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Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I was talking this over with some other members of the board at lunch Saturday and we all think this card is in a bubble given the demographic trend in the Hobby. With so many Boomer collectors reaching senior status in the next several years, the collecting base of the people who had the income to chase the low end Mantles and the nostalgia for the Mantle era is going to shrink, and grabbing a fugly version at any price may not be a good idea. And FWIW, losing your shirt on a card, which has happened to me a few times in the last year or two when I went to sell stuff I purchased in 07-08-09, sucks @$$.

I completely agree Adam. I don't think we'll see prices drop from the sky like a North Korean rocket, but I really do think prices will come down. Mantle's cards are so much more pricey than any other HOF player of his era but the cards themselves are generally not rarer. IMO when a PSA 1 '52 Mantle (particularly the one in the OP) costs more than virtually any PSA 3 T206 (excluding rare backs) HOF card including Wajo, Young & Cobb a correction is likely. As I'm typing this I'm curious, if the posters in this thread had to pick one pre-1980 player's cards that will have the most price depreciation in the next 20-30 years what would it be. For me it's Mantle, the main reason as Adam pointed out aging baby boomers.