Alan Rosen Autographs

Alan "Mr. Mint" Rosen (c. 1943 – January 24, 2013) was an American sports collectibles dealer who was especially active in the 1980s and 1990s. He advertised heavily and was a fixture at card conventions. Eventually organizers would give him a table or booth in a prime location for free because they knew he would boost attendance. In a July 4, 1988, Sports Illustrated article, Dan Geringer called him the "King of Cards" in the "high-stakes baseball card game". In 1986, he was offered and purchased the "1952 Topps Find" of baseball cards, considered one of the greatest finds ever in the hobby. He also sold nine T206 Honus Wagner baseball cards over the course of his career.
In the spring of 1986, Rosen received a telephone call from a David Espinosa, a forklift operator who told him about a truck driver named Ted Lodge. Lodge had a 1952 Topps baseball card collection he might be willing to sell. Rosen spoke to Lodge several times over the phone; each time, Lodge admitted to having more and more highly desirable cards. Rosen was very skeptical, but flew out to the Boston area to check it out, taking with him at least $100,000 in cash and hiring an armed policeman for protection. The collection had belonged to Lodge's late father; the cards had been stored in the attic for decades and forgotten. Rosen found the cards to be plentiful, genuine and very valuable; for around 5500 cards, Rosen claims he paid upwards of $125,000, which included a finder's fee and the policeman's pay. It took several weeks to sell piecemeal, but the collection grossed $475,000, according to Rosen.
Rosen sold an ungraded Mickey Mantle card (one of 75 in the collection) quickly for $1000, then bought it back for $40,000 in 1991 and flipped it to Anthony Giordano for $50,000 that same year. Supposedly at the insistence of his sons, Giordano had it graded decades later; it was rated a 9.5 by SGC. (There are three other cards graded 10 by SGC rival Professional Sports Authenticator , but Heritage Auctions, which sold the record-breaking card, stated "To those who accurately report that there are three PSA Gem Mint 10 examples of this card, we can only ask you to bring them out and put them side-by-side with this SGC Mint+ 9.5 and its '1985 Rosen Find - Finest Known Example' header.) In August 2022, it was sold at auction for a record price, not only for a card, but also for any sports item or memorabilia: $12.6 million, including buyer's premium.
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Traded items with a signature of Alan Rosen

The most expensive item with a signature of Alan Rosen (Alan Rosen Mr. Mint 2005 Signed Card Auto PSA RIP RARE A) was sold in July 2025 for $149.99 while the cheapest item (MR. MINT ALAN ROSEN AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO ! 100% AUTHENTIC !) found a new owner for $0.99 in August 2014. The month with the most items sold (4) was June 2025 with an average selling price of $67.84 for an autographed item of Alan Rosen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2026 with $75.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.04 was September 2011. In average, an autographed item from Alan Rosen is worth $14.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Alan Rosen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1990 Pacific #1, Mr. MINT / ALAN ROSEN Signed / Auto / Autograph Card	$15.95
	1990 Pacific #1, Mr. MINT / ALAN ROSEN Signed Baseball Card + Poker chip	$27.04
	1990 Pacific - Alan Rosen #1 - Mr. Mint - Autographed - Largest Buyer of Cards	$9.99
	Alan Rosen "Mr Mint" Signed Card	$10.99
	Alan Rosen (Mr. Mint) 1990 Pacific #1 - Card Dealer - Signed AUTO (d. 2013)	$5.00
	Alan Rosen (Mr. Mint) 1990 Pacific #1 - Card Dealer - Signed AUTO (d. 2013)	$5.00
	Signed Autographed "MR. MINT" ALAN ROSEN 1990 PACIFIC Baseball Card	$75.49
	Signed Autographed "MR. MINT" ALAN ROSEN 1990 PACIFIC Baseball Card	$69.50
	Signed Autographed "MR. MINT" ALAN ROSEN 1990 PACIFIC Baseball Card	$76.50
	Signed Autographed "MR. MINT" ALAN ROSEN 1990 PACIFIC Baseball Card	$76.50
	Signed Autographed "MR. MINT" ALAN ROSEN 1990 PACIFIC Baseball Card	$51.66
	Signed Autographed "MR. MINT" ALAN ROSEN 1990 PACIFIC Baseball Card	$80.20
	Signed Autographed "MR. MINT" ALAN ROSEN 1990 PACIFIC Baseball Card	$65.69
	Vintage Mr. MINT Alan Rosen 1990 Autograph Signed Original FOTOBAL Baseball Auto	$25.90
	Vintage Mr. MINT Alan Rosen 1990 Autograph Signed Original FOTOBAL Baseball Auto	$27.90

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