Mickey Mantle's card sells for $12.6million - making it the most expensive sports item of ALL-TIME

It destroyed the previously held record by over $5m, set earlier this month for a T206 Honus Wagner graded SGC 2. Just two weeks ago the 9.5-grade 1952 Topps card had already hit $6.35m.

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