Is 1956 Topps Mantle the most overpriced card in the hobby?

[MantleMarisFordBerra]

That's my favorite card. I personally think the 56T set is the most beautiful of that era. Love the bright colors, the action shot combined with the portrait & printed autograph. And as others have pointed out it's his first Topps card in a couple years and it comes from his best season. Lot to like about that card and I anticipate it'll always be in high demand.

And I do love the 55 Bowman set as well! The Color TV concept is such a time capsule of that era.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Outstanding card in every way.

[chaddgar]

Something about the '56 Mantle just screams "1950s" to me. The smile, the action shot, and knowing it was his Triple Crown year make it very special. How many kids proudly showed mom and dad that Mantle card that year?

I picked one up a PSA 2 for $200 in 2016. Crazy now that it's $900-$1000, but I'm not selling anytime soon. It's one of my favorite cards.

[Johnny630]

I love the 56 Mickey Mantle Gray Back except when it has that darn little black dot in the print on some of them.

[90feetaway]

They are not particularly rare in that sense of being over valued and I think Topps ones just seem more popular that the Bowman's. On the other hand as others said, it has a lot going for it: Smiling Mickey (other 50s Topps are serious or more a half smile), action scene taking a HR away, triple crown yr and facsimile auto. By the way, IMO, the 55 Bowman doesn't even really look like him.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by 90feetaway

They are not particularly rare in that sense of being over valued and I think Topps ones just seem more popular that the Bowman's. On the other hand as others said, it has a lot going for it: Smiling Mickey (other 50s Topps are serious or more a half smile), action scene taking a HR away, triple crown yr and facsimile auto. By the way, IMO, the 55 Bowman doesn't even really look like him.

The 52T doesn't look like him either. It's a very poor rendition of a photo.

[calvindog]

Hard to imagine a better looking card; many may equal it but very few surpass it in my opinion.

[frankbmd]

1956 Topps Baseball was the first set I collected as a kid buying nickel packs, although Mom cleaned house when I went away to college.

When I reintroduced myself to the hobby 35 years ago, my first objective was to put a 1956 Topps set together again. I have sold the majority of that set now, but still have the Mantle, Robinson and Clemente in decent grades and a few others. I would post scans, but mine is nearly identical to the cards already posted in this thread.

The '56 Topps set is numero uno in my book. It even has a George Zuverink card. What more could you ask for?

[Chris-Counts]

I agree the '56 Mantle is one of the better looking of all cards. While it's worth double any other card in the set, it's not close to being the most overpriced card in the hobby. That honor goes to his 1952 Topps card. There are 44 of them on eBay tonight, and the cheapest, which looks like a dog chewed on it, is $25,000. It's also not his rookie card, but that isn't stopping some of the sellers from saying or believing it is.



[QUOTE=calvindog;2453117]Hard to imagine a better looking card; many may equal it but very few surpass it in my opinion.