1962 Topps #200 Signed Mickey Mantle – PSA VG-EX 4; PSA NM/MT 8 Autograph – Only 2 Examples Graded Higher

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          Only two PSA example have managed to best this seldom surfacing PSA 4 signed 1962 Topps #200 Mantle boasting atypical near-perfect centering and eye pleasing wood grain borders. The fine black sharpie “Mickey Mantle” PSA 8 script has been rather harshly graded, with its bold attributes more consistent with a “9” exemplar. While PSA has currently encapsulated 7,400+ “unsigned” specimens, only 41 signed copies (0.5%) portray the Oklahoma Kid’s iconic signature. This immense disparity justifies the notion that scripted Mantle cards are extremely undervalued. Consider that there are nearly 180 PSA NM-MT 8 unsigned ’62 Topps examples consistently fetching between $12K - $15K, with most of the 41 autographed Mantles ranging in the $7K - $10K range. This disproportion leads us to believe the 1962 Topps signed Mantle subject hasn’t remotely approached its potential value, and this world-class offering certainly stands as one of the finest known examples. Issued the year after the “M & M” boys would chase Ruth’s magical 60-homer mark, 1962 would see “the Mick” claim his third and final MVP Award via 30 dingers and a .321 batting average, leading the Yankees to Mantle’s final world championship. A bona fide keeper, it truly stands as one of the “best of the best”, bolstered by the previously mentioned outstanding