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NJ Brothers Find 1952 Mickey Mantle Cards; Top-Graded Card Valued at $1M

Two New Jersey brothers struck gold while searching through their collection of old baseball cards when they found five 1952 Topps cards featuring New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle.

On Wednesday, Vin A. Cherwoo of the Associated Press reported the siblings, who only wished to get identified by their first names, John and Ed, said the most valuable card from the group was valued at $1 million by Heritage Auctions.

"We always knew we had the cards, but they were just in the attic," John said. "We were fortunate our mother stayed and lived in the house until she was almost 102.