athletics07
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That's a really cool card. I've never seen that before. What's the story behind it?
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it was an insert set that Topps did in 2007.
Pretty sure it was 2005-06 Topps 52 Style basketball and base cards looked like 52 Topps baseball and since Mantle played HS hoops they put him in there
I think Ikon was a grade-at-home "business" where someone formulated their own slabs, graded their own cards, and sold them for huge profits at a time when anything in a plastic case with a 10 on it was worth 10x book value.
@SINFULONE
People have also said (in the past) that Ikon might be faking this cards as (they claim) the serial numbers' fonts are different. I have nothing to compare it to so I have no clue if they're right or wrong. I paid about $35 (I think) but I know it was less than $40 a couple of months ago. Either way, I already have it and it's not going anywhere in the next hundred years or so.....