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

[AustinMike]

This is a Type I photo of Mick taken by E.F. Collins during the Yankees' tour of Japan in 1955. It's 4-by-5.

[ruth-gehrig]

Been after a centered 1957 for awhile

[AustinMike]

Time to get Mick back to page 1.

I missed the complete Page milk carton that was sold in a smaller auction. But I had gotten a cut out from the carton thanks to Net54 member Fred.

Mantle 1960s Milk carton Page cut out1 resized.jpg

I also picked up this Meadow Sweet milk carton.

Mantle 1960s Milk Carton Meadow Sweet1.jpg

Mantle 1960s Milk Carton Meadow Sweet2.jpg

Hmmm, it seems the Mick had a few "favorite" milks. No wonder the FTC came down on him.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Been after a centered 1957 for awhile

That is a very nice ‘57 Mick, congrats on the pickup.

[Stonepony]

That Meadow Sweet carton is... well...SWEET!!

[bswhiten]

Awesome Mike! The dude loved some milk! Haha

[wpeters]

I had the magazine and when I saw the photo, I had to get it to match them up.

[Beercan collector]

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

[refz]

68 Game

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by wpeters

I had the magazine and when I saw the photo, I had to get it to match them up.

Nice pick-up at a great price. I had this in my watch list and was going to bid on it at the last second. Then I got busy and I forgot about it. Glad that someone here got it.

[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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[lrush]

Thought I would share my Mantle run.

[irv]

Originally Posted by lrush

Thought I would share my Mantle run.

Very nice!

[mikea0906@icloud.com]

Originally Posted by lrush

Thought I would share my Mantle run.

Let's go! Well done


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[AustinMike]

Back to the milk theme:

A few years ago, I picked up a pamphlet with Mantle on it for Jo-Mar dairy in Kansas (see attached). There was also a Jo-Mar milk carton with Mantle on it that I was outbid on.

Recently, I picked up another pamphlet (see attached). This one is from Med-O-Pure dairy in Ohio. I'm assuming there must be milk cartons from Med-O-Pure also, although I have not seen one.

So, two more milk cartons to add to my want list. Also, did Page dairy and Meadow Sweet dairy have pamphlets as well? Probably two more pamphlets to add to the want list.

[Schlesinj]

Halloween is close, needed a mask. From Hunt today. Been looking for a few years.

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[Lucas00]

Added to my snapshot PC and now growing player owned business snaps. Two young boys posing with a bat and glove in front of Micks Holiday Inn Sign.

Like many Mantle items, expensive. I paid more than Many hofer snaps I have. But I really like it. And It goes with 3 other players owned business shots I have.

[Lucas00]

(Not mine)

This is interesting. Not really looking at the cool early auto. But the issue itself, I've never seen it before. Definitely a photo from 1951 wearing the 50th anniversary patch. Thought it would be a cool share. I'm sure a few of you all know what it is and have one.

https://vsaauctions.com/Mickey_Mantl...-LOT52723.aspx

[quitcrab]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Been after a centered 1957 for awhile

That’s centered!

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

(Not mine)

This is interesting. Not really looking at the cool early auto. But the issue itself, I've never seen it before. Definitely a photo from 1951 wearing the 50th anniversary patch. Thought it would be a cool share. I'm sure a few of you all know what it is and have one.

https://vsaauctions.com/Mickey_Mantl...-LOT52723.aspx

Lucas,

That card happens to be my avatar. I bought it from Kelly Eisenhauer, renowned in the Mickey Mantle collectible world. I think he had around 5 at one time. He said he got them from Mantle's family after he passed. They said that Mickey had the photo cards printed up so that when requested for an autograph, he could sign the photo card and give it out. Another Mantle collector on this site also bought one from Kelly. He tried to get PSA to grade it and even with Kelly supporting the authenticity of the card, they declined to grade it. They will only grade the autographs on the cards that have been signed.

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by AustinMike

Lucas,

That card happens to be my avatar. I bought it from Kelly Eisenhauer, renowned in the Mickey Mantle collectible world. I think he had around 5 at one time. He said he got them from Mantle's family after he passed. They said that Mickey had the photo cards printed up so that when requested for an autograph, he could sign the photo card and give it out. Another Mantle collector on this site also bought one from Kelly. He tried to get PSA to grade it and even with Kelly supporting the authenticity of the card, they declined to grade it. They will only grade the autographs on the cards that have been signed.

