A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle graded PSA 8 (nm/mt) and a 1966 Topps Mantle game-worn road jersey sold for more than $700,000 in Heritage Auctions' Platinum Night event in Chicago. The auction, which offered only premium-type vintage cards and high-end sports memorabilia, was conducted in association with the National Sports Collectors Convention. The '52 Mantle brought … [Read more...] about Mantle Card, Jersey Top Heritage Auction
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1966 Topps Punchouts Are Ultra Scarce
Among the rarest of Topps issues, the cards commonly referred to as 1966 Punchboards are not well known even among advanced collectors. Prior to issuing the larger and less scarce Punchouts set in 1967, Topps developed a precursor before redesigning it, probably after a failed original product test. Occasional singles would pop up in auctions during the 1990’s and a cursory … [Read more...] about 1966 Topps Punchouts Are Ultra Scarce
1966 Topps Grant Jackson 591
If you walked the floor of the National Sports Collectors Convention this summer, you heard virtually every dealer of post-World War II cards lamenting the lack of 1966 Topps high number short prints. It's a case of the demand being far greater than the supply. Topps' 7th series sheets were configured in such a way that more than two dozen cards weren't printed in the same … [Read more...] about 1966 Topps Grant Jackson 591