In April 2018, former NFL offensive lineman Evan Mathis decided he wanted to buy a house and auctioned off a Mickey Mantle card for nearly US$2.9 million, the second highest amount ever paid for a baseball card at auction. The Topps baseball card was published in this year, the second of Topps' baseball card run which saw many cases of the cards dumped into the Atlantic after they went unsold. Identify this year, the year after Mickey's MLB debut, corresponding to his first All-Star Game selection.
1952