Anyone here building a complete 1952 Topps set?

[Brianruns10]

Originally Posted by Zone91

ALR-bishop

Hahahaha same here God do I hate the T206 Plank card....truth be told I would love to own one of those babies and of course of of those 2 known Mantle cards as well!!!

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Good point. I would love to own the Plank, but it is rather ugly card in a beautiful set. I think it's apparent that some players received a little more care and attention than others when it came to the design of the card. Compare to the Honus Wagner, a premiere player of his day...the portrait is intricate and lovingly detailed, and it truly is a beautiful card to behold.

Now the '52 Mantle, while I think is a tad overpriced in the lower grades, is unmistakeable iconic, which is probably why it is so coveted. It transcends baseball to really be a piece of pop-art. It's pure Americana, right up there with the imagery of Norman Rockwell or Coca Cola. Simply gorgeous. Such a shame the original artwork wasn't preserved. THAT would be an extremely valuable item for sure.

[Zone91]

Brianruns10

I have decided to build the set in 5 grades: 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5 and 6 Just much easier to find a well centered card than only using 2 grades 4's and 5;s only.

Picked up 16 cards so far and 3 very nice high numbers all 3 VERY well centered....expensive do!!!

You are right the 52 Topps Mantle has become legendary and will remain so just to BIG to take a fall. Yes the original art may actually be somewhere but not sure...that would be worth most likely millions of dollars....way out of my league.

Post # 1

[ALR-bishop]

Why not 6.5 ?

[Zone91]

ALR-bishop

Trying to keep my set a a minimum of grades.

Post # 3

[ALR-bishop]

Well, 5 is a nice round number of sets to build

[Zone91]

ALR-bishop

My whole 52 Topps collection is revolving around the grade of the 52 Topps Mickey Mantle I own that is graded PSA 4 (Looks much more like a 5 very very strong for the grade). If my 52 Topps Mantle was say a 7 I would go after 6's to 8's.

Using only one single grade say 5's would take me forever to build (I can't even imagine the high series all well centered in only 5's) with nice centering hence why I going with 4's to 6's.

Post # 4

[ALR-bishop]

If you start with one like the one on the left you could build the whole set OC, which are easy to find and cost less... only kidding. I had fun building my 1952 set, even though it does get expensive, especially if you try for a master set as discussed earlier





Good luck and go slow to avoid any over extensions