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Graded NM 7 by PSA. Extremely attractive, crisp, clean, high-grade example of 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle. One of card collecting's greatest classics, Mantle's Topps rookie card is the key to the 1952 Topps set, one of the most famous of all cards, and the single most popular and valuable postwar baseball card. This is a magnificent example with brilliant colors and a bold blue background (a small surface imperfection is visible to the left of Mantle's head, mentioned for accuracy). The corners are strong, with only the slightest touch of wear visible under close inspection. The centering is superb (very slightly toward the top right), which is notable for this card as it is so often found severely off-center side to side. The reverse is entirely clean and boldly printed with crisp red and black colors. The 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle has long been universally recognized as one of most iconic "blue chips" of all vintage baseball cards, and even just a glance at sales records clearly shows that over the years it has consistently risen in value in all grades. The market for 1952 Topps #311 Mantles in general appears be on an upward swing - especially for extremely high quality examples. Recently, ultra-high-grade examples have soared to new levels, with sales of $5.2 million reported for a PSA MINT 9 in January 2021 and $1.6 million for a PSA NM-MT 8 example in February 2021. This 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle presents a particularly significant collecting and investing opportunity as it is such a strong and attractive example that rarely is offered in this grade! One of card collecting's greatest classics, Mantle's Topps rookie card is the key to the 1952 Topps set, one of the most famous of all cards, and the single most popular and valuable postwar baseball card. This is a spectacularly bright and clean world-class example of Mickey Mantle's most celebrated card, in an extremely desirable ultra-high grade. Reserve $50,000. Estimate (open).