A mint condition 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card could break records when it goes up for auction next month. It could top an estimated $10 million.
NEW YORK — A decades-old, mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card could break records when it goes up for auction next month.
No matter the final price for the rare Mantle rookie card, it will be a hefty profit for the current owner, a New Jersey waste management entrepreneur who bought it for $50,000 at a New York City show in 1991. "I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases," Mantle once said."The quality of the card is the key," said Derek Grady, the executive vice president of sports auctions for Heritage Auctions, which is running the bidding."Four sharp corners, the gloss and the color jumps off the card."