A Mickey Mantle rookie card has sold for a huge fortune. Mantle is one of the more heralded legends in New York Yankees history.
Mickey Mantle rookie card sells for $5.2 million
His rare 1952 Topps card reflects the reverence baseball fans have for him, as it sold for a whopping $5.2 million.
Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Rob Gough purchased the card through the PWCC Marketplace.:
“I've always wanted this card,” Gough said of the Yankees legends rookie card, via Tommy Beer of Forbes. “I've been searching for this ‘Holy Grail,' the Mona Lisa of sports cards, the [1952 Mantle PSA-graded] 9. I finally got the 9.”
There are only nine of these Mickey Mantle rookie cards in existence. According to Forbes, this one last sold in 2018.
The sale easily eclipses the previous record for a rookie card, per Forbes:
The previous record for the highest-selling sports card of all time was set in August when a signed rookie by Los Angeles Angels superstar Mike Trout sold for $3.93 million at auction (supplanting the T206 Honus Wagner card, which was purchased for $3.12 million in 2016).
Mantle is one of the renowned all-around talents in MLB history. It also helps that he was a mainstay on some legendary New York Yankees teams.
The three-time MVP finished his career with 536 home runs. He won the Triple Crown in 1956, and helped lead the Yankees to seven World Series titles. The “Mick” also made 16 All-Star teams over the course of his career.
Mantle is considered by many arguably the best talent in the history of the game. But his career was plagued by injuries and alcohol abuse. The legendary switch-hitter and Yankees legend was a prolific talent and pop culture icon, yet also one of the greatest “What If?” persons in MLB history.
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