Mickey Mantle 2012 Topps 1/1 Autograph

[chaddurbin]

i think the "1/1" designation is for the fact it's missing part of the M and e. you won't find another mantle sig like that.

[Wymers Auction]

Isn't every autograph 1/1? I know that they are promising to never make another card exactly like that one, but it just seems stupid to me to pay a premium for a hack job.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Wymers Auction

Isn't every autograph 1/1? I know that they are promising to never make another card exactly like that one, but it just seems stupid to me to pay a premium for a hack job.

+1

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

i think the "1/1" designation is for the fact it's missing part of the M and e. you won't find another mantle sig like that.

[D. Bergin]

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-A-N-T-L

[travrosty]

since the e in mantle is almost all cut off anyway, they could have moved the sig over even more and saved the capital M, but they aren't that smart.

[Mr. Zipper]

Or they could have rotated it diagonally and gotten the whole thing in. I suppose "straight and level" is more important than "complete."

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Or they could have rotated it diagonally and gotten the whole thing in. I suppose "straight and level" is more important than "complete."

The more important thing is feeding the beast. The beast being the people who chase these cards in the hope that they can find someone else to sell them to after they buy them. That is all these cards are for. I don't know anyone who actually collects them.
It is the 21st Century version of the Dutch Tulip Craze.
If Topps can produce cards that look like this, and many look worse, it is because they hold the people who chase them in complete disdain, knowing that those people will buy virtually anything and so called quality control means nothing.

[Gary Dunaier]

I always wanted a genuine Mickey Mantl.

[JimStinson]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

The more important thing is feeding the beast. The beast being the people who chase these cards in the hope that they can find someone else to sell them to after they buy them. That is all these cards are for. I don't know anyone who actually collects them.
It is the 21st Century version of the Dutch Tulip Craze.
If Topps can produce cards that look like this, and many look worse, it is because they hold the people who chase them in complete disdain, knowing that those people will buy virtually anything and so called quality control means nothing.

Thank you Richard