TOP TEN HOBBY FINDS

1. 1952 TOPPS FIND

amous card dealer Al “Mr. Mint” Rosen received a call in spring 1986 that a person in Quincy, Mass., had a bunch of 1952 Topps baseball cards for sale. Intrigued once he was told there were probably 30 Mickey Mantles in the collection, Rosen took thousands of dollars and an armed policeman for security with him to go to the house. Rosen was in shock as he rifled through Mantle after Mantle – around 75 in all and 42 in excellent shape. Rosen ended up buying approximately 5,500 cards – about 75 percent were the rare high-number cards. He had 18 runs from cards No. 251 to 407, which includes Mantle, Willie Mays and Eddie Mathews. Rosen paid upwards of $125,000 that day, which included the finder’s fee