A little over four years ago, Memory Lane generated headlines with the sale of a PSA 9 (mint) Mickey Mantle rookie card. Early Sunday morning, that record-setting $220,150 sale was blown away in the company’s Fall Auction when the same 1951 Bowman gem soared to $588,000. The iconic card topped bidding in Memory Lane’s Fall Classic Auction, which tallied over $3.5 … [Read more...]
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Notes: Mantle Rookie Sales; Baseball Artist at Work; Topps ‘Cards’ in Braves’ New Park; Heritage Museum
A PSA 7 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle sold for $42,101 late Monday night, the seventh recorded sale of over $32,000 for a Mantle rookie since last August. The going rate prior to the middle of 2015 was $10,000-$15,000. That’s now what you’ll pay for a card in the 4-5 range (and there are several listed right now). The average price of a 1952 Topps Mantle in that same … [Read more...]
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle: Undervalued?
You’ll sometimes hear the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle referred to as his rookie card. I guess if you’re strictly a Topps collector it is. Topps didn’t yet have a full MLB license until then so the famous #311 card from the scarce series is the first time Mantle appeared on a Topps card. However, true fans of vintage baseball cards know that the 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle is … [Read more...]
Mays Rookie Stolen from Rob Schneider’s Home
Burglars who broke into the Bay Area home of actor/comedian Rob Schneider last Friday made off with a high-grade Willie Mays 1951 Bowman rookie card. Schneider, said to be an avid collector of vintage cards and a former Saturday Night Live cast member and star of ‘Deuce Bigalow’, was at a film festival in Montreal at the time and his wife and daughter were out to … [Read more...]
