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

[JollyElm]

Whoops. Delete!!

[MattyC]

It's so hard to find a nice '65, could not resist. One of my favorite Mickeys. I am generally not a corner guy, but the gem mt corners of this card are really striking in hand.

[Stonepony]

65 one of my favorite mantle. Really hard to find the centering without any tilt

[Johnny630]

MattyC that is a amazing card!! Wow if you ever sell you're gonna get paid big bucks!

[MBMiller25]

Matt, That 65 Mantle is absolutely sick. Congrats

[MikeGarcia]

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"Scooped up these two Mick/Berras also. Loved the focus and centering on each. Seems like this one is always blurry or OC or both."

.. Matt , your two '57 #400's are a real treat for the eyes.......besides blurry or off-center please also add : rough-cut edges, 'snow' PD on the black long sleeves/stockings, and a focus/registration that makes Yogi's eyes indistinct from his eyebrows.......

..If only someone could take just the best features of each one of these four cards,and from them create one decent card.............oh damn , hey wait a minute ....now where did I put Lemke's mailing address....


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[Canofcorn]

Pretty beat up like most, but the damage somehow avoided his face!
Very happy to add this one to the collection!

[Neal]

Nice mickups fellas!

[Jsquared123]

Originally Posted by MattyC

It's so hard to find a nice '65, could not resist. One of my favorite Mickeys. I am generally not a corner guy, but the gem mt corners of this card are really striking in hand.

'65 is the nicest Mantle card of the 1960s IMO .. Amazing!

[savedfrommyspokes]

Noticed that the PSA 6 and 4 52 Topps Mantles that ended in the MH auction last night fell well below current trends......was it their centering, or were they missed opportunities.

[MattyC]

I believe it was due to their rather ugly centering/eye appeal.

[pokerplyr80]

I'd have to agree with Matt on this one. I believe those Mantles have followed the current trend of collectors stepping up for nice examples of 52 Mantles and passing on drastically off center cards. For many, including myself, a 52 Mantle is a huge purchase and the center piece of a collection. Might as well get one that actually looks good for the grade.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Centering was my first thought as to why those cards did not sell at the trend prices....a decently centered PSA 3 (old flip, compares closer to a current 2 - 2.5 due to heavy crease) sold last evening on ebay for $23,500.

I think every collector has their peeves, based on the prices, centering is a greater concern than a heavy crease.

For lower grade cards , I do find centered cards with fairly intact corners but possessing light creasing/surface wear much more appealing than a card that is o/c, w/rounded corners, has staining and/or has heavy creasing.