Heritage Auctions has officially auctioned off the highest graded 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle Rookie Card for a whopping $12.6 million. This historic baseball rookie card is now the world’s most valuable sports collectible.
But at 12:28 a.m. CST Sunday, it became official when Heritage Auctions sold the 1952 Mantle, graded a Mint+ 9.5 by Sportscard Guaranty Corporation, for $12.6 million.
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Nearly a year ago, a T-206 Honus Wagner card sold for $6.6 million, according to Heritage Auctions. It was the most expensive card at the time. This was recently eclipsed in a private sale of a different T-206 Honus Wagner card which fetched $7.25 million, according to ESPN.
The thriving sports collectibles market has made these baseball card auctions and private sales possible. According to Market Decipher, the sports memorabilia market was estimated at $26 billion in 2021. If more expensive cards hit the market in the next few years that estimate will most certainly be eclipsed.
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Check out the 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball cards being auctioned and sold on eBay. Buy it now prices from $5 through $729k.
Mickey Charles Mantle, nicknamed "the Commerce Comet" and "the Mick", was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees as a center fielder, right fielder, and first baseman. - Wikipedia
