1952 Mantle purchase question

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by larietrope

Like a lot of us a 52 Mantle would be on our wish list. I'm considering a PSA3. To say I've owned one and thinking that I. or a family member in the future, could recover at least the cost.
If you were considering this what would your thoughts be ?
Thanks.

It will always be a very top tier card IMO, and I think a lower grade is probably a safer purchase than a higher grade.

[nsaddict]

Or for almost the same price and condition you could get all 4 Goudey Ruth’s.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by nsaddict

Or for almost the same price and condition you could get all 4 Goudey Ruth’s.

Wow, I never thought of it like that.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by nsaddict

Or for almost the same price and condition you could get all 4 Goudey Ruth’s.

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Wow, I never thought of it like that.

Why would you want 4 cards of a guy who is in the top 3 all time when you could have a second year Mantle card? It makes sense as long as you don't really think about it.

[Goudey77]

In my opinion I would have a difficult time paying the current prices seeing what the 52 Mantles sold for just going back to the 2013-2014 time frame.

You could have purchased a PSA 3 for less than $10k I believe.
There are far too many copies of this card to support the prices long term.
You would fair better if you waited. That's just my 2 cents.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Goudey77

In my opinion I would have a difficult time paying the current prices seeing what the 52 Mantles sold for just going back to the 2013-2014 time frame.

You could have purchased a PSA 3 for less than $10k I believe.
There are far too many copies of this card to support the prices long term.
You would fair better if you waited. That's just my 2 cents.

People said the same when I bought my midgrade in 2014. It's probably doubled since then. It's very hard to time any market or to buy at next year's prices.

[Goudey77]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

People said the same when I bought my midgrade in 2014. It's probably doubled since then. It's very hard to time any market or to buy at next year's prices.

I mean wait a decade if you need to
I'd take my chances. There are enough copies floating around that it will never be unattainable.