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Title: Mickey Mantle
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on August 29, 2022, 12:47:55 AM
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/28/business/mickey-mantle-baseball-card-sale-trnd/index.html

Well, I had Mickey Mantle baseball cards when I was young, but not this one.
Title: Re: Mickey Mantle
Post by: jumbojak on August 29, 2022, 02:26:01 AM
I have this one. https://ibb.co/52Q7QrZ (https://ibb.co/52Q7QrZ)
Title: Re: Mickey Mantle
Post by: hermes2015 on August 29, 2022, 04:41:58 AM
I'm sure one has to keep them in the dark. The printing inks are probably quite light sensitive.
Title: Re: Mickey Mantle
Post by: jumbojak on September 03, 2022, 05:51:41 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on August 29, 2022, 04:41:58 AMI'm sure one has to keep them in the dark. The printing inks are probably quite light sensitive.

They all live in card protector sheets inside of a fire safe. I think that now would probably be the time to sell. A few years ago values had crashed. You can see the Yogi Berra above. I specifically remember its value falling from $50 to about two bucks.