1952 Topps Mantle - Long Term Plan, Need Advice

[MattyC]

If you've seen 1s that meet your criteria, that's great. But if you take a look at examples sold in that grade on VintageCardPrices.com and come to see that you are looking at the best-looking 1s out there, in this current market, especially in an auction setting, the bidding battle for one of those is gonna get bloody. There are probably as many if not more guys after that "nice-looking PSA 1" than there are guys pursuing any other specific grade.

The 1-grade is as low as it gets and any card in that holder is going to have something that warrants the grade. Hence if the flaw is something that somehow does not detract in a major way from eye appeal, it's kind of an anomaly and rare for that fact-- hence it's gonna cost a hefty premium over the "normal" 1, which will tend to look pretty ragged.