Heritage Rosen Mantle - Greatest Card Ever Auctioned?

[brass_rat]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

But but but the STAIN. Still of course a magnificent card but I'd like to see it against the PSA 10s and 9s.

For those at National this week, the SGC 9.5 and the PSA 10 DBack Collection are both on display in the corporate area.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

For those at National this week, the SGC 9.5 and the PSA 10 DBack Collection are both on display in the corporate area.

Both cards look fantastic and are drawing so much attention at the National this week.

Would love to see that 10 sell at auction and see what it goes for after the 9.5 at auction.

[irv]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

For those at National this week, the SGC 9.5 and the PSA 10 DBack Collection are both on display in the corporate area.

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Both cards look fantastic and are drawing so much attention at the National this week.

Would love to see that 10 sell at auction and see what it goes for after the 9.5 at auction.

Do they happen to be side by side by chance?
Just curious, if they are, how they look comparatively speaking?

[Exhibitman]

"Frankly, we'd take it a step further, and proclaim that this trading card represents the quintessence of every metric that has historically been used to measure value in the collectibles marketplace. This is real rarity, not a machine-stamped "One of One" on a card printed last year. This is real significance--the cross-section of a defining moment in trading card and baseball history. This is the finest example thereof. This is a spectacular long-shot miracle of the collectible marketplace, deserving of its inevitable return to global headlines and that same question that haunts all record auction sales, spoken in all the languages of the world."

[Republicaninmass]

I couldnt get a photo, but I stood here and just kept trying to "wipe" the stain off in between people taking photos

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

"Frankly, we'd take it a step further, and proclaim that this trading card represents the quintessence of every metric that has historically been used to measure value in the collectibles marketplace. This is real rarity, not a machine-stamped "One of One" on a card printed last year. This is real significance--the cross-section of a defining moment in trading card and baseball history. This is the finest example thereof. This is a spectacular long-shot miracle of the collectible marketplace, deserving of its inevitable return to global headlines and that same question that haunts all record auction sales, spoken in all the languages of the world."

That was quite the word salad!

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by irv

Do they happen to be side by side by chance?
Just curious, if they are, how they look comparatively speaking?

No, they aren't displayed together. Both are beautiful looking cards. At least to my eyes, the stain people are talking about on the SGC 9.5 is not very noticeable in real life.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by jayshum

No, they aren't displayed together. Both are beautiful looking cards. At least to my eyes, the stain people are talking about on the SGC 9.5 is not very noticeable in real life.

Even on the giant cardboard cutout to pose in?


It's not awful, but its certainly there. Toning at the very least

[nwfsteve]

I stuck my head in the cutout because why not? It’s a great card but I concur on the stain. 52 Mantles are all over the place here, upper priced but not even close to rare compared to a centered 1960 Fleer Jim Woodard FB of which there are zero here..

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by nwfsteve

I stuck my head in the cutout because why not? It’s a great card but I concur on the stain. 52 Mantles are all over the place here, upper priced but not even close to rare compared to a centered 1960 Fleer Jim Woodard FB of which there are zero here..

Rather than equating all the 52 Mantles to a rarely centered copy of the 1960 Woodward, let's make it an apples to apples comparison: other than the SGC 9.5, and obviously excluding the tilted PSA 10, how many Mantles are there that are as centered as the SGC 9.5, even if they have creases or bent corners?