FS: 1952 Topps Mantle SGC A

[vintagerookies51]

Asking $34,000 OBO. Outstanding eye appeal and centering! Very light crease next to the hat. Not aware of what the alteration is.


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[MikeGarcia]

...On the scan of the reverse , that whole top edge up by the number ??? You see anything questionable along what should be a " straight " edge ? Just the first thing I noticed. I'm wrong a lot though . Good luck with it. MG54

[tjenkins]

Nice!!!!! It's on my Xmas list.

[vintagerookies51]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

...On the scan of the reverse , that whole top edge up by the number ??? You see anything questionable along what should be a " straight " edge ? Just the first thing I noticed. I'm wrong a lot though . Good luck with it. MG54

Could be trimming, who knows I'm no expert. I would expect a trim job on a card like this to be more carefully done, so I assumed it to be just how the card was cut. At the end of the day I bought it for the eye appeal and SGC doesn't specify what alteration they deemed it to be.

[vintagerookies51]

Bump with price reduction

[Prelude1954]

When tracking sales of the 52 Topps Mantle, it must be the briefest held card when it comes to ownership. It’s fascinating but it seems no one keeps these things long.

Normally less than a year, and then always attempting to flip.

It’s a grail for so many, and then it gets flipped less than a year.

Either way, that card does have great eye appeal and nice color!

[maniac_73]

That does have amazing eye appeal! GLWS

[brunswickreeves]

Originally Posted by Prelude1954

When tracking sales of the 52 Topps Mantle, it must be the briefest held card when it comes to ownership. It’s fascinating but it seems no one keeps these things long.

Normally less than a year, and then always attempting to flip.

It’s a grail for so many, and then it gets flipped less than a year.

Either way, that card does have great eye appeal and nice color!

For dealers buying a 52 Topps Mantle at auction or privately, they’ll mark them up on their websites/social media, and even more so at shows to turn a healthy profit and cash out to keep the velocity of money moving expediently. For some collectors, there’s an insatiable desire to upgrade to the next grade or to the same grade but with better eye appeal.