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Originally Posted by jingram058
This subject has been covered ad-nauseum, but I have yet to read a real reason as to why the 52 Topps Mantle is so insanely more valuable than the 51 Bowman?
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It is because the 1952 Topps High numbers are the toughest cards from the Topps and Bowman sets to find. Even though Mantle is a DP, the fact that he was the big name in the high series drove demand for the card and it became the post war card to own.
The 1951 Bowman is a beautiful card where as the 1952 Topps Mantle is the ugliest card ever made. Its yellow bat is as ridiculous as the caricature on the 1951 Bowman Paul Richards. There really shouldn't be a price discrepancy between the two, but there will probably always be price memory driven by 70s and 80s set collectors.