Mickey Mantle card gets police escort through streets of Denver
Jenny Ivy and Ashley Michels
Denver Police Department motorcycle officers escort an armored vehicle carrying the most-sought after baseball card in the world, a PSA gem mint 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card known as the Holy Grail of cards, to be put on display in the Hall of Legends at the Rally Hotel as part of an exhibit of baseball memorabilia leading up to the Major League Baseball All Star Game Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Denver. The card, owned by Denver attorney Marshall Fogel, is on display for three days as part of the exhibit staged by History Colorado and the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Foundation. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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DENVER (KDVR) – The most sought-after baseball card in the world is on display in Denver during MLB All-Star Week.
The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, which sold for a record-breaking $5.2 million in January, needed a police escort and an armored car through the streets of Denver Saturday morning to get to the Hall of Legends exhibit at the Rally Hotel.
The most-sought after baseball card in the world, a PSA gem mint 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card known as the Holy Grail of cards, is put on display in the Hall of Legends at the Rally Hotel as part of an exhibit of baseball memorabilia leading up to the playing of the Major League Baseball All Star Game on Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Denver. The card, owned by Denver attorney Marshall Fogel, is on display for three days as part of the exhibit staged by History Colorado and the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Foundation. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
The card, owned by Denver attorney Marshall Fogel, is on display for three days as part of the exhibit staged by History Colorado and the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Foundation.
