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Originally Posted by tedzan
It is now 3 months shy of 70 years, since I carefully opened 5-cent wax-packs containing 1952 TOPPS Hi #s. Yet, I still remember that day as clearly as if it occurred yesterday.
I gave the Candy store man a Quarter, he gave me 5 packs. Other than Gil McDougald, I don't recall the cards in the first 4 packs . It was the 5th pack that included the Mantle.
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Ted,
I've told the story here before of my grandmother finding two of my (born in 1943) father's old baseball cards many years ago. One was a '53 Topps Whitey Ford, and the other was a Mickey Mantle that we never saw, because she gave it to my cousin instead.
Have always assumed (for many reasons) that the Mantle was very likely a '53 T as well, but you never know for sure.
What do you think the chances would've been that a 9 year old living in the boondocks in southern WV would've had access to '52 T high number packs that fall?