Mickey Mantle Baseball Cards | Mickey Mantle Autograph Baseball

In Mastro Auctions, baseball card collector Lionel Carter has made over $1.6 million that includes the Mickey Mantle Rookie baseball cards which was bought in $162,000. That’s a lot of money! The cards were sold more than three times the original estimate. Some say that this amount is not an ordinary figure for a baseball cards but since it is a Mickey Mantle rookie cards then there’s no question about it, it is really worth it.

These cards has all the qualities that a collectors look for a SGC grade of 9 mint that includes excellent print quality, star power and pleasing graphics. For those who are into collecting memorabilia they would understand why one is willing to pay for this card no matter what the price is.  The value of money may depreciate but the value of these memorabilia increases as it becomes older. Investors can foresee the cost of Mickey Mantle rookie baseball cards in the future that is why they are spending a lot of money on it.

Take a look at Lionel Carter’s collections. His very first baseball cards cost only one cent a pack when he purchase it. After 74 years, these cards now cost 50,000 dollars and still continue to increase its value as it becomes older. Although at first Carter is just fun of collecting these cards and he has no intention of selling it he still cares for the cards condition. This is the reason why he can sell his card at very high price.

Therefore, the next time you want to collects something try to think of the future and ask your self is this item will make me a millionaire in the future. Aside from Mickey Mantle rookie baseball cards collection, Carter also has the whole 1938 Goudey heads up series that includes a Hank Greenberg Autographed baseball card with an SGC rating of gem 10, the only known card that has been rated so highly in the series of 288 cards. So, if you happen to see one today keep it who knows it might worth a million in the future.