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

[swarmee]

My July bulk submissions (received just prior to National) just popped early and had these in it. A couple are doubles (the PSA 7 Blast and PSA 7 1961 Team, I think). Will have to figure out why two got factory miscuts. They looked fine to me. Will have to resubmit the 1968. Was very iffy on cracking the slab on that one, but YOLO.

[AnkurJ]

Hi everyone
First post here! Bought this on eBay the other day. Love the image and size of the card. Does anyone know what his first card was?

[BLongley]

Nice pickup. His 1951 Bowman is considered his first card... there is also the 1950 Dairy Lea reflector which is one of his earliest, but it's not a card.

The thought on this Wheaties premium is that it was actually produced in 1952, but as you can see it still gets marked as 1951. It's from a series that Wheaties was testing out to see if they wanted to use these to promote their brand, but ultimately they decided against using Mickey (or maybe Mickey said you can't use my image).

Originally Posted by AnkurJ

Hi everyone
First post here! Bought this on eBay the other day. Love the image and size of the card. Does anyone know what his first card was?

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by BLongley

Nice pickup. His 1951 Bowman is considered his first card... there is also the 1950 Dairy Lea reflector which is one of his earliest, but it's not a card.

The thought on this Wheaties premium is that it was actually produced in 1952, but as you can see it still gets marked as 1951. It's from a series that Wheaties was testing out to see if they wanted to use these to promote their brand, but ultimately they decided against using Mickey (or maybe Mickey said you can't use my image).

Brian, I thought the consensus was actually 1953?

[BLongley]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Brian, I thought the consensus was actually 1953?

Yes you're right, 1953.

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by swarmee

My July bulk submissions (received just prior to National) just popped early and had these in it. A couple are doubles (the PSA 7 Blast and PSA 7 1961 Team, I think). Will have to figure out why two got factory miscuts. They looked fine to me. Will have to resubmit the 1968. Was very iffy on cracking the slab on that one, but YOLO.

If these haven't shipped yet, you may want to call them and get the Bazooka in an authentic holder? I have called them once grades pop to make that request and they are always willing to accommodate (I usually indicate that authentic is fine on the forms so it's just a point of clarifying).

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

If these haven't shipped yet, you may want to call them and get the Bazooka in an authentic holder?

The N0 is holdered as Authentic. It confused me at first because it's an N-code, but it means they holdered it as Authentic. I could have had them holder the 1961 AS and the 1962 Switch Hitter, but I'd rather get them back raw and resubmit next time. They don't charge for the "factory miscut" determination, or the MINSIZ, so that's three that have to get sent back another time.
Here are the two they listed as miscut:

[swarmee]

https://www.psacard.com/auctionprice.../values/561538
Weird sales on this card. A 6 sells for $200 May of 2017, another sells for $245 in April. Then a month ago, PWCC auctions a 9 which only achieves $102. PWCC listing doesn't mention Mickey Mantle in title or text. Heck of a steal for the winner of that one.
I put in a placeholder bid to keep it on my eBay homepage, but would have bid much higher if I didn't already have one at PSA (it got an 8). PWCC really screwed the pooch by not listing "Mantle," but I've heard the consignor gets to see drafts of the listings and confirm what they look like.

[BLongley]

That April PSA 6 was mine.... I see that PSA 9 in PWCC, that's crazy if someone really got it that cheap!!

BTW, I know you're working on the Mantle Master Registry, I used to be #4 in both the Mantle Master and Mantle Topps Master, but I have sold off a lot of my collection to venture into prewar. I still have quite a few tough items (some of the tattoos, Bazooka cuts, the rare team photos, etc... plus I'm auctioning the rest of my VZs in LOTG, which includes my 68VZ which is tougher to find than the 59VZ) if you're ever interested, most are listed under eBay user robecsportscards, so let me know if there are any you want to try and work a deal on.

I've been quite impressed with the raw finds you have then submitted!!! Well done!!

Originally Posted by swarmee

https://www.psacard.com/auctionprice.../values/561538
Weird sales on this card. A 6 sells for $200 May of 2017, another sells for $245 in April. Then a month ago, PWCC auctions a 9 which only achieves $102. PWCC listing doesn't mention Mickey Mantle in title or text. Heck of a steal for the winner of that one.
I put in a placeholder bid to keep it on my eBay homepage, but would have bid much higher if I didn't already have one at PSA (it got an 8). PWCC really screwed the pooch by not listing "Mantle," but I've heard the consignor gets to see drafts of the listings and confirm what they look like.

