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Originally Posted by packs
The problem with this card is that it has two lives. There is the public life among outsiders who view this card as an iconic "grail" (which is a status I don't think many advanced collectors would agree with) and then there is the collector view who still see the card as iconic but also vastly over priced.
As Mantle-age fans exit the hobby there may be a reckoning ahead for the 52 Mantle.
If I didn't already have one I'd start making plans to buy the 51 Bowman instead. It is Mantle's actual rookie card and in my opinion a far superior image. The value seems stable as well or perhaps even primed to rise being it's an actual rookie card.
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What age would that be? If you were a kid and watched Mantles peak you are likely dead or in a nursing home.
The guy who bought this 9 surely never saw him play...I never saw him play yet it's my grail card.
I think it will forever be hobby iconic.
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