1952 Rosen Mantle SGC 9.5 Final Price – Too high, too low, just right?

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Interesting addendum.

Heard through the grapevine that originally, this card was sent to psa to be slabbed. Psa came back and said it would be graded a 9. Card was not slabbed and was then sent to Sgc for grading.

Grade shopping. More than one person told me after the auction went live that the card was informally looked at by PSA and it was loosely stated it would likely be an 8. Based on the pics I think 8 is too harsh so not stating I was lied to but the hearsay might not be accurate. I would have gotten a 6 but Heritage has to at least get an 8.5.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Grade shopping. More than one person told me after the auction went live that the card was informally looked at by PSA and it was loosely stated it would likely be an 8. Based on the pics I think 8 is too harsh so not stating I was lied to but the hearsay might not be accurate. I would have gotten a 6 but Heritage has to at least get an 8.5.

I heard it was pregraded as a 4.5 due to centering, tilting and the coffee stain on top

[jayshum]

Heritage allows people to send offers to winners of cards from their auctions. For the Mantle, it suggests an offer of $18.9 million or more. Nothing like a $6 million return on investment in 3 days, before you even have the card you just won in hand.

[brian1961]

The winning price is indeed awesome, but if the right object comes along.....

Around May 19, 2022, for the first time ever, a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SLR Uhlenhaut coupe was offered at auction by the Mercedes-Menz museum to fund a scholarship program for their future budding engineers. Heretofore, that "priceless" car, one of only two built and both ensconsed by Mercedes in their museum, was not for sale at any price.

So, it went on the auction block in Europe, and sold for an astronomical record for a motor car----$143,000,000.

As I said, the right object, in impeccable condition, with a beauty, integrity, and history that's off the charts, will reinvent expensive.

These kind of things are never cheaper by the dozen. A dozen were never made. In our card world, the right set, with a fascinating history, and distilled down to among the highest graded Mickey Mantles, of which less than a dozen exist (sure, at one time there were many dozens of them made, but not today, particularly since most were soaked in the deep.....)---the creme of the creme will draw the well-fixed interested buyers and pay....gladly.

--- Brian Powell