Mickey Mantle ’52 Topps #311 Card Up For Auction, Expected To Fetch $1.5 Mil

Mickey Mantle‘s 1952 Topps #311 card, one of the crucial coveted ever made, is on the block … and the public sale tells TMZ Sports activities the piece is estimated to promote for round $1.5 MILLION!

The uncommon card — graded close to mint/mint 8 by CSG — is from Mantle’s second season within the Majors and has a near-flawless floor, in response to SCP Auctions, the oldsters auctioning the historic card.

The cardboard was the primary Mantle made by Topps (Bowman produced his rookie card) … and the design is iconic.

The entrance options a big image of Mantle in his Yankees-fitted cap with a bat resting on his shoulder … with Mick staring off-camera.

The again options stats from Mickey’s minor league profession, the place he spent three seasons earlier than being known as as much as the large leagues. Mantle’s numbers from his 1951 rookie season.

Licensed Sports activities Warranty (CSG) VP Andy Broome examined the Mantle up shut in October, and known as it greater than only a card, however fairly “a piece of artwork.”

Mantle’s profession spanned 18 seasons with the Yankees. He was a 3-time MVP and 7x World Collection champion.

Mantle additionally made 20-time All-Star groups (there was once two ASGs a season). He additionally gained the batting title (.353) and Triple Crown (52 HR, 130 RBI) in 1956. Mickey was one of many biggest hitters to ever maintain a bat.

To get an thought of the cardboard’s worth … earlier this 12 months, an inferior #311 (it wasn’t in nearly as good of form) offered for $1.56 million at public sale.

A 9.5 graded model offered this 12 months for — brace your self — an astonishing $12.5 million at public sale.

As for SCP’s #311, the public sale’s already reside and has 9 bids … with the excessive mark coming in at $536K.