The Mickey Mantle card is especially valuable because it is so well preserved.
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A 1952 baseball card sold for a staggering $12.6 million early Sunday morningas reported on CNN.
The sale makes the card the most valuable sports collectible in the world, according to auction house Heritage Auctions.
The price nearly doubled the previous record when a Honus Wagner card sold for $6.6 million last year. And he also broke the record for any sports memorabilia item, topping the $9.3 million sale of the famous Diego Maradona jersey he wore when he scored the ‘Hand of God’ goal.
The Mickey Mantle card is especially valuable because it is so well preserved. The card was rated “Mint+ 9.5” by Sportscard Guaranty Corporation, according to Heritage Auctions.
Mantle spent 17 years playing for the New York Yankees and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. The record-breaking card is from his rookie season and was produced by the trading card company Topps.
For the auction house, the sale represents the growing appeal of sports collectibles.
“We always knew this card would break records and expectations. But that doesn’t make it any less exciting to be part of an auction where a single item breaks the eight-figure threshold for the first time. It is an extraordinary achievement. for our wonderful team of sports experts at Heritage Auctions. And of course, we couldn’t have done it without our consignor, Anthony Giordano, who trusted Heritage to bring this amazing card to market,” said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions for Heritage.
Anthony Giordano bought the Mantle card for a record price in 1991, which was $50,000. and then kept it hidden for three decades before taking it to Heritage Auctions.
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