But now Mentally, who starred in the 1950s and 1960s, is back in the headlines and in a big way when his card sold for $12.6 million, breaking the all-time record for a sports memorabilia item sold. The card is from 1952 and is in excellent condition.
More in-
The same card was sold in 1991 for $50,000 by the famous baseball card collector Alan Rosen. The auction house where Rosen sold the card predicted the card would bring in more than $10 million. Mantle, who died in 1995, played for the New York Yankees for his entire 18-year career. He helped his team remember seven championships, was a three-time league MVP and was inducted into the American Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
.jpg)