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Kept this ‘56 Mantle from a big vintage collection I sold years ago. Goes well with the signed and graded Mantle baseball.
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I picked up a 1960 Venezuelan Mantle Sticker. It is approximately 2 inches by 3-1/8 inches These are apparently pretty rare.
https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...ker-album-set/ But I have a problem with it. It has a tear at the top that is about 1.5 cm long. The tear occurred while in transit. The seller simply put the sticker in a penny sleeve, put that in a top loader, and then put that in a 9-by-12 mailer. It was able to freely move about within the mailer. Consequently, the penny sleeve arrived out of the top loader and the sticker out of the penny sleeve. And it was torn which it wasn't previously. I would like to get a partial refund from the seller due to his negligent packaging and subsequent damage. The question is, how much should I push for? I suppose that would depend on how much the value is after the tear. That would be subtracted from what I paid to determine the refund. So, the question is, how much would this be worth with the tear? |
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I agree, 50% refund minimum!
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Very cool pickup Mike. Sucks about the tear. You would think a high dollar item would be shipped properly.
Here is a Dee Love to cheer you up :) Picked this one up recently. 55 pc back. |
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If you want to get rid of the Exhibit Post Card back since they're so large and ugly and smelly and take up a lot of room, etc., I know a great place for it. |
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Great pickups everyone. Mike, so sorry to see what happened to that phenomenal piece. My personal opinion is that condition is basically irrelevant for items like that, but still should have been handled appropriately. I do bubble wrap and cardboard for anything of value when it goes through the mail. It’s a shame.
Ben, great cards as well. Do you have the Exhibit in hand yet and have you had an opportunity to compare it with another? Probably just the picture but color seems a little off. As for the hole punched card, I love it. I’ve got to do that to mine so I can flip through them easier. |
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Mantle Exhibit PC back
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Congrats on the Mantle PC back. As you know I am not into grading. But how is that only a 2?? Looks real good to me. But I guess I should not be surprised. When I recently got the four 61 Topps Dice Cards I picked up ( Mantle, Mays, Musial and Richardson) graded, I was expecting to be disappointed and figured I'd get a 3 or 4 on them because I thought they looked like a 5 or 6. Of course the Mantle came back 2.5. The one good thing is it was the highest graded, so in that respect it was good, but just like your Exhibit PC it sure looks much better than the assigned grade. Just my old man's grading rant! I know it is nothing new for you graded collectors. |
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For any of my Mantle stuff I slab for protection or I buy cheap examples already slabbed. I’m definitely not in it for grades. I think most of my Mantle base cards are 1’s or 2’s. I do have a bunch of 80’s 10’s in my pc, but most of those I acquired or slabbed for minimal $. To each there own though :) In the case of this PC back, I think it probably could have gotten a 3 or 2.5 but I am fine with the assigned number. It does have a noticeable crease that guarantees a low grade. It isn’t that noticeable in a scan. I am ready to find a raw dice game Mick like you did next! Haha |
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Pretty cool piece! Not sure if it works ! Scott
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Cool. Similar to this kinda. I’ve not seen many others like these. Wondering what all he has out there. Great thread here. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7212a7df1a.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...81b854ade5.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Just picked up the last Mantle Country Cookin' matchbook that I need. At least until Ben finds another variation. :)
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Very cool pickup Mike! Congrats.
Now you need to collect variations with different numbers of matches used from the book. Haha |
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Mickey with the Independence Yankees team.
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Very cool Mike!
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Fake bottle caps for sell… be careful out there friends. Seller does list as “non factory collectible” at least.
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A few new items: Unknown source. Photo is 8"-by-10". Photo is used for automotive premium, but with a different cropping. Attachment 577780 Snapshot photo of Mick. Attachment 577781 Snapshot photo of Yogi, Mick, and Roger. Photo is 3.5"-by-3.5". Attachment 577782 Photo that was allegedly sold at the stadium. Photo is 7.5"-by-10". Attachment 577783 |
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More of a reverse pickup.
Just sold this 1964 Meadowgold Dairy Mantle to a lucky soul on eBay. Hope the buyer enjoys it! |
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At the same time, it’s so difficult to find these in any grade that you often get some compression in the market, with even low grades pieces selling for museum prices. Unlike with mainline pieces, where a pop 1 PSA 8, none higher might sell for 10x or 100x of a PSA 2, with the oddball stuff, it could go for 2x or it could go for 100x. Just need the right buyers to be motivated enough to pay that much for it. But I wouldn’t be surprised if you could easily get $10-20k on a bad day, and probably approach 6 figures on a really good day. |
I always thought that in order for this item to receive a numerical grade that it has to have the white borders on all sides. I've seen a few with no borders at all receive numerical grades. Just no consistency.
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Really probably on 45% or so Mantle. Jim Perry/Mickey Mantle 1964 wrongback.
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The official Mickey Mantle Pickup Thread. All Mick, all the time!
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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9a20baf279.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7d73195bb1.jpg I just picked up these three Mantles only missing the 56,63,64,and 65 for the complete run! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
1959 Rawlings Catalog featuring Mantle
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Recent pick-up, very clean 80-page catalog from Rawlings 1959 featuring Mickey Mantle.
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The Holiday Inn coaster with Mick batting left-handed Attachment 580967 The following is listed by KeyMan Collectibles as a 1965 Manny Baseball Land photo. It is slightly different from the other similar Manny Baseball Land photo not sold in the 1961 Yankees set. This one is 8-1/2" by 11". The cropping of the photo is different also. Attachment 580968 |
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Picked this book up at the National. A lot of oddball Mantle pics. Mostly black and white but great to see rare items like this. Didn't know it was even out there.
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Now that this has been taken down off of ebay I assume the seller finalized a deal off ebay for this beauty.
Anyone here lucky enough to have snagged it? https://www.ebay.com/itm/27600751829...torefresh=true |
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I should add this one that I just picked up. Also from 1961.
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A recent pick-up.
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Nice one Mike… And also nice for the 1962 318 variant. Crazy new variants like these are still being discovered.
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A few more recent odd ball pick-ups.
Supposedly a 1954 8"-by-10" photo. At some point in time, someone typed Mantle's name on the front. Attachment 588237 An 8"-by-10" photo that is stamped on the back; it is from NBC for Television Audience Promotion for the 1958 World Series. Attachment 588238 An 8-1/2"-by-11" magazine from Mexico, Super Hit. It's a special edition commemorating the homerun race of 1961. Maris is on the front cover with 61 "jonrones" and Mick is on the back with his 54 "bambinazos". Attachment 588239 |
Here's a 1956 tv guide pamphlet from Tuesday July 10th I got recently. The all star game is of course the star of the show that day.
Mick in good company. Look at the names of who hit a home run that day. Mickey mantle Willie Mays Stan Musial Ted Williams Unreal. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...06f22b58e9.jpg |
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I was lucky enough to get it. I wanted to wait to reply until I actually had it in hand. I've attached a horrible picture with glare and all. It looks much nicer in person. As you know, this is an item I've wanted for quite a while, so I'm ecstatic to finally get a copy. |
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