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Old 03-03-2017, 03:22 PM
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Default Top 6 Mantle cards

I'm looking for opinions on what you believe are Mick's top 5 most iconic cards besides the obvious #1. My 2 cents listed below.

2) 51 Bowman
3) 53 Topps
4) 56 Topps
5) 52 Bowman
6) 62 Topps
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For regular issue I like your list. Others will differ but I don't like the 62 Topps and would put the 1953 Bowman in that position on my list
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Top 6 for me are as follows
1-1953 Stahl Meyer
2-1954 Bowman
3-1957 Topps, liking this issue more and more
4-1960 Topps
5-Red Heart
6-1952 Bowman
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My votes go to

1953 Topps
1951 Bowman
1954 Bowman
1961 Topps
1957 Topps
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1953 topps
1956 topps
1953 Bowman
1958 all star topps
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53 Topps
53 Bowman
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My top 6 favorites do NOT include the 1952 Topps:
1959 Bazooka
1953-54 Briggs Meats
1953 Stahl Meyer
1954 Dan Dee
1953 Bowman
1955 Bowman
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As much as I love the earlier Micks, especially the '57 , room has to be saved for the 1968 and his final, 1969 which, of course, displays his full career statistics.
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Here are my Top-6, in order:

1952 Bowman
1963 Topps
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1952 Topps
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1956 Topps
1955 Bowman
1954 Bowman
1953 Topps
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1956 Topps
1953 Topps
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1. 1952 Topps
2. 1951 Bowman
3. 1953 Topps
4. 1956 Topps
5. 1952 Bowman
6. This is a tough call should easily be the 1953 Bowman but this card has less demand then its Beauty would have one guess. This set despite its beauty has been fairly stagnant for years. Due for a price surge. But the 1957 Topps and 1961 topps have a big demand for a fairly easy cards, and high grade the 1962 topps deserves attention. If I had to make the call I'd go with the 1953 Bowman.

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1959 bazooka
1953 Stahl Meyer
1953 Topps
1956 Topps
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My top 6 favorites do NOT include the 1952 Topps:
1959 Bazooka
1953-54 Briggs Meats
1953 Stahl Meyer
1954 Dan Dee
1953 Bowman
1955 Bowman
I agree on the first three but would replace the Bowmans with the Red Heart, Oklahoma Today, or 60 Venezuelan.
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Checking today's ranking, I see the following in order:

1953 Topps
1953 Bowman
1951 Bowman
1956 Topps
1954 Red Heart
1961 Topps

There are several cards that could go in and out of the last spot, but The Mick's 1961 card, which was in the hand of kids during the summer of '61 and the chase of Babe's record, gets the nod.
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1) 47-66 Exhibit(full body shot)
2) 51 Bowman
3) 55 Bowman
4) 54 Bowman
5) 58 Topps All Star
6) 58 Topps WS Batting Foes W/Aaron

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No love for the 63 Topps? Tough Lower green border...
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1953 Stahl Meyer
1960 Post
1959 Bazooka
1953 Topps
1951 Bowman

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53 Bowman
53 Topps
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And I'm the only one who loves the '64 Topps...


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1. 52T
2. 57T
3. 56T
4. 60T
5. 63T
6. 64T (only Topps issue w/right hand batting pose)
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I'm looking for opinions on what you believe are Mick's top 5 most iconic cards besides the obvious #1. My 2 cents listed below.

2) 51 Bowman
3) 53 Topps
4) 56 Topps
5) 52 Bowman
6) 62 Topps
CBRANDTW-----Just what exactly, precisely do you mean by "iconic", I should like to know?

Trying to decipher "iconic" might mean:

Your favorite.

