1952 Mantle VS PSA 10 Munson

[1963Topps Set]

I have to agree. If I gave you a choice between the two which one would you pick? I know which one I would pick.....Mantle.....

[JollyElm]

This is precisely why I hate graded cards. That exact same raw Munson card (and believe me, I LOVED Thurman Munson, so it has nothing to do with him personally), before it was forced into its plastic tomb, would have garnered some interest from people. No doubt about it, but it would've been mild interest. If a person decided to sell it, he would've gotten a relatively decent premium for it, but that's it. Nothing crazy. Now it rests inside a slab with someone opining it's a 10 out of 10 and all of a sudden people are selling their cars to go buy it???????

[autograf]

Starts and stops with Mantle......

[SMPEP]

Wait, wait , wait .... did you say Curt Raydon? The Legendary Curt Raydon? Well that changes everything!

[glynparson]

out like candy on halloween to the big submitters there would be far more 10s available than there are. This argument is laughable. The shell was believed to have been enhanced by many in the thread. I have submitted on my own and through one of the hobbys leading dealers and submitters and I saw no favors when submitting through the larger dealer. Because Joe got a card that may or may not have been enhanced bumped two grades shows no favoritism. Joe sells cards that are not always maxed out in grade. I can assure you people have bought cards from him and gotten bumps. Just like he did in the Probstein auction. It is the nature of the Beast when subjective grading holds so much weight. If the Market would mature long enough every card would eventually end up maxed out in a holder probably one grade higher or two then it should be. Just the nature of subjective grading. Not sure if I would or would not do the trade but I would look into it, and see what kind of Market there currently is for the Munson. Love it or hate it the market is what it is.

[ALR-bishop]

....one could consider trading a lesser condition 52 Mantle for the Munson card in the first post of the Topps 1970 Rookie Artist Proof thread

[brob28]

I agree with all those who said keep your Mantle. As if you need more ammunition for your decision - from my experience most collectors prefer Munson's '71 card to the '70, rookie anyway.

[brian1961]

Don---

Hang on to your 1952 Topps Mantle, and hold out for the best cash offer. If he was offering a PSA 10 1971 Topps Munson, that would be different, but he's not. Those dual, triple, and quadruple-player Topps rookie cards are all eyesores, in my opinion anyway.

The market for the '52 Topps Mantle is red-hot, as you know. This indeed might be a good time to sell it, as you already are. ---Brian Powell

[ALR-bishop]

wrong thread---sorry

[Bigdaddy]

There is certainly a bigger market for the Mantle than the Munson. Think of it this way; if you had both cards on your table at a show and told everyone who came up that they could pick one of the two as a birthday present, which one would get the most takers?

With that being said, you have already made the decision to sell the Mantle. Then just look at the numbers - which one would bring a bigger price at an auction? Do you plan to sell the Munson?