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11. Some 1952 Mickey Mantle card sold for over $12 million

Reply to BOSSHOG (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 11, 2025, 10:11 PM

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Heritage Auctions in Dallas sold it. Their Sports division told me that they find rare baseball cards in the weirdest places. A few years ago, some farm in the Midwest somewhere found dozens of boxes full of baseball cards dating back to 1910 in a barn. They got millions for them (again, according to Heritage, who helped them sell them), and went for rags to riches overnight.

What seems like junk to some glitters like gold to others.

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