1952 mantle pwcc psa 8

[sflayank]

Btw. Card sold for 62500 including buyers in 2005
Legendary auction...nice profit for the buyer

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by sflayank

Btw. Card sold for 62500 including buyers in 2005
Legendary auction...nice profit for the buyer

if its the same buyer...card could of changed hands between those times......plus who knows..the guy that paid 62500..maybe his wife got mad at him paying 60k for cardboard..then got divorced that costed him more than 300k increase in value........so who knows!

[pclpads]

"costed??" WTF is that?

[pokerplyr80]

Almost 460k now. Does anyone think this one hits 500k? Personally I think it will fall a little short. If I was a betting man I'd put the over/under at about 480k.

[RaidonCollects]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Almost 460k now. Does anyone think this one hits 500k? Personally I think it will fall a little short. If I was a betting man I'd put the over/under at about 480k.

Still got a few days left, I think it could even reach 550k if there's a bidding war. High-grade 52 mantles never come up for sale now, as they've settled into collections. Just my opinion, and I'm no expert on '52s.

~Owen

[Bestdj777]

If I was bidding I would want it to hit $500,000 at this point. It is much more impressive to own a half a million dollar card than a $460,000 card. It is the same reason people will pay to for the .01 higher carat diamond to get to the next round number.

[jchcollins]

The '52 Topps Mantle is the Wagner / grail card of the Baby Boomer set. It's fascinating to me how grading and the craze of the modern hobby have continued to push the price of this card up in recent years. I started collecting as a kid in 1986 and used to persuade my mother to buy vintage cards for me at the local shops back when $20 or so for a nice '66 Koufax (still one of my favorites) was considered BIG MONEY. I guess I should have been more persuasive back then when a mid-grade '52 #311 went for "only" a couple of thousand dollars. Hey ma, do you know what this card will be worth in 2015?? The sad thing is, I was doing that kind of persuading back then - but alas, for complete sets of '89 UD and 1990 Donruss and that kind of thing. Doh!