Which athlete is on the most expensive baseball card ever sold?
Decades ago, baseball cards were just a fun thing kids traded on playgrounds for fun, but at some point in the '80s people decided they were a reasonable retirement strategy. These days they're serious business, with collectors dropping millions on rare vintage cards. The hobby has come a long way from bubble gum and cardboard boxes. Which baseball legend's card currently holds the all-time price record?
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Correct Answer: Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle's 1952 Topps card sold for a ridiculous $12.6 million in 2022, making every other baseball card look like pocket change. While the card is often called Mantle's rookie card, that designation actually belongs to his 1951 Bowman card. Thousands of these cards were originally dumped into the Atlantic Ocean because Topps couldn't sell them at a penny each, now a single one is worth a minor league team.
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