Best-looking / Most attractive / Best eye appeal / Most beautiful

Most valuable

Most recognizable by the mainstream hobby

Most wanted by the mainstream hobby

Most wanted by the wealthy connoisseurs

Best potential investment (please, with the current PRE-WAR thread about the investment potential of a T206 Cobb versus the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, I hope this is not the road you are directing us towards)

Also, in your mind when you created the thread, were you merely referring to "The 21 Gum Salute" to Mickey Mantle rendered by Topps and Bowman, or all period Mickey Mantle cards? Or are we including post-career, too?

At one time or another, I have owned most of the Mickey Mantle cards mentioned, including the 1952 Topps. That dazzling '52 was amazing, and I dearly loved it. In my own personal collecting life, only one card topped it---by a huge margin, and it was another Mickey Mantle. I really don't want to mention that one, but I'm not trying to be mysterious and elusive either. Nor do I wish to make this a doctorate dissertation.

The '53 Topps has spiked well, when Mantle collectors grudgingly conceded they could never get a decent '52. A similar thing is happening with the '53 Bowman, the '56 Topps, and the '57 Topps as well. All of these Mickeys are well-known, by sight, to the average vintage card collector. All would elicit well-earned respect. I have always loved the the basic 1960 Topps #350, and the #563 All-Star. Back in the late 60s, early 70s, these were the mainstream Mantles that I was sure attracted to, and sought out fiercely.

Be that as it may, during my first several years in the organized adult hobby, I discovered there were some rare, hard-to-find brooks, located way upstream. It was there the exotic, dazzling, gorgeous Mickey Mantle gems were. Relatively hard to get in the year they were issued; harder to come by today. Unfortunately, they were located by brooks too broad for leaping, a homage to the title of a favorite motor racing book, beautifully written by the late Denise McCluggage, herself a tough-as-nails racer. These, the avant-garde Mickey Mantles, are extremely prized by advanced collectors---to such an extent that nearly anyone who seriously pursues those gems will read your thread closely, but they won't breathe a word to post an honest response. They prefer to play silent, knowing full well to be on their guard for the guy who owns one, or some, but does not know what he has.

To quote the "card player" (or slayer) who relishes gutting someone who does not know what they have, "Congrats on taking advantage of the unsuspecting!"

You know, my recently published E-book on a CD, NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN, was written to put the spotlight on the avant garde cards of Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Sandy Koufax, Henry Aaron, Willie Mays, Johnny Unitas, Jim Brown, among many others, to help level the playing field. It will help collectors who have them, those who ravenously pursue them, and those who have no knowledge of these babies, and wonder, what's all the fuss about? At this point, I've only sold 26 copies, and those who took the plunge seem to love it. The many who should have jumped on it to buy it, and have thus far ignored it, have missed a great opportunity. Oh well, their loss; my books are all paid for. I haven't lost a dime. I'm not forced to sell any of my collection I have to pay for anything. I was simply trying to help, because I cannot afford them anymore. Since I cannot afford these prized gems anymore, I am now willing to tell all that I know, along with what other key hobby people shared with me over the years and in interviews for the book.

I also note the OP has not answered my simple question as to what exactly he means by "iconic".

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As much as I love the earlier Micks, especially the '57 , room has to be saved for the 1968 and his final, 1969 which, of course, displays his full career statistics.


I have to add the 1965 card to my favorites, so I'll say:

1957
1965
1958
1968
1953
1969
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These are NICE!

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With the exception of a few rare instances, Topps and Bowman always produced a great-looking card of Mickey Mantle. He was photogenic, and the gum companies really tried, usually, to offer the kiddies a swell-looking card of Mick to pull from a wax pack or cello.

I lived through some of those years, and I sincerely cannot imagine not getting Mickey's card for a given year. Not getting Mickey would have been a genuine letdown, a major disappointment, with all sorts of "now what will do" frantic emotions and thoughts!

Happiness is ......

Pulling a Mickey Mantle from a pack of baseball cards.

This hopes to be an interesting topic.

