Mickey Mantle Card Breaks Sports Memorabilia Record

Sunday, A baseball card of Mickey Mantle sold for $12.6 million.

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The uncommon Mantle card broke the mark that was just posted a few months ago.

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Diego Maradona's jersey, which he wore when he scored the controversial "Hand of God" goal in soccer's 1986 World Cup, sold for $9.3 million.

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It considerably beat the $7.25 million paid recently for a century-old baseball card of Honus Wagner that was sold in a private auction.

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The heavyweight boxing belt that Muhammad Ali won back in the "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974 just sold for almost $6.2 million.

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According to Chris Ivy, the director of sports auctions at Heritage Auctions, which ran the bidding, the Mantle card was bound to be a high seller.

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