As the year winds down, we’re taking a look at the top-selling sports cards and memorabilia sold through major auction companies in 2018.
He’s been gone for over 20 years but Mickey Mantle is still setting records. Last spring, one of only six 1952 Topps Mantle cards graded 9 by PSA became the most expensive post-War trading card ever sold at auction when Heritage Auctions sold one for over $2.8 million. Consigned by Evan Mathis, the card more than doubled the previous record for a ’52 Mantle (an 8.5) and went for nearly ten times more than the last PSA 9 sold at auction in 2006.
Mantle items–and high-end ’52s in particular– dominated the top ten items sold by the Dallas-based company, a list that also included what became the most valuable Mantle jersey ever sold.
Here’s the complete list:
1. 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA Mint 9 $2,880,000 (April)
2. 1964 Mickey Mantle World Series Home Run Record-Setting Game Worn New York Yankees Jersey, MEARS A9 $1,320,000 (August)
3. 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA NM-MT+ 8.5 $810,000 (August)
4. 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle #253 PSA Mint 9 $750,000 (April)
5. 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal 350/30 Eddie Plank PSA NM 7 – Pop Three, One Higher $690,000 (Sept.)
6. 1909-11 T206 Piedmont 150 Sherry Magee (“Magie” Error) PSA NM-MT 8 $660,000 (September)
7. 1927 Babe Ruth Game Used Record Sixtieth Home Run Bat Gifted to Joe E. Brown, PSA/DNA GU 10 $660,000 (Sept.)
8. 1948 Leaf Satchel Paige #8 PSA NM-MT 8 – Pop 5 None Higher $432,000 (Nov.)
9. 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA NM-MT 8. Fresh To The Hobby $430,200 (Nov.)
10. 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA NM-MT 8 $420,000 (Aug.)
You can see the top 10 selling items for other major auction companies here.
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