This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/4/2020
Graded VG 3 by SGC. Presented for bidding is unquestionably one of the defining cards from the decade of the 1950's, Mickey Mantle's true rookie card from the 1951 Bowman issue. Imaged as an 18-year old up and comer, Mantle had been lauded by Casey Stengel as the heir apparent to Joe DiMaggio and was granted the horizontal format to introduce his arrival. Centered to the top if looking at the card in the intended horizontal format, the card does employ bold color, slightly above-grade endpoints and an attractive overall appearance, the SGC grade is VG 3 due to some print lines on the surface. With Mantle rookie cards seeming to increase exponentially in price with each step up the grading ladder, you'd be wise to snap up this specimen with its multitude of above-grade features.