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Title: "Evan Mathis sells Mickey Mantle baseball card for $2.88 million"
Post by: WALL-E on April 20, 2018, 12:10:02 AM
Evan Mathis sells Mickey Mantle baseball card for $2.88 million
(http://media.al.com/sports_impact/photo/mickey-mantle-cardjpg-f1e1d098df93be2d.jpg)A Mickey Mantle baseball card owned by former Alabama football standout Evan Mathis had not set a record for the highest price paid for a baseball card when the bidding closed on Thursday night, as had been predicted.

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Title: Re: "Evan Mathis sells Mickey Mantle baseball card for $2.88 million"
Post by: ricky023 on April 20, 2018, 09:05:48 AM
At one time back in the 1960's I had the whole Yankees team. I had a big cardboard box full of baseball cards full. I had the Orioles players a lot of other Hank Aaron and Roger Maris. My grandmother wanted the box for packing so I trashed all the cards, I just wonder how many dollars I trashed at that time not knowing the future value. RTR!


Title: Re: "Evan Mathis sells Mickey Mantle baseball card for $2.88 million"
Post by: Hannibal Lecter, MD on April 20, 2018, 09:44:54 AM
At one time back in the 1960's I had the whole Yankees team. I had a big cardboard box full of baseball cards full. I had the Orioles players a lot of other Hank Aaron and Roger Maris. My grandmother wanted the box for packing so I trashed all the cards, I just wonder how many dollars I trashed at that time not knowing the future value. RTR!

My Dad has a Willie Mays card that would be worth about $25k in mint condition.  His is more like a 7/10 condition (which means it's still in very good condition), and it takes the value down to more like $600.  It's amazing how much the smallest little flaw will deflate the value.  Sometimes the cards are in PERFECT condition, and the flaw is from the printer.  A lot of them back then were printed a little off center, and that decreases the value.