Mickey Mantle
Baseball • Topps Baseball
Sport & Year
Baseball • 1952
Brand & Set
Topps - Topps Baseball
Card Number
311
Card Type
Base
Rarity
Base
Parallel Variant & Language
Base • English
Condition & Value Assessment
Condition Grade
Poor (P 1)
Estimated Market Value
Raw/Ungraded estimated between $10,000 to $25,000 depending on back condition and authentication; graded PSA 1 can command significantly more.
Recent Sales
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards in lower grades (PSA 1 to PSA 3) frequently sell at major auction houses like Heritage, Goldin, and PWCC, with PSA 1 examples commanding tens of thousands of dollars.
Condition Details
Heavy rounding and wear on all corners, significant surface scratching, paper loss near the bottom right corner, staining across the blue background, and general heavy edge wear.
Grading Recommendation
Yes, highly recommended to have authenticated and graded by PSA or SGC to verify authenticity and protect the high value, despite the low condition grade.
Card Description
Features a classic portrait close-up of Mickey Mantle in his New York Yankees pinstripe uniform and cap against a light blue background. The bottom right features his name and team info inside a stylized scroll design.
Notable Features
Widely considered the most iconic and valuable card in post-war baseball card collecting, representing Mickey Mantle's historic first Topps issue.
Authentication Notes
Requires professional third-party authentication (PSA, SGC, or BGS) due to the extremely high frequency of counterfeits and trimmed copies for this specific legendary card.
Scanned: 2026-08-05T13:11:02.159407