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

[JollyElm]

The upper left corner is bumped a bit. That'll lower the grade a little.

[TimCarrollArt]

Originally Posted by irv

Your work is incredible! I can only begin to imagine the time and dedication it must take to complete something like that, let alone having it/them turn out as accurate as they do!

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you! It went from a hobby, to a passion, to a career pretty quickly. I'm having the time of my life with it right now.

Originally Posted by JollyElm

The upper left corner is bumped a bit. That'll lower the grade a little.

The surface is a bit rough, but it will have to do.


Here are my other Mantles....sorry for the bad photos. I'll have the '62T, 56T, and 52B done at some point in the near future.







Tim

[irv]

Originally Posted by TimCarrollArt

Thank you! It went from a hobby, to a passion, to a career pretty quickly. I'm having the time of my life with it right now.



The surface is a bit rough, but it will have to do.


Here are my other Mantles....sorry for the bad photos. I'll have the '62T, 56T, and 52B done at some point in the near future.


Tim

Great to hear!

On average, how long does it take to complete one like posted above?

Those are beauties too!

[KCRfan1]

Tim,

Those are amazing. Really nice work, and something you should be proud of.

I admire your talent!

[bnorth]

Not mine but a friends who is not a member just picked it up. A very cool 1963 Jello Mickey Mantle with a print offset. I love the print error cards like these. Those double eyes are awesome!

[Bigdaddy]

Not a new pickup, but just got back from the grader:

[ullmandds]

that dan-dee is somethin'!!!!!

Originally Posted by TimCarrollArt

Thank you! It went from a hobby, to a passion, to a career pretty quickly. I'm having the time of my life with it right now.



The surface is a bit rough, but it will have to do.


Here are my other Mantles....sorry for the bad photos. I'll have the '62T, 56T, and 52B done at some point in the near future.







Tim

[Stonepony]

Those are so cool! I gotta be honest though, when I zoom in and see all those faces it kinda creeps me out

[Bestdj777]

Picked up part of a Mantle (the front is of Davenport and is fairly well centered):

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Picked up part of a Mantle (the front is of Davenport and is fairly well centered):

Awesome wrong back, great pick up.

[KendallCat]

Here are a few items from my current Mantle run to contribute to the thread. Working on PSA 8 and higher from 1956-1969 in Topps only. Due to budget, scarcity, and mainly budget keeping my 52 and 53 examples in their current grades - IMO it would be hard to improve them without selling my house

Mantle rookie


53 Mantle


56 Mantle


Current Mantle run