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

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Sorry I misspoke on the small photo on the back. DIFFERENT cropping is a better description. I THINK it is same cropping as on the 64 version. Is that correct?

I think the cropping is different from both of the "regular" issues. This one has more sky between Mickey's hat and the top of the photo plus it shows more stripes on his left shoulder. As for the regular issues, the '64 seems to be a little more close-up than the '62.

Originally Posted by bobsbbcards

The write-up says "The record features a paper overlay on the reverse displaying Mantle's statistics through the 1963 season." This suggests that it isn't so much a variation as it is a glued together mash up.

I think it's more of a mock-up to show how the '64 issues will look. They then decided to change the picture on the front. Providing it's an authentic Sports Champions mock-up of course.

[Bestdj777]

I've heard about this "variation" before but never seen a picture before. Not sure I'd consider it a variation, but it is an interesting piece.

Nice 60 Venezuelan Mike

[whiteymet]

Looking at the rest of the lot, there is a similar Spahn as well as a Spahn with a blank back "sticker".

They all appear to me to be professionally done. Must have come out of the company files. Love that kind of stuff.

I went to the Xograph office in NYC while in college back in the early 70's. I was doing a research paper and asked and got some of the Topps 3-D's from their files. Wish I still had them!!