New to the hobby 1961 Topps Dice cards Mantle Highest Graded!

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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I am betting the story shows up in the near future but in a broader venue

Hi Guys:

Al has some inside info!

I had expected an article about these that would have answered the questions posed here to be published in Rich Mueller's Sports Collectors Daily today.

Guess it will be out in a few days.

Short version of the story. These were found last year in a pencil case where it has been sitting in a drawer in a family home in Brooklyn for 60 or so years!

A son, now living in South Carolina returned to Brooklyn to clean out his family residence last year. Mom threw out other cards over the years and he said the only reason these survived was because they were in the pencil case. He says they were his brothers cards and most likely an older neighbor kid gave them to him.

They were listed online and he was inundated by offers/info etc.

After six months of talking/negotiating we recently closed the deal