1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card sells for $2.88 million: Report - ABC News

In 1988, this card could be had for $3,300. Ten years later, the record was $121,000. By 2007, the top sale for the card was $240,000.
In 1988, the baseball card was worth only $3,300.
The Mickey Mantle card, auctioned by Heritage Auctions, fell just short of the $3.12 million paid for a 1909 Honus Wagner card in October 2016.

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