A Mickey Mantle baseball card became the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold when it went for $12.6 million at auction this past Sunday at Heritage Auctions in Dallas.⁠ ⁠ The baseball card, issued in 1952, depicts Mantle, who is considered the greatest switch hitter in history, looking off into the distance with a bat resting on his shoulders in front of a bright teal background.⁠ ⁠ "We always knew this card would shatter records and expectations," Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions at Heritage, said in a statement. “But that doesn’t make it any less of a thrill to be part of an auction during which a single item breaks the eight-figure threshold for the first time.”⁠ ⁠ Check the link in our bio to learn more about the record-breaking sale.⁠ ⁠ 📸: Mickey Mantle baseball card.⁠ Credit: AP