1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, rare vintage memorabilia highlight SCP Fall Auction

The iconic 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card continues to set records and attract seven-figure sales, with a PSA 8 version recently selling for $1.47 million at Heritage Auctions.

SCP Auctions has another PSA 8 ’52 Mantle highlighting its 2022 Fall Premier Auction, which opened Wednesday and runs through Dec. 10.

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Of the 2,650 #311 1952 Mantle cards slabbed by the hobby’s four major card graders, few have been graded higher than an 8. Three PSA 10 examples are known to exist and a SGC 9.5 version set the all-time sports card record when it sold for $12.6 million at Heritage in August. SCP estimates the PSA 8 Mantle will top $1.5 million.

SCP’s latest auction also includes dozens of other high-end vintage cards, including: a rare 1970 Topps Pete Rose (PSA 10); a 1963 Topps Mantle (SGC 9); a 1952 Topps Mantle (CSG 4.5); a rare signed 1957 Topps Bill Russell rookie (PSA EX 5 with a Mint 9 autograph); and a 1909-11 T206 Piedmont Ty Cobb Bat on Shoulder (PSA 7).

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Modern cards featured in the auction include: a 2004 SP Authentic Quadruple Signatures card signed by Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony (#11/15, BGS 8.5); a 2007 Upper Deck Michael Jordan Trophy Autographs #2/6 (BGS 7.5); and a 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie card (PSA 9).

Rare game-used memorabilia includes: a 1918-22 Babe Ruth game-used bat (PSA/DNA GU 7.5 and MEARS A8.5); the jersey worn by 2022 American League MVP Aaron Judge on opening day of his 2017 American League Rookie of the Year season; a Shohei Ohtani game-worn jersey from Jackie Robinson Day 2022; and a 1979-80 Dave Cowens Boston Celtics jersey (MEARS A10).

Several rare and historic PSA/DNA Type 1 original photographs also have been consigned to SCP, including a 1927 shot of the famed “Murderer’s Row” (Ruth, Gehrig, Lazzeri); a scarce photo of Martin Luther King Jr. standing on the infamous Memphis balcony days before he was assassinated; and an iconic 1956 image of Marilyn Monroe meeting Queen Elizabeth.

Also featured is a 1927 New York Yankees World Series championship player’s ring; Jeremy Hill’s massive 2018 New England Patriots Super Bowl LIII championship ring; Bobby Jones’ 2019 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Ring; and Hugh Hefner’s 2000 Los Angeles Lakers championship ring given to him by former Lakers owner Jerry Buss.

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Other auction highlights include:

• 1918-22 Babe Ruth game-used H&B Professional Model Bat, PSA/DNA GU 7.5, MEARS A8.5 (Est: $150,000+)

• 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle (Type 2) - CSG VG-EX+ 4.5 ($100,000+)

• A 1929-31 Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig dual-signed OAL (Barnard) baseball with high-grade Ruth, PSA/DNA & JSA LOA's ($75,000)

• 2007 Upper Deck Black #JO Michael Jordan Trophy Autographs Gold (LE 2/6), BGS NM+ 7.5, Beckett 9 Auto. ($50,000+)

• 2012 London Summer Olympics Gold Medal awarded to Ukrainian Yuriy Cheban for 200m Canoe Sprint (proceeds to benefit Ukraine war efforts, $50,000+)

• 2016 Rio Summer Olympics Gold Medal awarded to Ukrainian Yuriy Cheban for 200m Canoe Sprint (proceeds to benefit Ukraine war victims, $50,000+)

• 1909-11 T206 Old Mill Ty Cobb (Bat Off Shoulder), PSA NM 7 ($40,000+)

• Only known 1908 London Summer Olympics 18K Gold Medal for Golf (refused admirably by defending champ George Lyon and the last one issued before Golf's 100-year absence at Olympics, $30,000+)

• Rare 1927 Bustin Babes & Larrupin Lous Barnstorming panoramic photograph ($30,000+)

• 1972 Hank Aaron Atlanta Braves game-worn road jersey (SGC Superior, $30,000+)

• 1972 Willie Mays New York Mets game-worn road jersey (SGC Superior/Excellent, $25,000+)

• 2006 S.F. Giants game-used baseball hit by Barry Bonds for home run #713 (MLB Auth., $25,000+)

• 1928 Harry Heilmann Lucky Strike Cigarettes Large Advertising Banner ($20,000+)

• C. 1910 Christy Mathewson Tuxedo Tobacco Advertising Display ($15,000+)

• 1910 Ty Cobb handwritten and signed nine-page letter ($10,000+)