A trading card for former New York Yankees baseball player Mickey Mantle has sold at auction for a record $12.6 million, making it the most expensive sporting item in the world. story, reports Reuters.
The card was issued by Topps in 1952. Chris Ivey, director of sports auctions at Heritage, said he was still confident in the amount the item could be purchased for.
— An eight-figure result from a sports auction seemed fantastic ten years ago. We always knew this card would break all records and expectations. But that doesn’t make the sale any less exciting,” Ivey said.
Previously, the sports field record was $9.3 million for Diego Maradona’s 1986 World Cup shirt, in which the Argentine skipped a goal against England in the quarter-finals of the tournament. The goal later became known as the “hand of god”.
Mantle played for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968. He has 7 World Series wins, three League MVP (Most Valuable Player) titles and 20 All-Star Game appearances.
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