[Bestdj777]

I made two mistakes when it comes to 52 Topps Mantles. First, when I built up a really nice Mantle collection many years back, poor 52 Topps were in the $2000-3000 range. I really considered liquidating my collection and getting a mini-hoed together of 6-10 of them. That would have been fantastic to look through. Second, I once bought CSG 2 or 3 52 Topps Mantle. I can’t remember the specific grade. The card looked 100% legit, and the price was decent—in line with PSA 1s at the time. I got cold feet and asked the seller to cancel the sale and instead picked up another example in a SGC holder in a lower grade.

Now for a couple of things I don’t regret, buying my 51 Bowman and 52 Topps Mantles when I did and selling my second 52 Topps to buy a house—the price had tripled by then and, although I would have made substantially more if I’d held it, I’ve seen good returns on my home purchase.