Should you be curious as to the years Topps bungled horribly on Mr. Mantle, let me elucidate. Sadly, I also lived through two consecutive years where the regular issue Mantle looked abysmal. I mean, as a kid I thought the 1962 and 1963 were a big turn-off. Decades later, I mused over the thought the Topps photographer, or personnel who selected the player photos, had a huge bet on Mantle to break Ruth's record in 1961 over Maris. He lost. So, with a sullen attitude of revenge, he made Mickey look crummy in both 62 & 63. He really did, too.

I remember during a move in 1964, my dear mother tossed out a bunch of my baseball cards. Among them was my 62 Mantle. Years later, in a huge order to The Trading Card Company in Michigan, I placed a bulk order of 62s. I included Mickey Mantle, natch. They honored my request. So, for eight cents, I got the 1962 Topps #200 Mickey Mantle. It was about 1969, and I honestly had completely forgotten how Mick looked on his card from seven years before. That told me how forgettable the card was in my mind.

However, the Bazookas from both years are most aesthetically pleasing, and much more attractive than the Topps. Guess a different chap had the job of working on the Bazooka issues. Mickey always looked terrific on his Bazooka cards. Though he had to design within a much smaller framework, all the players looked great on the Bazookas!

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I don't have a full list, but my favorite is the '57 Topps.
2nd is the '51 Bowman,
3rd is the '65 Topps (my first Mantle).

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1969 Topps Super - still chasing it; can never afford it when I find it! They always seem to look sharp in any grade...
1953 Bowman Color - exquisite card, front and back - just a beauty
1954 Red Heart - such vibrant color, Mickey against a blue background works well...
1956 Topps - Last art card year for Topps, 57 starts the photo run...
1952 Berk Ross - Nice mock up of the 51 Bowman image and I prefer the faded look of it to the 1951 "True Rookie" by Bowman (but not by much)
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53t
56t
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Wow Brian. What iconic means to each of those who have responded can mean whatever they want. That's all, nothing more.


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For one in the undervalued and likely to exponentially explode in value category I like the 1953-54 Briggs Meat. Last sale I saw was in Steve Verkman's Clean Sweep Auctions about a year ago, with one graded authentic bringing $12,000 to $13,000. Good luck finding one is you go that route--there simply aren't many!

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I vividly remember acquiring my first Mantle in 1972, when I was not quite 8 years old, from a fellow second grader who didn't care much about cards but had his older brother's collection. He traded me a bunch of 1966s, including Mantle and Koufax (I knew who they were even at that tender age), as well as some cards from that '66 Batman set.

I finally completed the 598-card 1966 set in 2008. The Mantle is the lowest-grade card in my set because it's the same one I've had since 1972. I never was a huge Mantle fan (I'm a Clemente-Aaron-Mays guy, plus I have a soft spot for Frank Howard) and cards of The Mick are always so expensive that I never upgraded. The same is true of my 1968 and 1969 sets, which I completed way back in the 1980s with Mantles I had acquired in elementary school.
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Wow Brian. What iconic means to each of those who have responded can mean whatever they want. That's all, nothing more.


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Bro, I wasn't trying to be critical of your thread, or your using the term, "iconic". I honestly was just wanting to know what you meant by that. I have heard the term for years, and always associated icon with an object to be worshipped. Your thread got me wondering, what does "iconic" mean to the hobby and collectors who use it?

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I vividly remember acquiring my first Mantle in 1972, when I was not quite 8 years old, from a fellow second grader who didn't care much about cards but had his older brother's collection. He traded me a bunch of 1966s, including Mantle and Koufax (I knew who they were even at that tender age), as well as some cards from that '66 Batman set.

