I've seen worse 1952s; some of mine
Yours is a 1. I've seen worse 1's. Me, personally, I prefer a nicer front and a worse back than vice versa:
I wouldn't mail it unless I had private insurance on it and I followed the insurer's shipping instructions in the policy.
I never thought a poor condition Mantle could cost more than a car, but here we are.
Guess as to value: $20,000-$25,000
Some state of affairs when our collections are held hostage in SBDs and we just look at images.