My personal opinion
Is there is something to the Curt Flood "Scarcity", because way back in my NY area dealing days, and I have said this before -- I would have tons of Amado Samuel from the 1st ssries and precious few Tim Harkness cards. They were both 1st series NY Mets.
The 1964 Mantle is one of the three easiest regular issue Mantle cards (66 and 68) and everything I saw noted supports all that.
So, my opinion. There is a 3-2 scarcity on the 64 1st Series and not only Flood but the rest of the cards on his row are tougher than the other 64 1st series as well. Flood is perhaps more popular because of being a 64 Cardinal who won the World Series.
My Opinion Only (MOO)
Rich
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