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Posted By: <b>Vanessa Phipps</b><p>Anybody have an opinion on this card? LOL! I mean this card cant be real right? If it is not then is actually worth over $300? If it is reall we are looking at a 500,000 dollar card!!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1952-Topps-Mickey-Mantle-Rookie-Card-311_W0QQitemZ130157780842QQihZ003QQcategoryZ60480Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1952-Topps-Mickey-Mantle-Rookie-Card-311_W0QQitemZ130157780842QQihZ003QQcategoryZ60480Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a><br /><br /><br />Rock On!! Fire Houston Nutt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted By: <b>Mark T</b><p>Worth maybe $3.00...reprint all the way. look at the gloss.<br /><br />Edited to say: look at the Black line border. Looks way to thick. And the ? in the title says it all.

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>First of all, as Leon demonstrates from time to time, a real card is always scanned with a quarter, not a penny.<br /><br />Next, it is a reprint of modern size, not the larger 1952 size. Mark T has it nailed.

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Posted By: <b>Joseph</b><p>The question mark in the listing's title is all you need to know.

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Posted By: <b>Steve Murray</b><p>California USA seller adds the dimensions to his listing, per many requests, and uses the metric system. What an ahole!

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Posted By: <b>Vanessa Phipps</b><p>Absolutely right guys! But someone is paying over 300 for this card? I mean a 1983 reprint in PSA 10 condition has sold for over 200 but this is kind of crazy!!!<br /><br />Rock On dudes! Fire Houston Nutt!!!

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Posted By: <b>Bob Pomilla</b><p>Q: <br />Metric system? You are a jerk.<br />Sep-29-07<br /><br />A: <br />Okay, Is that comment necessary? 70mm x 98mm = 2.75" x 3.85" Thanks.<br /><br /><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Steve Murray</b><p>Glad I didn't say what I really felt. <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>The answer is if the seller was unsure if it was reprint or $100,000+ real, he<br />would have sent it in to PSA (or SGC). In fact, if he was certain it was <br />$100,000 real it would be in a PSA (or SGC) holder. Looking at it reasonably,<br />it can be deduced that either he sent the card in to a grader and it was rejected<br />or he never sent it in as he knew (and knows) it is a reprint. My guess would be<br />the latter, as, as already noted, the reprints are a different size than the originals<br />and thus easy to identify. Duly note that none of the above scenarios involve the seller<br />at sale time being unsure of what is the card (whether original or reprint) and give reason<br />for including a '?' in the title. In other words, each scenario involves the seller<br />knowing what he has for sale at auction time (original or reprint) and being able to <br />say what he has for sale. In other other words, the seller knows what he has for sale<br />and he isn't telling reprint tales and putting ?'s in the title because he knows<br />it's original.<br /><br />Reminds me of the '1952 Topps Mantle' seller who was offering the card ungraded<br />for what was about a $10,000 discount because, according to him, he didn't want <br />to bother paying the PSA grading fee. For a $10,000 return, Carlos Helu (richest<br />man in the world) would bother to pay the PSA grading fee.<br /><br />Often times you can identify fakes and reprints without having to even look<br />at the pictures.

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Posted By: <b>Dan P.</b><p>The scan in the listing looks suspicious to me too as being a real T52 Mantle. Also, for UPS shipping from CA, I'd figure he'd reference the farthest possible zip code for rate calculation. 19095-2703 is in Wyncote, PA--right outside of Philly (I know because this is my zip code).