[swarmee]

Thanks; got pretty slammed on the bulk submission on the main board that just popped: The PSA 7 Mantle/Bruton stamp panel being the best of the bunch. Here's what I have currently at PSA:
77 1 0101000189 Baseball Cards 1956 Topps 135 Mickey Mantle White Back - $99.00
78 1 0101584870 Baseball Cards 1958 Topps 487 Mickey Mantle All Star - $75.00
79 1 0101613000 Baseball Cards 1961 Topps 300 Mickey Mantle - $99.00
80 1 6244620050 Baseball Cards 1962 Topps Stamp Panels Felipe Alou Mickey Mantle - $99.00
81 1 0101620530 Baseball Cards 1962 Topps 53 AL Home Run Leaders - $75.00
82 1 0101632470 Baseball Cards 1963 Topps 247 Yankees Team - $40.00
83 1 1381000005 Baseball Cards 1963 Topps Peel-Offs Mickey Mantle Instruction Back - $75.00
84 1 0131650050 Baseball Cards 1965 O-Pee-Chee 5 A.L. RBI Leaders Robinson/Stuart/Mantle/Killebrew - $40.00
85 1 0101682800 Baseball Cards 1968 Topps 280 Mickey Mantle - $99.00
100 1 A183680133 Baseball Cards 1968 American Oil J.Boros/M.Mantle Double - $50.00
102 1 6619620230 Baseball Cards 1962 Exhibits Statistic Back Mickey Mantle - $99.00
105 1 0101581500 Baseball Cards 1958 Topps 150 Mickey Mantle - $99.00
106 1 0101695000 Baseball Cards 1969 Topps 500 Mickey Mantle Last Name in Yellow - $99.00
1 1 B997600140 Baseball Coins 1960 Armour Coins Mickey Mantle - $50.00
2 1 B369641200 Baseball Coins 1964 Topps Coins 120 Mickey Mantle - $50.00
3 3 B369641311 Baseball Coins 1964 Topps Coins 131 Mickey Mantle Right-Handed - $200.00
4 1 B292620410 Baseball Coins 1962 Shirriff Coins 41 Mickey Mantle - $99.00
5 1 B369641310 Baseball Coins 1964 Topps Coins 131 Mickey Mantle Left-Handed - $75.00
6 1 6842620410 Baseball Coins 1962 Salada Coins 41 Mickey Mantle - $99.00
Plus a reholder of another Salada/Junket coin PSA 8.

Here are the recent pops:
277 NEAR MINT 7 1961 Topps 44 AL Home Run Leaders Card
278 EXCELLENT 5 1961 Topps 228 Yankees Team Card
279 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 OC 1961 Topps 307 World Series Game 2 Mantle Slams 2 Homers Card
280 NEAR MINT 7 1961 Topps Stamp Panels Bill Bruton Mickey Mantle Card *POP 9, 3 Higher*
281 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1962 Post Cereal 5 Mickey Mantle Hand Cut-Ad Back,Life Mag Card
282 AA: AUTHENTIC ALTERED 1963 Topps 2 AL Batting Leaders Card
283 VERY GOOD 3 1962 Post Cereal 5 Mickey Mantle Perforated-Ad BK,Life Mag Card
284 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1964 Topps 331 A.L. Bombers Maris/Cash/Mantle/Kaline Card
285 EXCELLENT 5 1965 Topps 5 A.L. RBI Leaders Robinson/Stuart/Mantle/Killebrew Card
286 EXCELLENT 5 1965 Topps 134 World Series Game 3 Mantle's Clutch HR Card
287 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1966 O-Pee-Chee 92 Yankees Team Card
288 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1965 O-Pee-Chee 134 World Series Game 3 Mantle's Clutch HR Card
289 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT+ 4.5 1965 O-Pee-Chee 134 World Series Game 3 Mantle's Clutch HR Card
290 EXCELLENT 5 1969 Topps Stamps Mickey Mantle Card
291 N0: AUTHENTIC 1962 Jell-O 5 Mickey Mantle Hand Cut Card *POP 48, 11 Higher*
292 N0: AUTHENTIC 1963 Jell-O 15 Mickey Mantle Hand Cut Card
299 VERY GOOD 3 1947-66 Exhibits Mickey Mantle 1st Name Outline in White Card

Have another 8 or so oversized cards that will go in on another submission sometime. Not going to buy anymore right now for a while. Need to focus on selling the duplicates and getting these all scanned in to my set album so people can actually see them instead of just the grades. ;-)

[KendallCat]

Since we are talking Mantle’s here is my updated run of Mantle cards to date. Recent pickups have been the 1957 at the Natty and the 58 was pre Natty - used the funds early but it was too nice to pass up. Thinking of subbing the 57 and 58 after several commented that they look like they are in the wrong holders.

First photo is of my initial run of Mantles which I was going to do in PSA 8 and higher post 1953, but when I started finding nicely centered lower graded cards and much cheaper I went that route.



This is my current run of Mantle cards.



Better scans of the new additions.





Enjoy.

KC