Mickey Mantle’s rookie season card at 1952, has broken all possible records at a major sporting goods auction . After being sold for an outrageous figure of $12,600,000 with Heritage Auctions. In addition, it surpassed the sale of the shirt worn by Diego Armando Maradona in the World Cup in Mexico 1986 and which had a value of $9.3 million. dollars.
On the other hand, the card of one of the best players in the Major Leagues had a rating of 9.5 from the Quality Management System (QMS) which served to have one of the highest values for an auction.
Not forgetting that, it also broke the record for the sports card T28 Honus Wagner consigned to the Goldin collectibles market and it had a value of $7,25 million dollars a year ago.
“This card is possibly the best condition example of the most iconic post-war card in the world. That grade, plus the fact that it has documented provenance from the most famous find in the history of the hobby, puts this card in a class of its own,” said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions for Heritage.
On the other hand, it is the third time in a year that the sales record for a sports card has been broken after Wagner in early August and another $6 Wagner himself,606 million dollars with Robert Edward Auctions.
Likewise, it should be noted that previously, the same Mickey Mantle card was sold for $5.2 million dollars ; a LeBron James card from the 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection RPA with rookie patch autograph sold for the same amount.
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