FS: 1952 Topps Mantle SGC A

[Prelude1954]

Originally Posted by visualplane

I feel it would be fun to own a holy grail for bragging rights, but I never owned one. The higher grades seems to sit on ebay for years.

It would be fun to own. But then the novelty wears off quickly and people realize they can use that $ towards something else.

The card above was bought on ebay on 1/25/2024 for $28,500.
And before that, it was sold on PWCC Premier on 1/19/2023 for $26,400.

It seems to change hands once a year. Every time I see a 52T Mantle for sale, I like to dig and see the sales history. And they always are being flipped.

[Hxcmilkshake]

[irv]

Originally Posted by Hxcmilkshake

Mine stopped being flipped with me. Now you can have it when you dig it out of my urn in 20 years.

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The only time mine was flipped is when it was gifted to me from my father.

No plans, in the immediate future, anyways, to flip mine either. I've had it now for 35+ yrs and counting.

[MattyC]

I've owned and loved mine for 11 years and counting. My brother's owned his for 15. Can name so many buddies who love theirs, too, for many years now, with zero intention of selling. Many copies of every card change hands; it's a big hobby. Heck, 2 of the 6 Frederick Foto Ruths changed hands within the last year or so.

[visualplane]

Yeah, I was gonna say there's a handful being sold on ebay in a psa 1 vs how many are in the pop count.

[vintagerookies51]

Thanks all for the free bumps. While a year may seem like a flip to many people on this board, a lot can happen in a year and I've decided this card, and a couple others, would be put to better use by funding other things in my life. It has certainly been my grail ever since I bought my first vintage card ~15 years ago. Hopefully I will acquire a more permanent one when the finances allow it someday, but for now I have some less expensive grails that will forever be in my collection.

No one ever immediately pays full asking price, and this card seems to have gone up ever since I started collecting, so it would be stupid to list it at what I bought it for

[Jdoggs]

Nice centering.

[vintagerookies51]

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