Lot # 1651: 1968 Topps #280 Mickey Mantle PSA MINT 9

Graded MINT 9 by PSA. Superb ultra-high-grade example of Mickey Mantle from the 1968 Topps set. Bright, crisp, and clean with brilliant colors, a flawless image, and sharp corners. Clean reverse. A quick look at the PSA Population Report shows that an astounding 17,222 examples of this card have been graded. Of these, only 11 examples have ever graded GEM MINT 10. 1968 Topps cards typically suffer from a variety of condition problems, including print defects and a tendency to easily wear along the borders, which make mint examples particularly difficult to find. This is a spectacular world-class MINT example of one of Mantle's most classic cards, far exceeding the expectations for 1968 Topps.