With all of the cleaning and pressing I do for my customers, I’m so fortunate to get to see some amazing pieces in person. This is an all-time banger! Baseball magazine from 1951 featuring the first solo appearance of Mickey Mantle on any magazine cover. Oh yeah, it’s also autographed!

While this piece is over 70 years old, its condition was shockingly strong. The ripples at the bottom came out after 3 runs through the press. My grade estimate on this is 8.0 but that auto is definitely a 10! The red on this magazine is gonna pop in a PSA slab.

I can’t even imagine what this would bring at auction today.