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

[Peter_Spaeth]

A couple you don't see every day.

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

A couple you don't see every day.

Yeah I have some Mantle envy over your Bazooka...

[ullmandds]

it's about damn time!!!!!!

[Sinker Slider]

Twist my arm . . .

[KCRfan1]

Ok John,

You've piqued my interest. What did you get the '62 Mantle for? That is one year of his cards that I believe to be undervalued.

Nice card.

[Leon]

Date/Time
Activity .. Location

5/11/2016 - Wednesday

7:33 am.. On FedEx vehicle for delivery.. PLANO, TX

6:31 am.. At local FedEx facility.. PLANO, TX

12:59 am.. At destination sort facility.. DALLAS, TX

[jmb]

Nice eye appeal on the 2.5 Bowman Mantle.

I hope that isn't a pen mark on the Mick's forehead on the 62 ?

[Leon]

Great cards so far. The '52 is off the charts, Bob. And Dave's initial entry has me still going back to see if I can see an iota of "off-centeredness". And so many other greats ones shown, very nice...
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Don't know what the technical grade will be but this '51 has some good eye appeal in hand in light of the wrinkle/crease running vertically on the right. It runs about 63.5% of the width of the card (that's a joke but it might be close). Oh well....
My goal as an auctioneer was to have the card in hand look exactly the same as on the screen. I remember adjusting a few settings so they would come out that way when the lucky winner viewed them in hand. This looks as good or better in hand. When I first got into collecting again, as a 30 something, I had a PSA 6 1951 Mantle and eventually sold it when I went backward, time-wise, into pre-war. This card probably has better eye appeal, the crease not withstanding than that first one.

Originally Posted by Leon

Date/Time
Activity .. Location

5/11/2016 - Wednesday

7:33 am.. On FedEx vehicle for delivery.. PLANO, TX

6:31 am.. At local FedEx facility.. PLANO, TX

12:59 am.. At destination sort facility.. DALLAS, TX

[orly57]

A couple of upgrades:

[orly57]

And:

[chuckw]

1955? Mascot Dog Food Mantle (I think the only one to ever surface!)

[Jenx34]

This isn't a pick up yet, but I was hoping someone here could tell me about this and it's potential value? There may be a whole case of them?

These are available in an Estate Sale I am going to tomorrow morning. I am posting a different thread on the sale and other items in it, so you may see this twice.

Thanks in advance,
Chris

[minibatsman]

mantle. can these be cut and graded?. 24 different I here they are rare in high grade?.

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by minibatsman

mantle. can these be cut and graded?. 24 different I here they are rare in high grade?.

I wouldn't. They are great in strip form. And there are plenty of individual ones graded already.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by minibatsman

mantle. can these be cut and graded?. 24 different I here they are rare in high grade?.

I wouldn't. Like Chris said, keep them in strip form. I think they're much rarer that way.

Also, and more importantly, unless it's just a bad photo, I'd say you won't get a very high grade for the cut out Mantle. He's missing the top of his head/hat.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by minibatsman

mantle. can these be cut and graded?. 24 different I here they are rare in high grade?.

Best bet on this is Authentic. You're better off getting it slabbed as a 3-player panel as Authentic than cutting the Mantle off.

[frgreg]

Here is my pride and joy

[AustinMike]

1951 Bowman followed by 1952 Topps. Just like in real life, his rookie card followed by a second year card. Sweet stuff for breakfast. Great pick-ups gents!

[Django7975]

I wish someone would twist my arm on a '51!!!!

Any arm twisters email django7975@gmail.com

Put mantle in the title so Ill look at it

[Bigdaddy]

Picked up this raw '53 Mantle recently. My oldest Mick.

[Reggiejackson563]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

A couple you don't see every day.

Very nice 59 Bazooka Mantle.. would you be interested in selling it ??? Thank you Michael

[robkas68]

Overgraded imho by the fine folks a psa, but still neat.

[robkas68]

Pardon the random Musial in the otherwise pure thread.

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by robkas68

Overgraded imho by the fine folks a psa, but still neat.

..is there a remote chance that there is frosting on that case ???

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[robkas68]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

..is there a remote chance that there is frosting on that case ???

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No. Submitted myself. Just crazy.

[quitcrab]

Has anyone seen the 1964 Mantle bazooka stamp full panel in eBay ? It's a PSA 5??? It is seperate into two pieces.How does this get a grade?

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by robkas68

No. Submitted myself. Just crazy.

...and regarding the rest of the cards in the submission , were you also surprised by those grades ? I've been told that at least "three sets of eyes look at the final graded product before a card is registered and shipped ?.....

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[Stonepony]

Nice cards Robert

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by robkas68

Overgraded imho by the fine folks a psa, but still neat.

Awesome Mantle card Robert, overgraded or not!