1956 Mantle SGC 96 MINT - Fair Price
 

I need help/expertise.

I have a collector friend who has hit a rough patch. He has a 56 Mantle SGC 96 MINT card that I love and he knows I want it. I just want to offer a fair price (win-win situation) for the card to help him out (and me). HELP !! Based on my knowledge, I am guessing somewhere between 4500 - 6000. HELP

I'd call it your run of the mill 9 (LOL), not a blazer 9

Can anyone help ?
 

Please, any insight would be helpful. I do not want to take advantage of my friend in need. I've been able to research past PSA 9 auctions, but not SGC MINT auctions. What should I offer for a win-win ?? 4K, 5K, 6K, 7K ?

Here's all the recorded sales of that card:

Latest Auction Prices for: SGC 96 - Average Price: $5,846.19
7/25/10 eBay $5,600.00
6/10/10 Mile High $6,092.38
10/7/09 Mile High $8,934.70
5/1/09 Legendary $10,200.00
2/13/09 Goodwin $7,207.45
12/19/08 Mastro $11,400.00


(Average price includes sales within the last year.)

Low Ball
 

I have a collector friend who has hit a rough patch.--Perfect opportunity to low-ball him (lol). You might also want to check on the back, the white backs are more rare but I don't know how much that impacts the $. So the high $'s listed above could be a WB and the lower ones GB, not sure if/how VCP differentiates between the two

Thanks All
 

I do know the card well, it's history, White vs Grey yada yada yada ... I've essentially ignored SGC pricing and followed PSA as a gauge.

Just based on VCP, the economy, and the fact that
it's not a "high end" 9, I would say $5600-$5800 would be
a win-win. And I would not discount the fact that it's
in an SGC holder if I were considering buying the card.

Good luck & please post a scan if/when you get it!

Wow a 50% price drop from just two years ago! Reminds me of my house : (

Got it
 

Thanks All for the valued info. I also looked up the cards auction history on www.vintagecardprices.com. I paid $5800 and I'll post scans when I can. I'm a Nolan Ryan collector and needed the Mantle advice. Just wanted to make sure that I would be able to sell it down the road.

Fair
 

I think $5800 was a very fair deal for both of you. Congrats!

Image of Card
 

Front of Card

nice card and nice pick up
Glad you and your buddy were in a win -win situation

I'm going to turn around and sell it, just trying to figure out the best value. Looks like BMW Cards sold their 12K or B/O 56 Mantle SGC as it's gone from EBay.