The Mickey Mantle card is especially valuable because it’s so well-preserved. The card was graded “Mint+ 9.5” by the Sportscard Guaranty Corporation, according to Heritage Auctions.

A Mickey Mantle baseball card is displayed at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, earlier this summer. A mint condition Mantle card has sold for $12.6 million, blasting into the record books.

So, if you have $5,000 to spare and are looking to own a tangible piece of Mickey Mantle's legacy, this 2006 Topps Sterling MOMENTS RELICS PRIME #MMHR36 BGS 8.5, 9.5 Sports Card is undoubtedly an ...

A rare Mickey Mantle baseball card is going up for auction next month. The owner bought the card at a New York City show in 1991 for $50,000.

Mathis' Mantle card could go for more than $3 million (4:10) Former NFL lineman Evan Mathis joins OTL to explain how he acquired a rare 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card and why he is now selling it.

NEW YORK — A mint-condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million on Sunday, the most money ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially more ...

A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card became the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia to be sold at auction, notching $12.6 million early Sunday morning.

A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially ...

Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees bats during a game against Baltimore at Yankee Stadium in 1960. Photo by Getty Images. A rare Mickey Mantle baseball card is up for auction and could fetch ...

A Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million. The seller, Anthony Giordano, who works in New Jersey waste management, bought it for $50,000 at a New York City show in 1991.

A Mickey Mantle baseball card in mint condition sold for $12.6 million on Sunday, becoming the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia to be sold at an auction.

A mint-condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for a mint Sunday, bringing $12.6 million at auction, the most ever paid in the booming sports memorabilia market.