFL]

Hey to say u own a 52 mantle even in the shape this one is in is still pretty cool. I don't know if I could of went this high but sometimes when bidding you can get lost in just saying you need to own it no matter what. Hey congrats to the guy who owns it now and hey maybe a heirloom for his kid

[pawpawdiv9]

Not to be hypocriticial, but i was just thinking>
The Sterling auction ended? Feb 5th right? (correct me if wrong)
and the person already has it in hand? or they are expecting to have it, when this auction ends on the 17th?

[mrmantlecollector]

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