Nice to see some fresh blood in the hobby. Collectors will collect. WRT the 52 Topps Mantle, I prefer the 51 Bowman from a rookie card collecting stand-point, but the 52 is more aesthetically pleasing, more iconic, and clearly more expensive. The whole Topps>Bowman from the 50s is real. It helps that the high-numbers from that set are more scarce and include Mantle, Mays, and Mathews. Those cards are all Awesome with a capital A.
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HOF "Earliest" Collection (Ideal - Indiv): 250/346 (72.3%)
1914 T330-2 Piedmont Art Stamps......: 116/119 (97.5%)
1923 V100 Willard's Chocolate............: 180/180 (100%)
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