MANTLE'S ’52 CARD INSPIRES HEAVY BIDDING
THAT CARD AGAIN — As if Mickey Mantle’s 1952 Topps card didn’t get enough attention in SCD two issues ago, when it appeared as the cover story. Well, here it is again, leading a wild month of online bidding. Seller PWCC Auctions listed a wonderfully clean specimen of the seminal card, an example that’s about as perfect as you can expect from such an old piece of cardboard. PSA assessed its condition at 8/Near-Mint-Mint. As you know, we just don’t see PSA 8-grade ’52 Mantles every day.
Not surprisingly, the card inspired 100 bids and soared to a price of
