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Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9
I was looking at that kind of oddball stuff on Ebay this past week....didnt see it..otherwise i would of bidded on it (if it was on there)
Found some infomation on These things...Very interesting..
Is it tattoo or tatoo??
And the ones i see are with the RED TRIANGLE variation
http://boblemke.blogspot.com/2011/01...oo-mantle.html |
Hi Pawpaw,
The tattoos were spelled "tattoo" in 1960 and "tatoo" in 1964. This is a 1960 issue. Topps produced five total for Mantle:
1. 1960 Topps Tattoo Mantle Portrait (pictured);
2. 1960 Topps Tattoo Mantle Auto-ball (just a ball with a facsimile signature);
3. 1964 Topps Tatoo Mantle Yellow Band;
4. 1964 Topps Tatoo Mantle Red Triangle (red packaging); and
5. 1964 Topps Tatoo Mantle Red Triangle (yellow packaging).
I was fortunate and was able to grab this off of Clean Sweep Auction's latest auction. I have only seen one on eBay in the last year and really wanted this to round out my set.