1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle Card
This vintage Mickey Mantle card is highly sought after and popular. This is Mickey Mantle’s second year as Yankee. While this card is not as popular as the Topps version, any collector would be lucky to have this classic card. This card sells for about $2,500. Bowman cards are unique in that the artwork is among the finest of baseball cards. This adds to the quality of the card!If any other Gem Mint grade copies of this card emerge, it will be remarkable. Just the sheer age of these cards makes it difficult to find them in such top shape, even if they were meticulously cared for. Only about 2 Gem Mint ’52 cards are known to be in existence. These cards reach values that rival the ’51 card and continue to elevate into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The unique nature of this card is probably due for a reappraisal and collectors may someday hold it in even higher value. It was part of a fairly small set run by Bowman that year and most of the companion rookie cards in the set depict players who have largely been forgotten.
The mediocre nature of the set allowed it to be overshadowed by the 1952 Topps series. The set did include some other stars though such as Yogi Berra, Stan Musial, and Willie Mays. Collectors who snatch up this set now as a whole ,and the Mickey Mantle card in particular, will be getting themselves a real bargain in the long run and may discover some other hidden gems that will only enhance the value.