That is super cool that they slabbed one of Bobs great creations.

Tony, I love that Red Man card that Bob made!!! How cool would it have been if the Mick had been in all four RM sets? Yeah, that's how cool. :cool:

Super fantastic collection you have there Bob. And I can understand you forgetting to post the card above, it is such a forgettable card. :D

Probably a lot of these around, but I have a couple of postcards from the "Holiday Inn of Joplin, Missouri operated by Mickey Mantle.' Mick is pictured in the Dugout Lounge at the Inn.

Wholeheartedly agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) Bob did a beautiful job on that Red Man Mantle. I carefully placed mine in a mylar SNUG, made by Bill Cole Enterprises, then in a thick Capital Plastics four-screw holder. I would proudly display it with original period Mantles because it's a beautiful work of art.

In the same theme, Bob Lemke did a swell job on his creation of a complete 1963 JELL-O Black Raspberry box with the free prize card being Mickey Mantle. However, Bob did not do a reprint as such. Using the gorgeous advertising poster photo of Mick that JELL-O displayed in supermarkets and grocery stores at the gelatin aisle, Bob cropped the best part of the photo and gave his JELL-O box this variant photo of Mickey. Looks spectacular.:D

Fantasy Mickey Mantle cards, if they're done well, find a very appreciative fan in me. ---Brian Powell

We need a picture!!! :)

The center 2 boxes are Bobs amazing Mantle Jello Boxes. I bought the originals from him and have made them as small as a quarter up to real size with Jello inside the box. They make great display pieces.

Ben -- Thanks, pal, for coming to my rescue with a nice photo of Bob's 1963 JELL-O Mickey Mantle creation.

"They make great display pieces." --- O yeah!:D ---Brian Powell

Nice pick up, Leon.

Congrats! :)

Unbelievable collection, bobsbbcards! :cool:

1960 Post
 

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/204295...MANTLE_NEW.JPG


...The back of a 1960 Post cereal box....

..I love it , pinhole and all...
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Slim pickings!
 

Not much Mantle cards other than the same old same old.

Mickey, Where art thou?

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I wondered when the Dice Game Mantle would make an appearance. Thought you were holding out, Bob. :)

And major CONGRATS, Leon! Nice eye appeal on that one.

Not a Dice Game, but a "slightly" less valuable/rare Topps game card:

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6aycz5ky.jpg

Chris, why doesn't the 68 game card have rounded corners? Is yours a proof?

I've seen them referred to as proofs--and I think one of the major grading companies slabs them proofs--but my thought has always been that someone just cut down a previously uncut sheet to make this.

As you should, MikeGarcia. The 1960 Post Cereal Mickey Mantle is a choice, elegant, and breathtaking Mickey Mantle masterpiece. Obviously, it's one of my own favorites, as I placed it dead center on the cover of my newly-released book, NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN.

Congrats on having that Mantle--what a prime conversation piece!:D ---Brian Powell

matchbook
 

Does anyone know of a Mantle Matchbook variation that is green? I have only seen the common one's and this yellow variation, but I heard there is a green one as well.

Holy grail
 

Just arrived today.

wow

nuff said

X2! The centering on that card is something else!!

I just discovered this thread... here are two different Baseball Magazine supplements

Here are his first and last career homeruns...

Now you need to change your Avatar
 

Really clean, well centered Mantle rookie Jesse. Congrats !

Thanks I will have to see if I remember how to change it. Took me a while the last time.

Edit: got it changed

My prized possession

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/...pssh20ce9k.jpg

Mantle
 

WOW! You guys have some awesome Mantle items...

Sure am enjoying this thread; keep 'em coming.

Grabbed a few recently including this one
 

Love that 56 !

I don't think I've posted this in years
 

Got this back in the 1980s. I was invited to a private reception on the eve of the public opening of Mickey Mantle's Sports Restaurant and Bar, in Manhattan (I knew the RE agent who helped broker the space, so I tagged along}. Measures approx 4x6".

Cool Paul!

http://www.bobsbbcards.com/images/ba...ggioMantle.jpg http://www.bobsbbcards.com/images/ba...inicMantle.jpg http://www.bobsbbcards.com/images/ba...MiniMantle.jpg

Just pulled this out of storage. Not sure what it is, but it is Mantle.

