Looking at Mickey Mantle PSA Population

[Seven]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Robert, I'm curious as to why you didn't include the 1954B and 1955B cards in your graph.

The 54 and 55 are the Bowman. There were no Topps Mantle those years due to a deal Mantle had with Bowman.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Seven

The 54 and 55 are the Bowman. There were no Topps Mantle those years due to a deal Mantle had with Bowman.

Yes, James, I am very well aware of this, but Robert said nothing in his OP about excluding any years or even comparing the Topps to Bowman PSA pops.

[Seven]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Yes, James, I am very well aware of this, but Robert said nothing in his OP about excluding any years or even comparing the Topps to Bowman PSA pops.

Apologies if that post came off a little brusque Val. That's a fair point that you bring up. I didn't think of that.

[rsdill2]

Apologies for any confusion I may have caused. I simply looked at what I consider "mainstream" Mantle's i.e. Topps and Bowman. Should've been more clear.

The discussion on '56s white vs gray got me thinking. Check this out. Percentage of total grades for each variation. '56 gray backs follow a typical bell curve with a few low grade, a few high grades, and most in the middle. That's typical of nearly any '50s Topps star card. The '56 white back is much more commonly found in low grade with nearly 25% of all '56 Topps White Back Mantle's receiving a '1' grade.

[swarmee]

Makes total sense when you realize when both are in the PSA master set registry. In order to complete the set, you need one of each. So because there are way fewer white backs, people will grade any of them to complete their set, whereas most would only grade a VG or better gray back.