Maker: Topps
Original Price: $1*
Worth Today: $5.22 million*
Mickey “The Mick” Mantle is one of the most famous baseball players of all time. Born in 1931, he played his whole career with the Yankees, hitting 536 home runs. His batting average was a .298. Mantle’s original baseball cards, made by Topps, have sold for record-breaking prices.
In January of 2021, PWCC Marketplace sold a 1952 mint condition Topps card for $5.22 million. This broke a previous record, which was held by MLB player Mike Trout. Rob Gough was Mantle’s card’s buyer, and he said he had been searching for the “high-grade example” for years and was “ecstatic” to finally have found it.
