| NEWS Evan Mathis sells Mickey Mantle baseball card for $2.88 million

[Mark Inabinett | minabinett@al.com]

A Mickey Mantle baseball card owned by former Alabama football standout Evan Mathis had not set a record for the highest price paid for a baseball card when the bidding closed on Thursday night, as had been predicted.
Mark Inabinett | minabinett@al.com
Evan Mathis sells Mickey Mantle baseball card for $2.88 million

 

[planomateo]

Wow!

I have a Nolan Ryan rookie card, I've had it for ~30 years. No idea what it's really worth, but it is pretty nice, my dad paid $45 for it back the 80s, it was worth $90 at the time.

PSA 9 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan Rookie Card Tops $25,000

 

[JoshB]

And my wife calls my hobbies silly :eyeroll:

 

[planomateo]

My dad would take my brother and I to baseball card shows back when we were teenagers. We setup a table and sold a few times as well. Good memories. Getting a box of tops cards and unwrapping was always fun, haven't done that in years.

Met Frank Robinson at one of them.

Think about how many Carl Yastrzemski and countless other rookie cards ended up in the spokes of bicycles back in the day.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Got a carl hubbell ice cream top card....
Pulled top off ice cream and there was a player under it....
Carl is best one but have 6-7others....my dads collection

 

[rammerjammer]

The YAZ!!! I met him and Mickey Mantle in Atlanta at a card signing back in the early 90's. Got my pic with both, but no autographs. Mantle was $45 per and Yaz was $35 per.

I was a poor teenager. Just stood behind them and got a picture. The pharmacist I worked with got like 6 items autographed, one of which, was a Boy's LIfe magazine he had as a little boy, on the cover was Mickey, Yogi, and Maris. Both Yogi and Mickey signed the magazine......Maris had already died.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

The YAZ!!! I met him and Mickey Mantle in Atlanta at a card signing back in the early 90's. Got my pic with both, but no autographs. Mantle was $45 per and Yaz was $35 per.

I was a poor teenager. Just stood behind them and got a picture. The pharmacist I worked with got like 6 items autographed, one of which, was a Boy's LIfe magazine he had as a little boy, on the cover was Mickey, Yogi, and Maris. Both Yogi and Mickey signed the magazine......Maris had already died.

Wow on thatBoys Life

 

[TerryP]