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

[KCRfan1]

Ted,

I'm always fascinated with your collections and the knowledge you have of cards. How did you acquire the Red Man Mantle, and what prevented the card from being issued?

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

Ted,

I'm always fascinated with your collections and the knowledge you have of cards. How did you acquire the Red Man Mantle, and what prevented the card from being issued?

Hi Lou

Thanks for the compliments.

I acquired this Red Man Mantle in a collection I purchased some years ago.

My guess is that the Bowman Gum Co. had exclusive rights to Mantle, and that is why he was not included
with the 1952 - 1955 Red Man issues.

And perhaps, to a certain degree the same applies to why Mantle was not in the 1954 and 1955 Topps sets.


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[tedzan]

Hey guys......when is the last time you saw this Mantle card ?





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[ALR-bishop]

Someone posted one of these on CU so I picked one up because I of have a few other Topps player tribute posters that picture all of the player's Topps and Bowman cards. I just posted the four I have in a separate thread to see if anyone knows of others. I have all the card portrayed but think they make neat room decor in my study.

The certificate from Topps says 10,000 of the Mantle poster were produced

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Someone posted one of these on CU so I picked one up because I of have a few other Topps player tribute posters that picture all of the player's Topps and Bowman cards. I just posted the four I have in a separate thread to see if anyone knows of others. I have all the card portrayed but think they make neat room decor in my study.

The certificate from Topps says 10,000 of the Mantle poster were produced

I wonder why they left the '52 & '53 Bowmans out. Looks like for 'artistic balance' ?

[orly57]

Scratch a big one off the list:

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by orly57

Scratch a big one off the list:

Great card, Orlando. One of my favorite issues and image!!

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by orly57

Scratch a big one off the list:

Orlando, heartiest of congratulations on getting a Stahl-Meyer Franks Mickey Mantle. Nice card for the grade.

Perchance you might be interested in learning more about the Stahl-Meyer Franks promotion and this Mickey Mantle gem, I wrote about them in my recently released book, NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN. I cover a nice selection of the regionals from 1947 - 1971. It is not a standard book; it's a book on a CD. Works easily and very well---you read it by inserting the CD into the disc drive of your computer or laptop. It's the equivalent of a 478-page book, including about 32 mostly color photos, which will look gorgeous on your computer screen.

If interested, send me a $30 money order. The postal service charges only $1.20 for theirs. I'm at

Brian Powell
P. O. Box 743
New Carlisle, Indiana 46552

After getting the Stahl-Meyer Mick, I think I can more than reasonably assure you you shan't be disappointed with my book.

Regardless, again, nice going bro on the acquisition of a regal Mickey Mantle baseball card. ---Brian

[tedzan]

Hi Al

That's a great looking poster.


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[tedzan]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hey guys......when is the last time you saw this Mantle card ?





TED Z
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I'm surprised at the lack of curiosity on this forum regarding this Mantle card.

Anyhow......I did receive a couple of emails from Net54 "readers" inquiring about the source of this "1954 TOPPS" Mantle. On display here is a partial picture of
Sports Illustrated (Aug 23, 1954) edition with the centerfold-out depicting 27 players on the New York Yankees.

Back in the early 1980's a collector/dealer and ole friend, Charlie, who frequented the Willow Grove Show gave me this card. Charlie had a printer buddy of his,
using the image of Mantle from this centerfold-out, produced a number of these cards. I have not seen any of these in circulation since the mid-1980's.






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[KCRfan1]

Ted,

You always have cool stuff!!!

[pawpawdiv9]

Hey TED..
I actually was browsing last week on the 54 mantle--the red version, which is common
I did run across the 'white' version on Ebay too, which I had never seen before, just like your 'blue' version.
I did see a graded PSA red one..Why would someone grade one of these?