Lot #17: 1951 Wheaties #G Mickey Mantle Premium Photo PSA 10 GEM MINT 1/1

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          There are exactly three 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle cards graded GEM MINT PSA 10, safely tucked away in three of the finest collections in the world. With PSA 8 and PSA 9 examples of arguably the hobby's most coveted baseball card fetching prices five to ten times the amount they did just a few short years ago, you have to ask yourself, "What would one of those GEM MINT examples sell for today?" Is it five million? Maybe it's ten million. The thought of a ten million dollar baseball card five years ago seemed absolutely preposterous, but in today's market, totally plausible. Let's backtrack to Mickey Mantle's true rookie card, his 1951 Bowman issue #253 and ask the same question. Keep in mind, while the true rookie card doesn't carry quite the same swagger as the '52 Topps card, there's only one example out of over 1,800 submissions to reach the summit of a GEM MINT grade. Just one, compared to three for the '52 Topps Mantle. So what's the one and only 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle RC PSA 10 worth? More than one of those '52 Topps Mantles? More than ten million dollars? It's important to illustrate this point because a new variable has entered the equation, one that will surely send shock waves throughout the Mickey Mantle collector community. Presented is a fresh to the hobby 1951 Wheaties Mickey Mantle Premium, the first and only GEM MINT PSA 10 on record.