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RELATED: The Five Essential Baseball Cards of Ken Griffey, Jr. As the modern Hobby's most iconic card, Mantle's 1952 Topps card is a no-brainer for any list of essential cardboard.

This card is a Type 1 (of two types) 1952 Mantle, meaning it has a solid border and straight stars around the marquee and a black border around the Yankees logo.

Ex-city DOB Commissioner Eric Ulrich auctioned off a Mickey Mantle card after admitting he couldn’t afford a lawyer in his political bribery case.

Check out Leila Dunbar's appraisal of a 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle baseball card in Shelburne Museum, Hour 1.

We have a new record. Nearly 30 years after his death, one of Mickey Mantle's 1952 rookie cards sold at Heritage Auctions for a whopping $12.6 million.

A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card called "the finest known example in the world" was sold this morning by Heritage Auctions for the record-setting price of $12.6 million.

A Mickey Mantle baseball card in mint condition sold for $12.6 million on Sunday, becoming the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia to be sold at an auction.

A Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for a record-breaking $12.6 million on Sunday. The man who sold the card bought it for $50,000 in 1991, worth around $110,000 today.