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Jim VBYou have some nice cards for sale. This board will probably be more interested in the Cracker Jack Johnson and the Sporting News lot rather than the Mantle. I know I am. He's too recent for most of us.
One minor point, the 52 Mantle was not a "short print". It was actually a double print in the high number series. However, it was released so late in the season that orders from stores were extremely low. Topps was left holding large quantities of unsold high numbers. They hired a barge and dumped them in the ocean. Even so, the Mantle is actually twice as available as most of the rest of the high series.