Where is the third PSA 10 1952 Topps Mantle?

[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.