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

[MattyC]

Peter,

That is a gorgeous 1960 Mick. Very rare centering for the card.

John,

Great example of the '58 All Star— one of the prettiest Mick cards for sure, and pretty hard to find with such clean background printing and sharp focus. Congrats.

Finally fell in love with a 1962 Mick— the '62 has always held the same mystique for me as the '57, in terms of how challenging it is to find a strong example. Never been happier with a card purchase; this is the best '62 Mick I've seen aside from the lone PSA 10. It has a top right mild corner touch but should still have been an 8.5 all day, with such pristine edges (any edge wear really shows on the '62). Yet certainly no complaints buying it in the 8 holder. So many of the high grade Micks would never get those same Mint 9s with today's standards.

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Peter,

That is a gorgeous 1960 Mick. Very rare centering for the card.

John,

Great example of the '58 All Star— one of the prettiest Mick cards for sure, and pretty hard to find with such clean background printing and sharp focus. Congrats.

Finally fell in love with a 1962 Mick— the '62 has always held the same mystique for me as the '57, in terms of how challenging it is to find a strong example. Never been happier with a card purchase; this is the best '62 Mick I've seen aside from the lone PSA 10. It has a top right mild corner touch but should still have been an 8.5 all day, with such pristine edges (any edge wear really shows on the '62). Yet certainly no complaints buying it in the 8 holder. So many of the high grade Micks would never get those same Mint 9s with today's standards.

Crazy nice card!!!!!

[MattyC]

Thx, Dave. I had picked up this really sweet ball point sig '62 a little while back and dreamed of finding a high-end copy to display beside it...

[MattyC]

Pumped.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Nice Matt.

[MattyC]

Thx, Pete. Gorgeous Red Heart. The smiling image and that colorful background make that one classic baseball card.

And that example looks way more like an 8-9 from here!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Thx, Pete. Gorgeous Red Heart. The smiling image and that colorful background make that one classic baseball card.

And that example looks way more like an 8-9 from here!

I looked quite a while for one with good centering, no slight registration shift resulting in a white line along the neck and blurring in the lettering on the cap, and no print lines. As for the grade, I have no clue, but I'm fine with it as it was much cheaper than an 8 would have been.

[Jdoggs]

nice red heart.

[BLongley]

I've been more of a seller than a buyer of Mick lately (needed to diversify)... but picked this up from a friend who bought this from the guy who got it out of a pack as a kid... one of my favorite Mickey images, so confident!

[bswhiten]

Beautiful cards guys! Brian...welcome back to the Mantle fray

[Johnny630]

Great 62 Mantle Matty. Super Sharp Card Should be a 8.5.

Also the the last post of the 54 Bowman Mantle Sharp !