Exclusive | Disgraced ex-NYC commish Eric Ulrich auctions off beloved Mickey Mantle card but strikes out big

The city’s disgraced ex-buildings commissioner is striking out again.Months after admitting he couldn’t afford a lawyer in his political bribery case, Eric Ulrich desperately auctioned off his beloved 1958 Mickey Mantle baseball card.But all he collected was $55 — minus a 10% donation to St.

Jude’s Research Hospital and $14 in fees — leaving him with about enough cash to buy a hot dog and beer at Yankee Stadium.He put his beaten-up, 66-year-old Topps All-Star Card #487 on eBay two months after he asked a Manhattan Supreme Court judge to appoint him a taxpayer-funded attorney.  “This is a rare 1958 Topps trading card featuring baseball legend Mickey Mantle in his All Star uniform,” Ulrich trumpeted on the auction page. “The card is well-preserved and is a great addition to any collection.It is ungraded, but its value is undeniable.” Mint condition versions of the card, which features the Mick on a red background with white stars, have gone for as much as $9,900 at auction, but experts said Ulrich’s collectible was not ready for the majors.“It has … two print roller lines, one right across the face, which is a major detriment to the eye appeal, and a more faint one across its knees,” Jacob Salter, a buyer at Bleecker Trading in Manhattan, told The Post after reviewing the auction images. “We’d expect that card to go between $50 and $70, based on historical sales.” Critics relished the news that the Queens pol is now auctioning off mementos amid mounting legal fees, having previously turned to hawking insurance policies to pay his bills.“Eric Ulrich is just striking out like his entire political career,” said Gavin Mario Wax, president of the New York Young Republicans Club. “Being forced to sell baseball cards is a fitting end to [his] corrupt, contemptible blight on the Republican Party.”One Queens political insider suggested Ulrich likely earned more from the auction than sales of a children’s book he self-published...