This is an open letter to one of my generous trade partners, N.Y. Mets fan, a.k.a. Steve in South Carolina, the owner of Baseball State of Mind . Dear Steve, Thank you for the Mickey Mantle cereal box silver chrome refractor. It was very nice of you to send this. I've never been a Mickey Mantle fan, but this shiny card makes me want to reconsider. However, I'm afraid I can't keep it. Why? Well, I'm told Beckett says it's worth $25. You read that right -- 25 bucks. I found that out here . Shocked? Flabbergasted? Me, too. Beckett says every one of these chrome refractors could sell for no less than $8 and as much as $40. But Beckett know what they're talking about, right? Forget about the fact that there is a chrome refractor in every $10 Topps cereal box, and that as far as I know none of them are scarce. The Mantle card certainly isn't, because I'm sure you've pulled more than one of them. Forget about the fact that I can't find a single...
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