Former NFL Player Sells His Mickey Mantle Rookie Card For Millions
I know this guy was aware he had this card and had been hanging on to it for awhile, but it got me thinking. Like our own “collector” Hank Morse, I…
Dinning at the Harwyn Club, New York, New York, late 1950s. (L-R) Golfer Jimmy Demeret (1910 – 1983), baseball player Mickey Mantle (1931 – 1995), restaurant and bar owner Bernard Toots Shor (1904 – 1977), Harwyn Club owner and former basebal player Ed Wynne, and boxer Rocky Graziano (1922 – 1990).
I know this guy was aware he had this card and had been hanging on to it for awhile, but it got me thinking.
Like our own "collector" Hank Morse, I too am a lover of thrift stores, junk shops, yard sales, attics and antiques.
Can you imagine stumbling on something like this packed away in a box?! Heeello!!! Have you ever come across something worth more than you thought it was? I have not. Yet. ;-)
(And yes, I know what uniform Mickey Mantle wore.)
Julie DevereauxWriter
