1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311

Unfortunately, this copy falls short on eye appeal and misses the mark on every grading standard. The centering is severely off, the corners and edges show noticeable wear, and the surface lacks the vibrancy collectors look for. While it may hold value as a popular card, it simply can’t compete with higher-grade examples.

Luckily just owning a 52T Mantle is more than enough to write home about. With that said there’s just too much detracting from this copy.

Missing a chunk and multiple creases. Almost an F but the above average centering bumped it up to a D- for me

Petty good centering and color but the issues with the creases, edges and especially the corners brings it down

This card has a load of charm.if that corner want missing…

It's a mantle, it's a 1, it's got a chip on its shoulder and not a crease in the face. I've seen worse. I'd love to own it, but it wouldn't be a keeper and that matters on a card that has an entry price of $20k.

This is just an accurately graded card. Wear commensurate with the third party assessment.

The chunk out of the corner devastates the eye appeal. Layer on the creases, folds and surface wear and this is just a notch above F..

Even for a 1 grade, this is rough with a large piece missing from the bottom left corner that takes the focal attention away from the image on the card. This is an example where, in my opinion, I would not consider a numerical grade appropriate and would rate it at the bottom of any grading scale.