$50 million for one Mickey Mantle card? Baby baby…we have questions.
We’re talking about the 1952 Topps Mantle, why a PSA 10 is such a different collecting conversation, the pushback on the reported price, and the reholder rumor. A reported agreement and a confirmed, completed sale are different things.
If you had the money, would you want one of those three PSA 10 Mantles at $50 million? Tell me why in the comments.
Watch the full video:
https://youtu.be/zdQlpnBmmqc00:00 The $50 million Mantle claim
01:06 Froggy Fresh intro
01:20 The claim and what’s unconfirmed
03:47 Why the 1952 Topps Mantle matters
05:29 Price and scarcity
09:26 The pushback
11:20 The PSA reholder rumor
13:45 Tyler’s take and your turn
15:06 SCAD outro
Hosted by Dr. Tyler Tarver — @TarverCards
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Card illustration: 1952 Topps #311 Mantle example via PSA auction archive; it is not the card alleged to have traded.
https://www.psacard.com/auctionprices/baseball-cards/1952-topps/mickey-mantle/auction/5884812530945086939
- (00:00) - The $50 million Mantle claim
- (01:06) - Froggy Fresh intro
- (01:20) - The claim and what's unconfirmed
- (03:47) - Why the 1952 Topps Mantle matters
- (05:29) - Price and scarcity
- (09:26) - The pushback
- (11:20) - The PSA reholder rumor
- (13:45) - Tyler's take and your turn
- (15:06) - SCAD outro
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Welcome to the Sports Cards Are Dope podcast, hosted by Dr. Tyler Tarver (@tarvercards), an aggressively average dude with an above-average obsession for those glorious, four-cornered lil treasures we call sports cards!
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