The year was 1978, and the Hobby was in a very different place. Unlike today where collectors buy in to breaks or expensive "hobby boxes" in hopes of a six-figure hit, the most expensive card you ...

A signed 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle rookie card sold for $451,400 at Heritage Auctions on February 28, 2026, setting a new record for a Mantle autograph on his rookie card. The PSA 2 example carried a ...

A rare Lionel Messi soccer card and Mickey Mantle rookie baseball card are up for auction. A sports card expert explains the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Picture this, It's 1952. A kid in Oklahoma flips through a pack of Topps cards, unaware he's holding a future fortune.

Perhaps one of your grandparents once opened a pack of baseball cards—and got the legendary Mickey Mantle that would someday be a collectible legend. Now, in a way, you can too. Topps, the ...

A 1952 Mickey Mantle Topps rookie card in mint condition sold for $2.88 million late Thursday night. That's second-highest price ever paid for a baseball card, falling short of the $3.12 million a ...

Record-breaking Mantle: A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle in SGC 9.5 sold for $12.6M, topping the 2026 rankings. Scarcity drives value: Population reports and strict grading standards make high-grade vintage ...

Though Mickey Mantle’s most famous card is his 1952 Topps, it was the 1951 Bowman set that brought collectors his rookie card. An uncut sheet from that set, including a copy of Mantle’s rookie card, ...

During Mickey Mantle’s playing days, small regional businesses were free to create their own baseball cards. Bread companies, cereal brands, potato chip makers, and even dog food companies produced ...

When assessing the value of baseball cards two seemingly identical cards can achieve very different outcomes at auction. See a side-by-side comparison of the 9.5 PSA-graded 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle ...

A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card is up for auction and could fetch a major league sum. The coveted card — considered to be the most iconic one of the Yankees legend — will be on sale at Heritage’s ...

DALLAS — A 1952 Topps baseball card of Mickey Mantle, owned by 14-time PGA Tour champion Fred Couples and graded in “good-plus” condition, sold for $158,600 on Friday -- the highest price realized for ...