Interesting. That's super cool, thanks for sharing the backstory!

[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.

[AustinMike]

Picked this up recently.

Mantle 1960s Milk Meadow Sweet Cut Out resized.jpg

I'm assuming this is from a low-fat carton of Meadow Sweet milk. In Post 1853, I showed a regular carton of Meadow Sweet milk, and this Mick is the same as that, except for the color. Since the color of the Meadow Gold "cards" is based on the type of milk, green for low-fat and blue for regular, I'm assuming the same might be true for Meadow Sweet.

[TUM301]

Cool piece my man, great image. Enjoy that for a long time.

[Bliggity]

Picked this up at the Raleigh show last weekend. Wasn't looking for one, but it's hard to pass up a centered Mantle, especially when it's a 2 that looks like a 4.5.

[ruth-gehrig]

The most centered 1965 I have been able to find in the past 6 months within my budget. Also the last 1960s Mantle I need for my run. Still have 1951-1954 to acquire

[AustinMike]

Picked this up from a fellow Net54er a few months ago, thanks Fred!

It was cut from an advertisement display for Dan-Dee. It has Mantle on one side and Rosen on the other.

[AustinMike]

Picked up the Rawlings shoe tag a few months ago. Thought I'd post it along with 3 Rawlings glove tags.

[quitcrab]

Those Rawlings tags are great! Did any other players endorse shoes ? I collect Brooks Robinson … did he have a shoe or glove tag like those ?
Thanks Scott

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by quitcrab

Those Rawlings tags are great! Did any other players endorse shoes ? I collect Brooks Robinson … did he have a shoe or glove tag like those ?
Thanks Scott

I don't know about Brooks. I only collect Mickey and Brooks doesn't come up in my searches. But, I would not be surprised if there are any. If they did it for Mick, why not for the other athletes that had their own endorsed Rawlings glove? Keep looking and good luck!

I did a quick Google search and found one Brooks from the early '70s with Clemente.

https://keymancollectibles.com/glove...specialtag.htm

[bswhiten]

Great pickups as always Mike!

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

Great pickups as always Mike!

Thanks Ben!

Here's another seldom seen Mantle item. A book published in 1953 in Quebec.

[ruth-gehrig]

Why did they use an early Mantle rookie photo for a 1954 issue???

[ruth-gehrig]

Don't think I've ever posted my Rawlings advertisement

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Why did they use an early Mantle rookie photo for a 1954 issue???

Who knows? They used that same image for the 1956 team photo set. The 1956 photo (the one on the left) is slightly larger than the 1954 photo.

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Don't think I've ever posted my Rawlings advertisement

Love that. Haven't ever seen that before.

[AustinMike]

Just picked up another unopened Yoo-Hoo bottle with a Mantle cap. This gives me all 3 versions of the Mantle cap (that I know of) plus the screw on cap.

[whiteymet]

Hi Gang:

Just picked up this 1960 Team Issue autographed by the Mick!

Comes with JSA COA as well.

Will be looking to move it soon

[hcv123]

A card I haven't seen available for 10+ years! So psyched to add this to my PC.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by hcv123

A card I haven't seen available for 10+ years! So psyched to add this to my PC.

Very nice Howard. That is one I've been looking for a while for also. Congratulations!!

[ruth-gehrig]

Some Hotel additions

[AustinMike]

Here's a fairly recent item pick up that I'd never seen or heard of before. It's a large Jello store advertisement display.

[brian1961]

What a magnificent find, Mike. Heartiest of congratulations to you, sir. Well done! -- Brian Powell

[sflayank]

Mike
So youre the crazy bidder on this

[ruth-gehrig]

Large Jello box is crazy cool!!

I've been looking for one of these for awhile

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by brian1961

What a magnificent find, Mike. Heartiest of congratulations to you, sir. Well done! -- Brian Powell

Thanks Brian. It's not a '62 Mantle Jello box, but it'll almost do.

Originally Posted by sflayank

Mike
So youre the crazy bidder on this

Uh, correction. I was the craziest bidder, the 2nd highest was the crazier bidder, the 3rd highest was the crazy bidder. I definitely paid more than I wanted to pay, but it was one of those things I had to have. Now, as my wife constantly reminds me, I have to figure out what to do with it.

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Large Jello box is crazy cool!!

I've been looking for one of these for awhile

Thanks Mike. Congrats on the '49 Yearbook. That's a great early Mick to have.