I finally completed the 598-card 1966 set in 2008. The Mantle is the lowest-grade card in my set because it's the same one I've had since 1972. I never was a huge Mantle fan (I'm a Clemente-Aaron-Mays guy, plus I have a soft spot for Frank Howard) and cards of The Mick are always so expensive that I never upgraded. The same is true of my 1968 and 1969 sets, which I completed way back in the 1980s with Mantles I had acquired in elementary school.
George, thanks for sharing your childhood memories. Very interesting. While I have pursued Mickey Mantle for a long time, Roberto, Henry, and Willie were all fabulous players, with a strong variety of cards and coins to collect. I also have a soft spot for Hondo Frank Howard. He did some amusing TV commercials that emphasized his towering size back in around 1970. I have a vague memory of Hondo doing one for Nestle's Quick. I should see if perchance it is on YOUTUBE. They left a very positive impression on me. Maybe he won't get in the MLB HOF, but he's in our personal HOF, which means just as much to an individual collector.

Having been in the adult hobby as a late teen since 1972, when prices were minuscule, the money sellers got for Mr. Mantle just seemed to zoom with each year. Much as I might have wanted to gripe as the fox, "Eh, those grapes were probably just sour!!!!!", I couldn't. Meaning, I waited way too long to get some badly-wanted Mickey Mantle cards. They say, "Ya snooze, ya lose". Well, when you realize you're out of the game for getting some Mantle you might have really wanted, it is a tough loss to accept, believe me.

I genuinely wish you the very best in pursuing Roberto, Henry, and Willie. Have a great day, George.

Best regards, bro. ---Brian Powell

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1953 Topps
1951 Bowman
1954 Red Heart
1954 Bowman
1952 Bowman
1952 Topps

Wow, I guess I never realized how much I prefer his Bowman issues

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Going a different route and this is my list of underappreciated Mantle cards.

64 Topps Giants
53 Dormand Postcard - Bat on Shoulder
61 Jay Publishing - Portrait
67 Dexter Press
67 Topps Pin ups
Every one of his Bazooka cards

All realitively easy to find but all great images and imo superior aesthetically to many of his more mainstream cards. Though it seems I like the bigger format premiums more than most.
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Going a different route and this is my list of underappreciated Mantle cards.

64 Topps Giants
53 Dormand Postcard - Bat on Shoulder
61 Jay Publishing - Portrait
67 Dexter Press
67 Topps Pin ups
Every one of his Bazooka cards

All realitively easy to find but all great images and imo superior aesthetically to many of his more mainstream cards. Though it seems I like the bigger format premiums more than most.
Try finding the OPC Pin Up if you want a challenge And, I completely agree regarding the larger format premiums. I love the giant Dorman postcard for instance.
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TOP 6 MAINSTREAM MICKEY MANTLE CARDS (FOR BEAUTY, DESIRABILITY TO ME, AND MOST VALUABLE)

1. 1952 TOPPS

2. 1951 BOWMAN

3. 1953 TOPPS

4. 1956 TOPPS

5. 1953 BOWMAN

6. 1960 TOPPS (I know the '57 is much more valuable, but I honestly like the looks of the '60 more)



TOP 6 REGIONAL / FOOD MICKEY MANTLE ITEMS (FOR BEAUTY, DESIRABILITY TO ME, AND MOST VALUABLE)

1. ANY OF THE 3 STAHL-MEYER FRANKS

2. 1960 POST CEREAL

3. 1959 BAZOOKA

4. 1960 HOME RUN DERBY

4 1/2. 1959 Yoo-Hoo Chocolate Drink (So wish we knew the story behind this mysterious Mantle card - a decent beauty)

