1st.....as a dedicated "SET collector".....Yes, this card is '"OVER-PRICED" (and so are most other Star cards in this hobby, nowadays).
"OVER-HYPED"....as a long-time Yankees fan, who saw him play, 1951-1968, I do not think so. Mantle generated a special excitement
very similar to Babe Ruth.
2nd.....I guess I'm one of the few guys on this forum who have experienced the thrill of pulling a Mantle card from a TOPPS wax-pack
in the Fall of 1952.
The two Mantle cards from my Master 1952 TOPPS set......
Type 1 .................................................. .............…….............
Type 2
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Here are the original 4 cards in my 5-cent pack with
the above Mantle
3rd.....A couple of you have alluded to the "$3000 sale of a Mantle in 1980.
Actually, it was 3 - Mantle cards sold for $3000 each that year. Two young dealers, Bob and Rob, from the Philadelphia area who
operated a monthly Auction in Warrington (PA) sold them. Prior to that sale, the 1952 TOPPS Mantle was selling for $500 (ExMt).
TED Z
T206 Reference
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