The official Mickey Mantle Pickup Thread. All Mick, all the time!

[bswhiten]

Wow...great pickup Mike! Would love to see a pic with that guy up on your wall with the other spectacular framed pieces! I would almost be too scared to hang it thinking it might fall

[JollyElm]

Gonna be a bummer for your cleaning lady, though, as she'll be tasked with flipping that display over on your wall each week to change the orientation from Mantle being right side up to Maris being right side up and back again.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Gonna be a bummer for your cleaning lady, though, as she'll be tasked with flipping that display over on your wall each week to change the orientation from Mantle being right side up to Maris being right side up and back again.

HaHa! Poor Roger will have to get used to being upside down.

[AustinMike]

A couple of new additions to the family.

A 1953 New York Yankee tri-fold mailer featuring Mantle's 565 ft. homerun on the front. I had not seen one of these before.

Yankees 1953 Tri-fold with Mantle on front map on back.jpg

A 1964 Sports Heroes sticker.

Mantle 1964 Sports Heroes Sticker resized.jpg

[bswhiten]

Very cool Mike. I’ve never seen that mailer before. Curious if you snagged the original envelope too?

[daves_resale_shop]

Recently back from grading

[savedfrommyspokes]

A recent Mantle pickup from his playing days

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

Very cool Mike. I’ve never seen that mailer before. Curious if you snagged the original envelope too?

Unfortunately, no, no envelope.

[whiteymet]

I am an advanced Hartland statues collector. Not many people know that early in the production of the statues there was a very rare subset of magnetic statues issued. Only 11 of 18 were issued with magnets attached to the bottom of the players feet.

Of course Mickey was one. I just picked up a duplicate which is only the fourth one I have ever seen in all my 60 years of collecting Hartland's. In the late 50's when these first came out car dashboards were metal. Hartland issued these to be used that way. But in case you didn't want them on your dashboard they also included a metal base with a hole drilled in it so you could mount the base with a screw to other surfaces.

From time to time you may find statues with magnets on the bottom but without the base. The bases are actually rarer than the statues. Much like the Berra Hartland, you will see tons of them but seldom does it still have the original mask that was issued with Yogi. Too easy to lose over the years.

The same with the magnet base. Hartland also issued a smaller statue known as the Minor Leaguer on a card. See attached where you can see the mention of mounting them on the dashboard of your car. Thought you all would enjoy seeing and knowing about this rare Mantle piece.

I also picked up a Musial and Ruth with magnets and bases and a Fox without the base.

Sorry photos are so large and turned sideways. Hopefully someone can fix it for this old man who is not computer literate!

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

Would love to see a pic with that guy up on your wall with the other spectacular framed pieces!

I would too. Unfortunately, I'm out of wall space for it. I'm not sure where it's going to go.

[iconsportscards]

Pick up from Sunday's REA, 1960 New York Yankees American League Champions Team Tri-fold

[hcv123]

I recently acquired this 1 of 2 known 1960 Bazooka complete box with Mantle. It is by far the nicer of the 2. This box appears to never have had gum in it!! It is available, inquiry by PM is invited.

[bswhiten]

Thought I would share another Mantle variation...albeit a minor one!
The item is listed by Kelly E. and graded by PSA as a c1960's Dexter Press Southwestern Historical Wax Museum Postcard. Kelly notes in an SCD article that it is designated as an 809-C, but there are also 99704-B designations. If you look at the Dexter Press dating by year, the 809-C is from 1965 and the 99704-B is from 1964. Small variation I know, but for Mike and Chris I am guessing you want both! lol

The dating holds true for the Dexter Press items I have in my PC too. Curious about what others may have too. Notice the 66/67 Mick's have 22295-C which corresponds to 1967.

The interesting one though is the postcard with Mantle wrapping his knee. This is not mine, but look at the number - 36419. That number is shown as being from 1951. I have only ever seen one of these and maybe it was just a test issue that wasn't released. Who would want a pc of an injured Mick! I do think it is cool though, and would make it one of a few "card" examples of a 1951 rookie Mick.

[sflayank]

The mantle postcard is from 1951

[bswhiten]

Originally Posted by sflayank

The mantle postcard is from 1951

Correct. That’s what I posted. Matt B was asking for confirmation on Facebook and I gave it to him with the dating info.

[sflayank]

Just matched the postcard # to postally used postcard with similar #..

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

Thought I would share another Mantle variation...albeit a minor one!
The item is listed by Kelly E. and graded by PSA as a c1960's Dexter Press Southwestern Historical Wax Museum Postcard. Kelly notes in an SCD article that it is designated as an 809-C, but there are also 99704-B designations. If you look at the Dexter Press dating by year, the 809-C is from 1965 and the 99704-B is from 1964. Small variation I know, but for Mike and Chris I am guessing you want both! lol

The dating holds true for the Dexter Press items I have in my PC too. Curious about what others may have too. Notice the 66/67 Mick's have 22295-C which corresponds to 1967.

The interesting one though is the postcard with Mantle wrapping his knee. This is not mine, but look at the number - 36419. That number is shown as being from 1951. I have only ever seen one of these and maybe it was just a test issue that wasn't released. Who would want a pc of an injured Mick! I do think it is cool though, and would make it one of a few "card" examples of a 1951 rookie Mick.

As always, "thanks" Ben.

I'll need to find my wax postcard to see what version it is. Then, I'll have to put the other on my Want List.

I'll need to look for the Yankee Dexter sets to confirm what number they have. I do have a picture of the Dexter Press Yankee poster on my computer and it has the following number on the back: DT-25546-C. That would correspond to 1967.

I've never seen the Mantle postcard with him wrapping his leg. Very neat item that will also go on my Want List.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

The dating holds true for the Dexter Press items I have in my PC too. Curious about what others may have too. Notice the 66/67 Mick's have 22295-C which corresponds to 1967. .

I found mine and they (both the 66/67 and 67 Mantles) have the same number (DT-22295-C) also.

There's also a 67 set on eBay and the Mantle in that set has the same number.