Slugger Mickey Mantle rookie trading card  sold  it for a record $5.2 million bucks! Mike Trout has previously held the record for most expensive rookie card sold forever.

1952 topps Mickey Mantle card

The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card is considered one of the most treasured cards in the world.

1952 topps Mickey Mantle card

In January of this year, a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle graded PSA 9 was sold for $5.2 million

1952 topps Mickey Mantle card

If you're not familiar with card grading, PSA is the official grader of the card industry.  Their experts check every aspect of a card and provide a grade on a scale from 1 to 10.

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PSA has assigned a grade of 9 to just six total 1952 Topps Mantles which is why it can command such a high price. Just think what the last sale price is for if it was graded a 10!

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Entrepreneur Rob Gough believes in balancing work and play that he acquired a rare Mickey Mantle MLB baseball card for a record-breaking $5.2 million in November

1952 topps Mickey Mantle card

Rob Gough successfully made record purchase for the most expensive sports card transaction of all time when he bought a 1952 Mickey Mantle card for $5.2 million.

1952 topps Mickey Mantle card

Gough had always been interested in collecting sports trading cards. When he was a kid, he collected baseball cards. One of his favorite players was Mickey Mantle.

1952 topps Mickey Mantle card

It would be really awesome if he could get his hands on the 1952 Topps Mantle card which he wanted to add into his collection  finally got it for $5.2 million!

1952 topps Mickey Mantle card

Recently, an epic 1952 Mickey Mantle starred in his own Topps baseball card. The  NFT was so impressive it sold for $470,000.

Mickey Mantle NFT

On the OpenSea platform, a single Mickey Mantle 1952 Topps NFT card was sold for 175 ETH, which is currently worth $470,711. The sale of this one-of-a-kind ion blockchain

Mickey Mantle NFT

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