Here is my only Mick

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/...pss3d3iz9m.jpg

Got it in the mail today.
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...psnmcdxyto.jpg

The rest of my collection. Still missing the big two. Will have them some day.
http://s765.photobucket.com/user/mrm...?sort=6&page=1

Nice one Jerry

This is an old pickup you might say. Growing up in northern nj, my neighbor across the street was harold rosenthal...a sportswriter for the herald tribune. He wrote many books on football and a few on baseball. He sent mickey mantle a letter asking him some questions in 1951. This is a copy of it...he donated the original to the hall of fame...I wonder if they ever display it?

Just bought this guy for my '69 MC set. I'm working on a set that has at least a sliver of another card visible on it.

Interesting subset..."the sliver set" :)

Just completed my Bazooka Mantle set. Needless to say, the '68 was tough and I severly overpaid for it, but set complete!!!

I'm collecting the bazookas too. Great job!

Really nice Bazooka run!
RayB

Very nice run 57

Thanks guys. My 59 and 60 were psa and I crossed over because I am an OCD lunatic and wanted uniformity!

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Nice 62. Did you get that from Bruce ?

I couldn't resist this one ......

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps5afauwoh.jpg

Well not a recent pickup but I've only been lurking here for a couple weeks so figured I'd show off one of my best pickups in my 37 years of collecting.

Bought it in September 2007 on eBay quite impulsively. I was just starting to expand out from hockey (as I had recently achieved my goal of having the rookie card of every 1000 point man in NHL history) and into the other three major sports and after winning the auction I had some big time buyers remorse as it appeared I had overpayed by around 25%.

Here was the situation...I did no research prior to bidding, I placed said bid in the last few seconds of the auction, and only discovered the auction in its last few minutes. Point being I had no idea what I was doing, five minutes before buying the card I had no plans to buy one so soon, all I knew was that it was a really nice Mantle rookie card and if I was going to pursue baseball HOF rc's, may as well start with one of the best.

So what ended up being a very impulsive purchase that I overpaid for at the time has turned out to be one of the best buys of my hobby career, almost nine years later.

So here it be in all its glory:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c4...5857a535c7.jpg

Mantle all the time
 

Recent pick up!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...UDA/img220.jpg

Joe,

That Dan-Dee is sharp!

Mantle
 

Just picked this up to upgrade the bazooka set.

Also upgraded to this 58

...and this red heart

Orly,

The Red Heart Mantle is one of the nicest Mantle cards produced. You've got a good one there!!!

Very sharp!

Those are terrific Bob!

That period Mantle is way cool! Thanks for sharing

X2! Unbelievable collection, Bob has! :D

Sweet card and great timing!

Awesome work here!
Some severely underappreciated cards.

matchbook
 

A couple of matchbooks I just got back from psa...would love to find a "book offer" Yoo-Hoo.

A small booklet given out as a premium by Carvel sometime in the 70's…

http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ntlecarvel.jpg

Edited to add: Whoops. It wasn't given out, it was sold as the price on front indicates.

Nice story. My guess is a lot of us have done something similar but most don't turn out quite that well. Congrats!! You had great Karma going.....

That's a neat little item Darren!!!

I'm almost embarrassed to show mine after looking at all these amazing cards

Not sure where or what this is from, but picked it up at a local shop for a pretty good price. Not even sure if it's gradable.



The tape is on the custom made plastic holder and not on the cardboard.



http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...psplhjri2h.jpg


The back is a plain brown colorlike you see on the bazooka cards.

Nothing wrong with the card! At least you've got one!!!

X2, a true rookie as well.

This is from a Mantle board game published by Garner called "Big League All Stars," or something like that. It came with a couple of pieces and people have broken up the game to sell them individually. These playing cards are cool but I believe they are too large for PSA to grade. I've never looked in to SGC. They aren't terribly rare but the color and design are great. Cool item.

Thanks gentlemen!

Oh ok. Thanks for the cool info!

Only two to go for a complete Mantle regular issue run.

Nice 65!

1965
 

Great looking card Jesse, what do you still need ?

Thanks, I actually have the last two in transit, although I settled for a nice looking PSA 6 for the 69. The rest of my 60s Mantles are 7 or 8, so I'll look for an upgrade down the road. I also want to get a centered 60 to replace mine as it's a little off.

Picked up a '53B

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/...sfpmdph0a.jpeg

Nice 53, one of my favorite Mantle images. My 61 arrived today. Only one more to go!

Here are some of the Mantles that I picked up in the last year or so. I bought the PSA 6 Red Heart one and decided to do the set. I later replaced the 6 with the 8.
James

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psqcnr0glk.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psdpp7xlbx.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psoxu2tpkx.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psoiq4bbmq.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...pscixnoebm.jpg