[Leon]

+1 Collectors have more passion when they connect with something.

Originally Posted by ls7plus

The '52 Topps Mantle is a card that connects you to the player and takes you back to the time, a time when rooting for the Yankees was like rooting for U.S. Steel, and the Mick was overflowing with the indominatable vigor of youth, chomping at the bit to perform wondrous feats (such as winning 12 pennants and 7 World Series in the course of his first 14 years in the league)! It's a slice of both the time and his life, just as the 1795 coin is a slice of early America. Your last statement is the same as saying that the 1795 $10 gold piece is just a piece of metal dug out of some rock or stream and stamped into a circle under pressure a long time ago. That is simply not the way collectors view Americana. For a baseball lover, one who lives and breathes its history, the Mantle is far more than likely the more significant item of the two.

Best regards,

Larry