Rosen 1952 Topps Find

[GasHouseGang]

Thanks for looking Steve. I thought for sure some hoarder...er...I mean "Collector" would have a copy of SCD with the ad for the 1952 Topps find.

[jchcollins]

Agree this would be cool to see if he had pictures of the individual Mantles in SCD at some point. One of those wound up as the PSA 10 Marshall Fogel Mantle, which was brought out of it's safety deposit box and displayed for the first time in decades last year in Arizona, if I'm right. I'm not sure if the Ken Kendrick "Diamondbacks Collection" PSA 10 Mantle was from the Rosen find or not, but it's generally conceded that Fogel's is the better of the two.

Man, $2K? I was 9 years old in 1986 and in the middle of the transition from collecting Garbage Pail Kids to baseball cards. It's a moot point; my parents wouldn't have spent $200 on that card let alone two thousand, but...hindsight is a MF sometimes isn't it?

[jchcollins]

The Fogel Mantle, which was one of the Rosen Find cards.

I think it goes without saying that we all like vintage cards in nice condition, but this has to be the most ridiculously well-preserved baseball card I've ever seen...

[GasHouseGang]

You're right, that is an amazing card John. But why would they be wearing those kind of gloves to handle it when it's already in a slab? That's silly. Unless they're trying to imply the card surgeons got to it.

[irv]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

You're right, that is an amazing card John. But why would they be wearing those kind of gloves to handle it when it's already in a slab? That's silly. Unless they're trying to imply the card surgeons got to it.

That's a card you wouldn't want to reholder for fear of damaging the card so I assume they are trying to preserve the slab the best they can?

[Volod]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

You're right, that is an amazing card John. But why would they be wearing those kind of gloves to handle it when it's already in a slab? That's silly. Unless they're trying to imply the card surgeons got to it.

Maybe they suspected it came from outer space, since it's way too nice for us earthlings.

[jchcollins]

Yeah, the gloves are silly. I pointed that out as well when I first saw that picture on another thread. I think they were "unveiling" it wherever it was being displayed, and they did that for ooh's and aah's from the audience that was assembled. I think of more importance than using gloves, would be to get that slab into some kind of UV protected shell or something. Maybe they cared for that in the glass they put it behind.

[samosa4u]

I have mixed feelings over this 1952 Topps Find.

I understand that they weren't insanely popular when he bought them, after all, he couldn't get the money he wanted for the Mantles and sold ten OC examples for only $10,000 USD. I also understand that he paid $125,000 USD for the whole thing and I'm not sure how many dealers were willing to do that back then. However, in the end he grossed about half a million dollars. Is this the biggest robbery that ever took place in the hobby? What are your thoughts?