Selling 80% of your collection for ‘52 Mantle - would you?

[RCMcKenzie]

Like Don's thread, I don't have enough information to advise you, and lacking information, I would say for you, no.

I would not sell 80% of what I have put together since the mid 1970's to buy a 1952 Topps Mantle in SGC 1.5.

Would I sell $20,000 worth of cards to buy a 52T Mantle? yes.

I thought Don meant he was meeting up at a Denny's parking lot with a duffle bag of cash to exchange with a craigs-lister for a T206 Demmitt with a Polar Bear back. I didn't know he was buying a Sporting News Wagner from an online retail Baseball Card dealer like 707 or whatever it was.

Especially if you are sort of new, say a 5 year old collection, feel free to start over. I'm too old to start over.

[theshowandme]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Like Don's thread, I don't have enough information to advise you, and lacking information, I would say for you, no.

I would not sell 80% of what I have put together since the mid 1970's to buy a 1952 Topps Mantle in SGC 1.5.

Would I sell $20,000 worth of cards to buy a 52T Mantle? yes.

I thought Don meant he was meeting up at a Denny's parking lot with a duffle bag of cash to exchange with a craigs-lister for a T206 Demmitt with a Polar Bear back. I didn't know he was buying a Sporting News Wagner from an online retail Baseball Card dealer like 707 or whatever it was.

Especially if you are sort of new, say a 5 year old collection, feel free to start over. I'm too old to start over.

It was an IHOP which I figured was a bit more classy! And most of it was rolls of quarters

-Don


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[savedfrommyspokes]

Seven years ago, I sold off the cards from my Yankee Topps team binder (contained all but the 52 Mantle) and bought a PSA 1.5. Mantle. My reasoning was simple, as much as I enjoyed my Yankee binder, all of the cards in this binder were duplicates as I already had all of these cards in my completed Topps sets. The only Topps set I had not completed at that time was the 52 set. I knew if I wanted to finish the set, the Mantle hurdle would need to be cleared....after that card, the rest of the set was downhill and I now enjoy looking at my Yankee cards from my sets instead of my team specific binder. If your scenario involves feeling you won't miss the cards you sell, go for it.

[pawpawdiv9]

go for it!
I did it back in 2012 (before the boom)
(psa 2 mk- my avatar)

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

It was an IHOP which I figured was a bit more classy! And most of it was rolls of quarters

-Don


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Sounds like a good deal. Congrats on the Wagner.

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To answer Fred's question, I guessed 20K, but prices vary based on condition without regard to the technical grade.

One thing to think about is that the card will be available when you are ready to spend for it.

[Exhibitman]

Here's part of the problem with waiting for a high profile card: prices tend to outpace inflation. This is what $23,000 looks like in Mantle World



$28,800



$35,000



Is the card going to drop over the longer term? Has it ever in the last 40+ years? Has anyone who bought and kept this card for a decade ever lost money? If I'd bought a lower grade one 14 years ago, it was five grand.

[RCMcKenzie]

It seems like just the other day, but those examples were $1500 on eBay in the early 2000's. Red Cobbs and 21 exhibit Ruths were under 1k back then is my recollection.

This is the comp I was using. July 2021. Outdated, I guess, 22k all in.

[skelly423]

The Mantle isn’t for me, but I effectively traded my entire collection for one card.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by skelly423

The Mantle isn’t for me, but I effectively traded my entire collection for one card.

Great pickup Sean. A CJ Joe Jackson with the color popping

[babraham]

Originally Posted by Belfast1933

Wow! Showing me that a 1.5 can look as great as yours does make this decision a wee bit more likely!

I had been looking for a few months for anything from a PSA 1-2. For sure, most 1/1.5 did not have the same eye appeal. But it can be done!
Best of luck on your search if you end up moving forward on your Mantle quest.

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

To be fair, as the auction that got that card graded for the consignor, that may be a once in a lifetime 1.5 It also sold for a significant amount more than a normal 1.5, as could be expected.

I'm still happy with the purchase.

[jimq16415]

So long ago this seemed like such a risk!

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by babraham

I had been looking for a few months for anything from a PSA 1-2. For sure, most 1/1.5 did not have the same eye appeal. But it can be done!
Best of luck on your search if you end up moving forward on your Mantle quest.



I'm still happy with the purchase.

I love that it went to a collector!