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🏆 Sports
August 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM
In 1952, You Could Buy a Pack of Baseball Cards That Included This Mickey Mantle at a Corner Store. Today, You Would Probably Have to Go to an Auction House
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
A rookie baseball card of Yankees legend Mickey Mantle, once sold for pennies, has become a treasured symbol of the sport's golden age and is now valued in the millions.
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