A rare 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card is expected to sell for more than $10 million at an auction next month, making it the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold at auction.
Chris Ivy is at the Heritage Auctions in Dallas.
According to Heritage Auctions, the item is the best known example of the 1952 card in existence and will be sold in August.
The card was graded by SGC as a 9 out of 10, indicating that it only has a few small flaws.
The highest online bid for the card had reached $4.2 million by Monday afternoon, and Heritage Auctions expected it to sell for at least $10 million.
According to the Associated Press, the card was purchased for $50,000 by a New Jersey businessman in 1991.
The most expensive sports card ever sold at auction was a 1952 Mickey Mantle card.
The current sports card record is held by a T206 Honus Wagner card that sold for $6 million.
$9.2 million was spent on goods and services. The jersey Diego Maradona wore when he scored the "Hand of God" goal during the 1986 World Cup quarter final match was sold for over a million dollars. The 1892 document that led to the modern revival of the Ancient Greek competition is one of the most expensive pieces of sports history.
During the first two years of the coronaviruses, many fans turned their attention to collecting sports collectibles. The head of collectibles and trading cards at eBay said demand for trading cards increased in 2020.
Mickey Mantle was a member of the New York Yankees for 18 years. During his time with the Yankees, he helped them win seven World Series. He was a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The crowd went crazy when he got up to the plate. He never made you feel bad. He had an aura about him, according to the previous owner. He died of cancer at 63.
The Honus Wagner baseball card sold for over a million dollars at an auction.
The third record baseball card sale in a year has taken place.
The record for largest card transaction was set by Mickey Mantle's card.
It's a boom time for sports collectibles, with a valuation of over one billion dollars.
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