5. 1966 - 1967 COCA-COLA premium, as produced by Dexter Press (TODAY, 3/16/17, I SAW KEITH OLBERMANN'S NICE WRITE-UP ON THESE CARDS IN THE SABR BASEBALL CARD COMMITTEE SITE. KEITH STATES THAT HE REMEMBERS SEEING THE 1966 DEXTER PRESS YANKEE CARDS SOLD INDIVIDUALLY AT THE YANKEE STADIUM SOUVENIR STANDS THAT YEAR. THUS, THESE CARDS, SOMEWHAT SMALLER THAN THE COCA-COLA PREMIUMS OF 1967, ARE A REGIONAL ONLY SOLD AT YANKEE STADIUM. FOR MANY YEARS I WONDERED HOW THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED, AND KEITH'S FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE PRESENTS VALUABLE INFORMATION TO US. SINCE THEY WERE ONLY SOLD AT THE BALLPARK, THE CARDS ARE MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT IN MY ESTIMATION. AS BEAUTIFUL AS THEY ARE, I'M SURE THE CARDS DIDN'T SELL THAT WELL, BEING THE YANKS WERE FALLING TO LAST PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEFORE THE BABE CAME. REGARDLESS, TODAY THEY ARE UNQUESTIONABLY SOME OF THE MOST EYE-APPEALING CARDS TO BE HAD.)

6. 1962 JELL-O

(Why no Briggs? Why no Dan-Dee? These are both very, very special. Truly. The rarity of the Briggs far exceeds the Stahl-Meyer, but its claustrophobic cropping destroys its attractiveness. It is what it is. Furthermore, no one, young or old, seemed to know just how to cut the Briggs cards off their product package. Generations later, PSA and SGC both give the grade of "AUTHENTIC" to submitted specimens. A shame.

The Dan-Dee is gorgeous, with enough cropping of the great Mantle portrait to suffice. I well remember when I first saw the Dan-Dee in the mid-70s. I was extremely taken with it. Several years later I saw the Stahl-Meyer, with by-far the best use of the perfect Mickey Mantle portrait, taken by official Yankee photographer Bob Olen when Mick was a rookie. With just one glimpse of the Stahl-Meyer Franks Mantle, my feelings for the Dan-Dee were blown out of the water. The 1953 Stahl-Meyer is the most plentiful of the three years, but I think kids preferred the 1953's bone china white borders over the nice, stain-subduing neon yellow borders. I too prefer the bone china white background shade. Most 1953 PSA graded specimens (as of 3/14/2017, 32 of 46 submitted to PSA) came out PSA 1 POOR, which underscores how precious those cards were to the kids back then who saved their Mantles, creases, stains, and stamp marks notwithstanding. The very, very few that have graded PSA EX-MT or better trace to a find which I covered in my book.

Must get ready for work. Bye.



A LIST OF 6 VERY UNDERRATED MICKEY MANTLE ITEMS, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

1. 1969 TOPPS SUPER BASEBALL

2. EXHIBIT (STANDING BATTING IN HOME UNIFORM AS A ROOKIE)

3. DORMAND PC (STANDING BATTING) I really like the subdued background of the sky in the rarer "bat on shoulder" version. The pose is not bad, either. For me, it took me years to figure out what bugged me about the card. It's the expression on Mickey's face, in particular his eyes. The photo traces to 1952, with the Yanks' 50th Anniversary patch on the shoulder. Mr. Louis Dormand began to market his cards in about August of '52, so the first player photos were probably taken in early to late spring of that year. Something extremely significant happened in Mickey's life during the time when the first photo was snapped, and I sense some genuine pain in his eyes. Maybe I'm barmy, and I wish one of you would convince me otherwise. It's not that big a deal, and if you don't know what I'm referring to, please just go on with this lengthy thread response.

4. SALADA COIN (1962 / 1963)

5. 1964 TOPPS STAND-UP

6. ALL OF MICK'S BAZOOKAS''


Though it really is a "pipe dream" and never actually issued, I want to make special mention of his 1961 Topps Dice Game card. Let's call it a "prototype".

When the U. S. Mint was accepting prototypes to replace its $20 gold piece, one of those it rejected was a beautiful coin with lady Liberty wearing a Native American head dress. While they chose the more beautiful design by Augustus St. Gaudens, the rejected design was used for the face of the $10 Gold piece the Mint was also upgrading. When the aforementioned prototype Lady Liberty $20 gold piece was last auctioned it went for over $1 million dollars. The exact figure escapes me.

