The 1952 Topps Mantle is Overpriced and Over-hyped

[cardsagain74]

Gotta love how "customers" is in quotes, along with the rest of the mocking tone of the article.

[Yoda]

Brings back a lot of memories of deals done with Mike W. And Wayne V.

[Exhibitman]

[jchcollins]

Maybe true now, as it was true then - depending on your perspective. How many desirable hobby items, money aside - are truly scarce to the point where you can't find one even if you have the cash to pony up? I'm not a prewar guy per se, but I know that most items in this realm that people on this board are going to be concerned about are prewar items. So there is that.

But that aside, there are plenty of postwar vintage cards that aren't truly rare or scarce by the factual definition of those words that still sell for big $ and have for decades now. I'm guessing Mike Wheat eventually got comfortable with that notion based on what I know of him in the hobby.

Reminds me of the article that came out I'm guessing at some point close to this one of the guy who burned his '52 Mantle in a trash bin with a bunch of other cards in protest over the MLB strike of 1981. I'm guessing if that guy lived for much longer after he did that, he lived to regret it.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Maybe true now, as it was true then - depending on your perspective. How many desirable hobby items, money aside - are truly scarce to the point where you can't find one even if you have the cash to pony up? I'm not a prewar guy per se, but I know that most items in this realm that people on this board are going to be concerned about are prewar items. So there is that.

But that aside, there are plenty of postwar vintage cards that aren't truly rare or scarce by the factual definition of those words that still sell for big $ and have for decades now. I'm guessing Mike Wheat eventually got comfortable with that notion based on what I know of him in the hobby.

Reminds me of the article that came out I'm guessing at some point close to this one of the guy who burned his '52 Mantle in a trash bin with a bunch of other cards in protest over the MLB strike of 1981. I'm guessing if that guy lived for much longer after he did that, he lived to regret it.

A dealer being comfortable with a card and its hype and overpricing shouldn't be a surprise, that's just how things are.

But he's not wrong, aside from the hype, that double print really doesn't have much going for it.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by steve B

A dealer being comfortable with a card and its hype and overpricing shouldn't be a surprise, that's just how things are.

But he's not wrong, aside from the hype, that double print really doesn't have much going for it.

I show the pictures of it to my wife every time it's featured prominently in a new auction catalog (so like once a week). She still doesn't remember who he is but refers to it as the card of that guy who looks like he's got some kind of intellectual deficit, so I guess aesthetically it's not his best image.

[MattyC]

I get a chuckle every time someone goes out of their way to try and slight the hobby's most widely desired postwar card. The acidic haters might as well rage against the rising and setting of the sun. If you don't like or revere it or the player, move the hell along and spend your time on whatever it is you like to collect. That said if Mantle triggers somebody and they get off on masochistically triggering themselves, I got a lot of Mantles for your eye sockets.

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Reminds me of the article that came out I'm guessing at some point close to this one of the guy who burned his '52 Mantle in a trash bin with a bunch of other cards in protest over the MLB strike of 1981. I'm guessing if that guy lived for much longer after he did that, he lived to regret it.

If memory serves me right, some were saying that wasn't an actual '52 Mantle, just a photo cut from a magazine.

[GaryPassamonte]

Last night in SCP. $103K for an SGC 6.


https://catalog.scpauctions.com/1952...-LOT51386.aspx

[Yoda]

I had the privilege of seeing Mantle play at the old Yankee Stadium on several occasions. When he came to bat, there was an electricity in the crowd that was palpable. I recall one game when he hit HR's from each side of the plate and the Stadium erupted.
I have never owned a '52 Topps Mickey, and probably never will but, in my first year of collecting, I pulled his RC. Where I grew up in Schenectady, NY was fortunate enough to receive a bounty of the last series of the set.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

Last night in SCP. $103K for an SGC 6.


https://catalog.scpauctions.com/1952...-LOT51386.aspx

Nicer than most of the 6s I've seen.