Mickey Mantle

1968 Topps Game Mickey Mantle #2 value & prices

The 1968 Topps Game Mickey Mantle #2 is a Baseball card released in 1968. In ungraded condition it carries an estimated value of about $62.65, with professionally graded copies commanding more.

Graded copies command a clear premium — an ungraded copy is worth around $62.65, a PSA 9 around $1,190.00, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $8,829.32, a pristine BGS 10 around $11 and478.00. That's roughly a 141× premium for a gem-mint copy over raw — one of the clearest signals that condition-sensitive buyers dominate this card's market.

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About this card's market

Vintage cards from this era were printed long before collectors thought about preservation, so well-centered, sharp-cornered copies are genuinely scarce. That scarcity is what drives the gap between raw and graded prices.

Baseball card collecting runs deep — set builders, player collectors, and investors all compete for the same key cards.

Is it worth grading?

With raw copies near $62.65 and top grades reaching $8,829.32, grading a sharp copy of this card can clearly pay for itself — the spread comfortably covers a typical ~$25.00 grading fee. The catch: only submit copies with strong centering, clean corners, and unmarked surfaces, because anything below a 9 usually erases the math.

When choosing a grader, PSA slabs typically resell fastest, BGS rewards truly pristine copies, and SGC/CGC offer faster turnarounds — compare each label's value in the grade table above.

Smart buying guide

The fastest way to gauge the real market for this card is to scan the live eBay listings above: look at the spread between auction and Buy-It-Now prices, and check sold history before paying top dollar.

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