The most expensive baseball card ever to be auctioned

I don’t know Rob Gough personally or professionally, but I’m here to officially state that I would like to be his friend.

That’s because he just bought the most expensive baseball card ever sold – a PSA Mint 9 grade Topps 2952 Mickey Mantle – for $ 5.2 million. And I’d love to see it, and maybe borrow it briefly to impress some:

The last record-breaking baseball card just sold in August 2020, a one-of-a-kind 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout, for $ 3.93 million. As recently as October, one of those Honus Wagner cards sold for $ 3.7 million.

Apparently, this particular iteration of the famous Mantle card is the best 9 quality still in existence, according to Jesse Craig, director of business development at PWCC Marketplace, who helped negotiate the deal. It was sold barely two years ago for a simple $ 2.8 million.

Anyway. Rob. Hit me, man. I’m not going to breathe on the map or anything. Maybe I’ll just take a selfie with it or something. Or maybe I can find a stash of very valuable cards if I dig deep enough in my basement.