Summer Live and Premium 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/12/2018
Graded 70 EX+ 5.5 by SGC. Hall of Famer. Among nearly 1,000 copies recorded in SGC's census reporting, just over twenty-five percent have earned a higher grade. Here's an appealing '53 Topps Mickey Mantle card that sports intense, boldly projecting colors. The attractive and sought-after collectible, presenting the prized illustration of "The Mick" with admirable clarity, retains sharp, nicely pointed corners. The red caption block on the card front’s lower left is wonderfully bright, with just a tiny, inoffensive spot of wear at the corner’s tip and left edge. Admirable image focus adds to the card's visually wholesome character, and its reverse is clean with the issue's often-seen wax staining blissfully absent in this copy. A gratifying example of a coveted early Mantle, in Excellent-plus condition.