Where is the third PSA 10 1952 Topps Mantle?

[Peter_Spaeth]

That secret is guarded pretty zealously. Collector in NJ is what I have heard but that's it.

[theshowandme]

Is that the one submitted by a known card trimmer? Or was that Kendrick's?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

Is that the one submitted by a known card trimmer? Or was that Kendrick's?

Yes, it's that one.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

Is that the one submitted by a known card trimmer? Or was that Kendrick's?

I heard a rumor that he reviewed it multiply times when it was a 9 then it finally bummed to a 10.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

I heard a rumor that he reviewed it multiply times when it was a 9 then it finally bummed to a 10.

If it was graded during the Baker era he probably just screamed at him loud and long enough that Mike caved. The stuff that used to go on at shows...

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

If it was graded during the Baker era he probably just screamed at him loud and long enough that Mike caved. The stuff that used to go on at shows...

Maybe the card deserves it...who knows. Either way whomever has it is sitting on a GOLD MINE.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Maybe the card deserves it...who knows. Either way whomever has it is sitting on a GOLD MINE.

It may well, at least by the standards of the day.

Show bumps were very very common in the 90s. This was before half grades and you could certainly make a case that a lot of cards could go either way. I knew a guy who would go to Parsippany every month with a bunch of 86 Jordan 9s and he would always get a few bumped to 10s. PSA knew guys were flying in for the sole purpose of bumping cards and they made it worth their while.

One of my favorite stories happened at the old Fr. Washington show. A friend of mine is at his table on a slow Sunday afternoon. Steve Rocchi comes over and asks him if he needs anything. Just kidding, my friend points to a couple of very high powered cards in 7 and says that he could use 8s on them. Rocchi takes the cards, says I'll be back in half an hour, and brings them back in 8s.

[Leon]

Peter G, a San Antonio forum member since 2010 and someone I have chatted with many times, used to own the 3rd Mantle in a 10. He sold it a long time ago though.
I agree it would be a gold mine today. It would be like hitting the lottery.
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[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Leon

Peter G, a San Antonio forum member since 2010 and someone I have chatted with many times, used to own the 3rd Mantle in a 10. He sold it a long time ago though.
I agree it would be a gold mine today. It would be like hitting the lottery.
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Peter paid what was a stupefying price in the day but it would be chump change now. As I recall Superior auctioned it for him and that's where the trail goes cold.