The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card, widely considered the holy grail of postwar baseball cards. #baseballcards #mickeymantle #newyorkyankees #baseballcardcollection #toppsbaseball Mickey Mantle rookie card sells for a record $5.2 million Los Angeles Times Imagine if rare copies of the 1952 Mickey Mantle card had this photo These "Through the Years Golden Mirror" cards depict what iconic rookie cards would look like as image variations. 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card fetches record $2.88 million at auction