Long time lurker finally joined. I collect oddball Mantle items and have been admiring everyone's collections that they post so I will post a couple of my favorites that I have. Looking forward to talking to you all. You can follow my progress on the PSA Master Set under Curious Goods.
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1964 Bat Master Mickey Mantle
Does anyone have any info on this item. I cannot find anything on it anywhere.
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69 and 65 I guess...
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Just waiting for the 3rd red variety to get graded
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Man that's impressive.
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Tomi, I doubt PSA would grade.
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Mickey Mantle 2nd year
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1952 Topps Mantle. Never thought I'd own one, especially not one this nice
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Tomi, welcome to the fray. Those are some nice items. Three of them are still on my want list.
Tomi/Ben, there are two versions of the Bat Master premium as you've discovered (I learned that from Chris several months ago). As you also know, the borderless version is the earlier version. Larry, very sweet collection! Congratulations! Dan, :eek::eek: Both versions are still on my want list and probably will be for a long, long time. Congratulations!!! |
So nice Dan. My dream card right there!
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A couple of off-beat Mantle items I hadn't seen before.
The top two are the front and back of a cut from a National Sports Council mailer (approximately 5-7/16" by 7-5/8", thick paper or thin cardboard). I've seen a lot of it Mantle NSC items, but not this before. Has anyone seen, or know of, the complete mailer? The bottom two are the front and back of a possible premium from Brookfield Clothes (approximately 2-7/16" by 2-13/16", cardboard similar to a baseball card). I have found a couple of ads for Brookfield Clothes from 1956 that use the picture on the premium (different cropping than what's on the premium). The card does have an old, musty smell. Even though it looks old and smells old, I'm still not 100% sure about its authenticity. The type on the back has me perplexed. Was Mantle involved with Brookfield in 1954? Why would the date be put on the back? Why would it just say "Brookfield" and not "Brookfield Clothes?" Has anyone seen one of these before? |
Never seen either one of those Mike. Like the photo and "You can do it, too" phrase in the first one. The second one looks a bit suspect to me. Artificially aged?
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need some help with this Mantle photo/card. Can you guys pinpoint the date? Do you agree with RMY Auctions on the date? Is it a team issue?
https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=43516 https://photos.imageevent.com/derekg...I%20Photo_.jpg |
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I’ve taken a hiatus from baseball cards to raise my kids and focus on my art collection (if anyone ever has any questions or wants me to weigh in I’m accessible by PM), but it’s nice to log back in and see so many awesome regionals. Mike, I love the mailer.
The second card is strange. Seeing it, my gut reaction is that there is about a 95% chance it is fake—I saw a handful of these types of items pop up a few months ago with the same typing on the back and the same artificial looking aging. What One thing that doesn’t make sense though is that this is the same image Brookfield used, so if they are fake someone must have done good research. But then why would they mess up the year? |
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Mantle armours
The only confirmed one I dont have is silver
I believe a gold exists and also the other empty spot For a lime green correct l or r Since the the lime correct l-r exists I assume that one exists also I know where the silver is The other 2 are unknown at this point |
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Just sent in most of my high-grade Mantle cards this week for consignment, which I have mixed feelings over. Keeping this one though...
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I picked this up at the beginning of September to finish off the last card needed for the 62 set
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Mickey Mantle Fedtro Box
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Picked this up-thought it was kind of cool. Trying to post a picture.
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New pic
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Plaks Checklist
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What year is the post card?Attachment 374015
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Anyone know what year the post card is in the above post ?
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Thank you for the info Austin Mike.
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The one with the slight border on top (on the left) came from the box with red sleeves. The one with no borders came from the box with the black sleeves. |
Hotel Motel Holiday Inn
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Two from my collection.
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Nice pickup Scott! And great nice detective work Mike.
Has anyone else noticed that most of Kelly’s SCD Mantle Series articles are no longer available on SCD’s webpage? I’m guessing no one downloaded them either? Ben |
1965 Transfer box topper
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Here is one that I am sure many Topps Mantle collectors have never seen. Robert Edwards Auction house has never seen it or had it in an auction in the last 20 years (searching the online archives). This was inserted into the wax box to help promote "Baseball Press On"... which we now refer to as 1965 Topps Transfers. This little ad would be displayed by the box of cards in the store. Mantle is pictured on the jacket in the front right. Not many of these could have survived. Does anyone have any other Box Topper inserts to promote special inserts? Would love to see some.
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Last August 16-17, Heritage conducted their "Summer Platinum Night Auction". Among their marquee items was a spectacular 1959 Bazooka Mickey Mantle, graded SGC 88 NM/MT. Would someone with a Heritage membership kindly look up what that piece went for, including the buyer's premium? Also, how many bids were there? What was the minimum bid?
Thanks in advance. Cheers. --- Brian Powell |
Bazooka Mantle
Brian, the card went for 18,000. There were 20 bidders. I could not see the opening bid.
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Frankly, I was surprised that magnificent Mantle went for so little. Few specimens get a numerical grade, and this was ultra high grade for the issue. I will never know how high the winning bidder was prepared to go, though, as my dear wife has reminded me on a few occasions. Regardless, thanks again Joe for your help to me. I wish you the very best, sir. ---Brian Powell |
An incredible complete box
sold for 24K in August 2017. It currently resides in a PSA 3 holder in the #1 Mantle master set:
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...ription-071515 Sadly I was the under bidder when it sold in 2010 for 6K :eek: |
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Perfect Mick Auto!
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Picked up a nice Holiday Inn ceramic ashtray to go with some similar items.
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This one goes back to the 2009 National in Cleveland. Leon was involved in the transaction as a reference. Maybe you remember, Leon?
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Ben, nice ceramic Mantle Holiday Inn ash tray. I hadn't seen that before.
Attached is a picture of a 1962 Pan American Photo Mantle/Maris jigsaw puzzle I got recently. It's 8" by 10". |
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Never seen that puzzle before either Mike. Nice.
Picked up the 1960 Action Pictures NYY set with Mick. |
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