December Pickups

[g_vezina_c55]

Thanks guys !
Impatient to receive it.
I saw they are 2 different back for the 56 Mantle card... gray back and white i think...

Any of these 2 back are more valuable ? or no money difference between these 2 back ?

[pawpawdiv9]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

Thanks guys !
Impatient to receive it.
I saw they are 2 different back for the 56 Mantle card... gray back and white i think...

Any of these 2 back are more valuable ? or no money difference between these 2 back ?

Yes sir, there are 2 different backs..just as you said- grey back and white.
As for monetary value.. i really dont know myself.

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

Thanks guys !
Impatient to receive it.
I saw they are 2 different back for the 56 Mantle card... gray back and white i think...

Any of these 2 back are more valuable ? or no money difference between these 2 back ?

I got mine a while ago, so I don't remember this specifics. I think there was a small premium for the white back, but nothing all that significant. There are also variations with the 52 Topps (no premium for either but I think Variation B may be a bit more difficult to locate) and 69 Topps (there is a premium for the white letter variation that I remember being a bit larger than the premium for the 56 Topps variation).

Careful if you decide to go after the variations. It is addictive.

[the 'stache]

Per PSA's website, series #1 (card numbers 1 through 180) were printed with both white and gray backs, with cards numbered 1 through 100 containing more white backs, while cards #101-180 containing more gray.

http://www.psacard.com/Articles/Arti...baseball-cards

Since Mantle's 1956 Topps card is # 135, the white back variation is more scarce, and would be the one commanding a premium, if any. However, in looking at recently sold PSA 5 1956 Topps Mantles, I'm not seeing any discernible premium on the cards with white backs. There's been a pretty wide variance in where this card has sold in the last few months, and that could be impacted by things like centering, and eye appeal.

[HOF Yankees]

great stuff, and awesome pickups

[JollyElm]

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This may be lost on most people here, but these are 4 of the absolutely toughest 1972 cards to find in anything better than (at best!) 90/10 left to right centering. Look on ebay and virtually every single one of these is terribly miscut with only the slightest hint of white appearing on the left side. I am completely psyched to pick these up for my ever improving set upgrade!!

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And this is the cool 1970 variation where the baseball is missing from the cartoon on back. (I guess I should've scanned the back, too.)

[David W]

The 1972 "In Action" cards are the coolest cards of the 70's.

I just don't know how they missed Lou Brock.

[h2oya311]

love the hole-punched cards! Makes them affordable to me...