March Pickups

[clydepepper]

My recent plan is to purchase nice raw Mantle and save them for a 'rainy day'- at which time, I would hope to get them graded accurately and resell them for a profit.

These first four are still in transit:

1957 Topps 95- MICKEY MANTLE.jpg1957 Topps- Yankees Poer Hitters.jpg

1961 Topps- MICKEY MANTLE.jpg1962 Topps- MICKEY MANTLE.jpg



These two have arrived:


1959 Topps- MICKEY MANTLE All-Star.jpg1968 Topps- Super Stars.jpg

[scmavl]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

My recent plan is to purchase nice raw Mantle and save them for a 'rainy day'- at which time, I would hope to get them graded accurately and resell them for a profit.

Really nice centering on the ‘61. Tough card to find like that.

[scmavl]

I made a few recent raw purchases of players who started in the NL and eventually made the MLB. One of my favorites- and one of the coolest cards I've never seen- was this '51 Bowman Sam Jethroe. The stance, the colors... the art is great. I know Sam was a switch hitter, but his hands are holding the bat "backwards" on this card. Anyone seen the original photo this is from (or any photo of him batting right-handed)? I know when batting lefty he held the bat normally. Unless this is supposed to be the follow-thru from a lefthanded swing? Hmm...

[ASF123]

Yeah, I think it’s the downward-plane, front-footed follow through shot, like the Irvin above.

[LincolnVT]

Great looking card!! 👍

Originally Posted by scmavl

I made a few recent raw purchases of players who started in the NL and eventually made the MLB. One of my favorites- and one of the coolest cards I've never seen- was this '51 Bowman Sam Jethroe. The stance, the colors... the art is great. I know Sam was a switch hitter, but his hands are holding the bat "backwards" on this card. Anyone seen the original photo this is from (or any photo of him batting right-handed)? I know when batting lefty he held the bat normally. Unless this is supposed to be the follow-thru from a lefthanded swing? Hmm...