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

The rookie card of the future Yankees legend once sold for pennies. But, even with garish colorization, it became a treasured symbol of the golden age of the sport that is now valued in the millions
New York Post

You just met the real Mickey Callaway, a baseball lifer living his 2nd dream

It wasn’t an act. It wasn’t a show. It wasn’t for the television cameras or for the large media gathering. Mickey Callaway’s introductory press conference at Citi Field — when he accentuated treating players like people, couldn’t hide his big ...
CNN

The most expensive baseball card in history just sold for $12.6 million

Dig out your old baseball cards. They might just be worth eight figures at auction. A Mickey Mantle baseball card from 1952 sold for a jaw-dropping $12,600,000 early Sunday morning, according to a news release from Heritage Auctions shared with CNN.
Observer

A Mickey Mantle Baseball Card Sold for $12.6 Million, Becoming the Most Expensive Sports Collectible

A Mickey Mantle baseball card has become the most world’s most expensive piece of sports memorabilia after fetching $12.6 million at auction. The value of sports memorabilia has skyrocketed in recent years, alongside other forms of collectibles like ...
Total Pro Sports

Two Mickey Mantle Cards Had The Same PSA Grade, But One Tiny Detail Made One Worth Nearly $2 Million More

Baseball card collections are worth a fortune if collectors fully know what they are looking for. For instance, a Mickey Mantle baseball card with the same PSA grade as one sold in June has netted nearly $2 million more.
9NEWS

Rare Mickey Mantle baseball card will be on display in Denver

DENVER - One of the rarest and most desirable baseball cards in history – a gem mint PSA 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card will be on display for three days next month at Denver’s History Colorado Center. It's one of only three ‘52 Topps Mantle cards ...
Artnet

A Mickey Mantle Baseball Card Just Fetched $12.6 Million at Auction—Setting a Record for the Most Expensive Piece of Sports Memorabilia Ever Sold

This weekend, Heritage Auctions in Dallas set a new record in sports memorabilia with the sale of a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card for $12.6 million, the latest sign of a boom. The card, graded a mint 9.5 by Sportscard Guaranty Corporation, surpassed ...
Sports Illustrated

The Truth About the Iconic 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle Baseball Card

Mickey Mantle’s rookie card arrived a year before in 1951 Bowman. Even though the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle is his most popular card it’s not deserving of the rookie card designation. For years, the sports card hobby had very specific criteria ...
Yahoo! Sports

Mickey Mantle's sons dig through family vault for new baseball card release

David and Danny Mantle woke up Saturday and couldn’t help but think of their dad. Not because a fresh baseball season was only hours away, not because the Yankees were the first game on the schedule and not because of the new Mickey Mantle baseball card ...