My point, just because the beautiful 1961 Topps Dice Game Mantle was never actually issued does not mean genuine examples of this prototype should languish in price. I don't own one, but it is worth boo coo, I believe; particularly so if one would grade out at least a PSA Near Mint 7, as have a very few specimens that were numerically grade-worthy. At this point, I am beginning to doubt if there are any. Most were stapled to a paper with Woody Gelman's figurative question, "What do you think of this idea for a dice game, with picture game cards of players and dice number actions on the backside? Think it would sell?"


A LIST OF 6 MODERN POST-CAREER MICKEY MANTLE CARDS THAT I FEEL ARE WORTH OWNING AND ENJOYING IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD ORIGINALS, OR WISH TO COMPLEMENT YOUR OWN PERIOD CARD COLLECTION, AND THAT MAY APPRECIATE A BIT BECAUSE OF THEIR ATTRACTIVENESS. THESE CONSTITUTE MORE THAN 6, BUT WHO REALLY CARES ANYWAY?

1. 1987 PEREZ-STEELE GREAT MOMENTS

2. 1988 PACIFIC LEGENDS

3. 2010 TOPPS HERITAGE #56B super short print

4. ALL TOPPS ALLEN & GINTER

5. 2012 TOPPS ARCHIVES 3-D (PRODUCED AND STYLED PRECISELY AS THE RARE 1968 TOPPS 3-D TEST ISSUE, THIS CARD LOOKS EXACTLY AS A '68 TOPPS 3-D SHOULD HAVE LOOKED. WEARING A BATTING HELMET, MICKEY HAS JUST BLASTED A SPACE SHOT HOME RUN. WATCHING THE BALL'S FLIGHT, HE BEGINS TO DROP THE BAT, AND BEGIN HIS BY-NOW HOBBLE AROUND THE BASES. PERFECT FOR IMAGINING A '68 TOPPS 3-D MICK!)

6. MOST OF THE TOPPS GYPSY QUEENS. THESE JUST LOOK SO COOL--VERY AVANT GARDE!


Well, that's a lot of lists, requiring some time to think through. Given enough time, I'm sure I'd change my mind a tiny bit, or lengthen the lists to "Top 10 Mantles"! No doubt my list will differ from yours, but I am sure we all have some cards and items we'd all agree on. Nice topic for a question. I feel an interesting category would be for fantasy Mantles. I'd list the two Bob Lemke creations I am very fortunate to own, as well as the pair I made. I did purchase for the first time a fantasy from Mr. Oddball on eBay. The scan on the eBay listing was sensational. It was a 1955 Topps. The price was cheap, and the postage 70 cents. What I got was a flimsy, index card-thick non-glossy card. Maybe it did not cost much, but I was not amused, nor impressed in the least. The extremely poor execution of what portended to be a beautiful fantasy left a bad taste in my mouth. A good fantasy, as Bob Lemke's creations were, and I feel my two Micks were, complements a period collection, rather than detracts. It's not always about how valuable the items are in your display, but how attractive and compelling the total arrangement becomes to your eyes. Now I realize I'm getting verbose and off the subject. Gotta make my supper for work, anyway.

Cheers. Happy collecting, guys and gals! ---Brian Powell

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1951 Bowman
1952 Bowman
1953 Bowman Color
1953 Topps
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Guess I'm a fan of the early years. Here's a visual aide to go with the above post.

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Very nice, CW!!
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CW The 1951 mantle is a amazing psa 2! Also great centering in the 1952 topps .


Side note: the Mick was not a fan of smiling in his early cards.
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1952 Topps
1951 Bowman
1952 Bowman
1953 Bowman Color
1953 Topps
1954 Dan Dee
CW, our lists are identical except for the 52T.

51 Bowman
52 Bowman
53 Bowman
53 Topps
54 Dan-Dee
56 Topps

Nice group of Mantles.
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Thanks, Joe! Nice list -- you have good taste.
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