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

[Beercan collector]

Had this card for a while but never posted ,
Thanks to rand1com on ebay .

[refz]

68 Game

[mikea0906@icloud.com]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Had this card for a while but never posted ,
Thanks to rand1com on ebay .

Love this card! Congrats


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[rand1com]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Had this card for a while but never posted ,
Thanks to rand1com on ebay .

Yep. That was a nice looking '51 Mantle. I bought a boyhood collection from an 80 year old friend who had opened a lot of packs back in '51, 52, and 53. He had 2 rookie Mantles and 1 Mays. The Mantles graded 3 and 3.5. I think you got the 3.5 and I sold the 3 to another dealer. If I remember correctly(possibly not), I sold it on Ebay for $6K at the time in 2019. I think you did pretty good holding onto it since then. Congrats!

Just checked VCP. Actually sold for $6500!!!

[AustinMike]

Just picked up this Type 1 Mantle.

Mantle Photo Yankees Issue 8-X-10 Ver 2 resized.jpg

I overpaid for it because I noticed it was very slightly different from one I already had.

Mantle Photo Yankees Issue 8-X-10 Ver 1 resized.jpg

I've indicated the area where I first noticed the difference within the red lines. The difference is very small, the photo appears to be shifted slightly to the left. However, there is also a slight difference in the upper left corner. It appears to be shifted to the right a little bit. Therefore, I think the new photo is simply zoomed out very slightly from the first photo.

Mantle Photo Yankees Issue front 8-X-10 Ver 1 and Ver 2 resized.jpg

Of course a normal person wouldn't care about the minute difference. But, what can I say?

[ALR-bishop]

Saw this fantasy piece on Facebook.

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Saw this fantasy piece on Facebook.

https://medium.com/@JohnDempseyIV/th...d-7fbf4c7c2454

[ALR-bishop]

Lucas— pretty amazing if true and great hobby history. I can add it to the 61 Dice, 66 Punch Out and 68 Disc as Topps Mantles I will never get my hands on .

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Lucas— pretty amazing if true and great hobby history. I can add it to the 61 Dice, 66 Punch Out and 68 Disc as Topps Mantles I will never get my hands on .

I thought it was a fantasy piece at first as well. But then I started looking closely, the card is definitely genuine. And the skill needed to make a genuine quality card and replicate the cartoon style that perfect was impossible. Not to mention a story like this needs good provenance, and it has that as well.

Although I don't like how the owner says it would cost too much to grade. It would a drop in tbe bucket compared to what it would sell for. Then again getting an auction house to do it for them would also probably be free and a nice perk.

I was wondering what it might sell for at auction. And thought somewhere between a quarter and half a million.


Edit: did not realize there was no front pic (the front pic in the article wasn't the card in question, just a generic '60 topps front) so take back my definitely from above. Need a real picture of the front.