Is this 52 Mantle good?

[pokerplyr80]

I would stay away as well. This one is clearly a fake. I believe a real 52 Mantle in similar condition would be in the 3500-4k range on ebay. I would spend the extra money and get one that's been PSA or SGC graded as a 1 or authentic.

[Rickyy]

Nope...looks artificially aged to me also.... and really GFA? Yeah even if its a beater like this but authentic I will send it to PSA and SGC if I was going to sell it....

Ricky Y

[rjackson44]

Baaad

[RCMcKenzie]

Thanks for the help, y'all. A low-grade, ungraded, 52 Topps Mantle has to be be one of the rarest cards around. I'm gonna keep looking.

[Bored5000]

Aren't 52T Mantles on the list of cards that are not supposed to listed on eBay unless they have been graded? There is a reason a card that expensive would be listed on eBay without being graded. That reason is almost always because the card is not real. A 1952 Topps Mantle seems like way too expensive a card to gamble on buying raw off eBay.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

Aren't 52T Mantles on the list of cards that are not supposed to listed on eBay unless they have been graded? There is a reason a card that expensive would be listed on eBay without being graded. That reason is almost always because the card is not real. A 1952 Topps Mantle seems like way too expensive a card to gamble on buying raw off eBay.

With all the fakes in slabs, that isn't so helpful either.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

With all the fakes in slabs, that isn't so helpful either.

I realize there are fake cards in slabs. But a raw card that expensive/iconic should set off sirens as to its authenticity. How many real 52T Mantles are on eBay raw compared to the number of raw reprints of that card?

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Thanks for the help, y'all. A low-grade, ungraded, 52 Topps Mantle has to be be one of the rarest cards around. I'm gonna keep looking.

I would advise against this. Odds are you're going to end up with a fake. Even though there are fakes in slabs, your chances of getting a real one are much greater. If you really want a raw one in your collection just crack out a PSA 1.

[Grimster]

But...but....it has an authentication letter from Microsoft Word! Has to be legit...

[irv]

New guy here so I obviously don't know, but would someone go to all that trouble making a 52 Mantle look that worn/used?
I am surprised at the price, so maybe it's worth it, but it just seem like a lot of work to me to produce that card?

What am I missing?