The Mickey Mantle Card
In short: The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card became a collecting icon due to Topps' design innovations, strategic release timing, and a 1960 ocean dump that created extreme scarcity.
A 1:39 short film in the series “The Collector's Mind”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Smithsonian Magazine, “In 1952, You Could Buy a Pack of Baseball Cards That Included This Mickey Mantle at a Corner Store. Today, You Would Probably Have to Go to an Auction House”; PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator), “Baseball Cards - 1952 Topps | PSA CardFacts®”; MLB.com, “'52 Mantle card found in attic sold for $12.6M”; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Baseball Cards in the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection”; nytimes.com, “The rise of the rookie card (and the non-rookie card that started it)”; The Atlantic, “A Cultural History of the Baseball Card”.
Sources used in this film
- Smithsonian Magazine — In 1952, You Could Buy a Pack of Baseball Cards That Included This Mickey Mantle at a Corner Store. Today, You Would Probably Have to Go to an Auction House · View →
- PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) — Baseball Cards - 1952 Topps | PSA CardFacts® · View →
- MLB.com — '52 Mantle card found in attic sold for $12.6M · View →
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Baseball Cards in the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection · View →
- nytimes.com — The rise of the rookie card (and the non-rookie card that started it) · View →
- The Atlantic — A Cultural History of the Baseball Card · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Smithsonian Magazine: In 1952, You Could Buy a Pack of Baseball Cards That Included This Mickey Mantle at a Corner Store. Today, You Would Probably Have to Go to an Auction House
- Also: PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator): Baseball Cards - 1952 Topps | PSA CardFacts®
- Also: mlb.com: '52 Mantle card found in attic sold for $12.6M
- Also: The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Baseball Cards in the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection
- Also: The New York Times: The rise of the rookie card (and the non-rookie card that started it)
- Also: The Atlantic: A Cultural History of the Baseball Card
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