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

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Balloonhead

I was so excited I was shaking and followed it up with two poor purchases.

Come on, dude, we're all waiting. What were the two poor purchases??

[Balloonhead]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Come on, dude, we're all waiting. What were the two poor purchases??

Ok. They were two cards I actually wanted - a 77 Topps Andre Dawson rookie and an 88 Fleer Reggie Miller. Unfortunately, I had my Mantle/Beer goggles fresh on and I didn’t take the time to look them over like I normally do. Both cards looked flawless at the time. The next day I saw the Dawson had two sharp corners, a soft corner, and a brown/dinged corner and it’s definitely way off centered. I’m not ready to talk about the Reggie Miller yet but the well known condition issues with the Fleer 88 set are well represented in the card.

The baseball card gods giveth and also taketh……at least I made some dealer happy……


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