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Originally Posted by fkw
a bit less than the 1952T Eddie Mathews
The Eddie Mathews card from the same year is a true high number and a true rookie unlike the double printed 2nd year card of Mantle.
Plus Mathews has very similar career numbers overall
If Mantle played with Pittsburgh, he would be in the same value range as Mathews or Killebrew IMO... but we all know he was in NY and that the 2 most overrated players of all time played with the NY AL team  MM and DJ |
Oh yes, I think the Matthews is the sleeper of the set, and underrated, given its scarcity, the fact it suffered the same fate as the Pafko, being one bookend in the set. And it's damn near impossible to find well centered.
It's why a few months ago I jumped at the chance to get a really gorgeous, almost dead centered Matthews in PSA 5. I paid a little more than SMR for it, and I don't regret it, because I'm convinced it will at least hold its value, and probably go up as more and more realize what a hard card it is, compared to the relatively plentiful, though financially prohibitive Mantle.