The $2.88 million price shattered the previous auction rec­ord for a post-World War II card — also a 1952 Mantle card sold more than a decade ago — by $2.6 million, according to Heritage.

The rare Mantle card, sold by Heritage Auctions, surpassed a record of $9.3 million set in May for the shirt worn by Argentine icon Diego Maradona, when he scored the contentious ‘Hand of God ...

A rare Mickey Mantle card was sold for a record-breaking $5.2 million, the highest price ever for a baseball card, broker PWCC Marketplace announced Thursday.

Rob Gough, an entrepreneur and actor, bought the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle for $5.2 million. The card was graded by PSA as a Mint 9 and is one of only six PSA 9 1952 Mickey Mantle cards in the world.

Video Transcript [AUDIO LOGO] - Nearly 30 years after his death, Yankees legend Mickey Mantle is still breaking records. A 1952 Mantle baseball card sold Sunday for $12.6 million.

Mantle — who spent his entire career with the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968, where he was a seven-time World Series champion — died in 1995. He participated in Ken Burns ' 1994 iconic ...

In 1988, the baseball card was worth only $3,300. A 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card in mint condition has sold for $2.88 million -- making it the second-highest price ever paid for a baseball ...

NEW YORK — A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown ...

The boom in sports memorabilia continues: A mint 1952 Mickey Mantle sold for a record-shattering $5.2 million to entrepreneur and actor Rob Gough in a private transaction brokered by PWCC ...

A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially ...