1959 Mickey Mantle Yoo Hoo Card

[magic1313]

Sorry for the long intro but, I recently purchased a vintage baseball glove at a local thrift shop. I bought the glove for 2 reasons. Reason one was it was a Stan Musial Model glove and even though it was not in the best of shape it had the box. The graphics are awesome. The other reason I bought the glove was because the store had a card neatly tucked between the finger laces. It was a Mickey Mantle card and although I did not recognize when it was from I figured it was still a cool item. I did some research and I believe it is a 1959 Mickey Mantle Yoo hoo Card. I took pictures although I don;t think they came out that great and was wondering if anyone could tell the authenticity. I believe it is authentic due to the ages of the other items that came from this collection and I believe it could be a very scarce card. Just wanted some thoughts from the experts.

Pic is on my website
www.mmmm13.com/mantle

[magic1313]

Does anyone have any thoughts? Do you need better pictures?

[fkw]

card looks good, I dont have my books with me, but its in the SCD big book. If I remember I will add more info when I get home and look it up.

great find.

[magic1313]

Thanks Frank. Hows the weather on the island? Any info would be great. I did find something about it on the second page of this pdf.

http://www.sportscollectorsdigest.com/upload/images/PDF/mantlept2.pdf

The person who the collection came from owned a nation wide ice cream company or something of the sort that distributed ice cream at baseball stadiums. I am hoping to get a look at more of the collection but I have to wait for the thirft store to go through it and do the proper research. This is not a salvation army and they usually try to get top dollar at first and only after a while will they consider lowering their price.

[fkw]

Hi again, here is the info in the 2009 SCD
NRMT $1600, EX $800, VG $480 size 2-5/8" by 3-5/8",
They dont know in what manner the Mantle was distributed. I have had a few YooHoo cards but not the Mantle. The Mantle card is of a slightly different design than the other 5 cards. The other 5 cards came with a tab at bottom, Mantle did not.

I read the info you found it looks like not much is really known about the card, not even the exact year.




:) The weather is nice right now, summer is nicest, but we get 180+" of rain a yr......... cool thing about this island is we can always drive to the rain or sun if we want, other side of island in Kohala gets less than 10" a yr.. :)

[ALR-bishop]

The SCD 2010 Big Book lists it with this notation:

In a different format than the other contemporary Yoo Hoo Yankees [ That set is listed separately with 5 players with white or blue tabs], the manner of the original distribution of this card is unclear. The 2-5/8 x 3 5/8 black and white card has a portrait and endorsement of the product on front. Back is blank

It lists it for 1600/800/400

[magic1313]

Frank,
that is pretty cool. Heat up in the sun and then go cool off in the rain.

Thanks for the info. I was able to locate one auction and I think the list price is rather low. An SGC 20 sold for 3500 at hunt auctions in 2008. Not sure if the market has declined since then. I also found a SGC 70 that sold at Mastro for 9600 in early 2009 but I take their auctions with a grain of salt.

http://huntauctions.com/LIVE/imageviewer_online.cfm?auction_num=33&lot_num=1106&lot_qual=

[Bob Lemke]

If the changes I pencilled in actually make it into print in the 2011 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards (problems converting to a new data base are mucking up the works), the NM value of the 1959 Mantle Yoo-Hoo will be raised to $5,750, with EX and VG increased proportionately.

[magic1313]

That is good news for me. Do you have a lot of data regarding sales that made you arrive at that number. The Hunt auction in 2008 was for an SGC 20 which is pretty low on the grading scale and it still got $3500. I wish they would have shown a picture of the back to show the ink mark. Has it been decided that the card is not as scarce as once thought? or are you staying on the safe side of the valuation. I am always curious as to how the prices are determined.

I have searched all of the auctions sites and the only two I could locate where the ones I previously mentioned. If anyone knows of any other sales, especially one with pictures that I could look at I would love to see them. I think my card is in very good shape but does appear to have a dinged corner or two. The card also does not lie perfectly flat. Not sure how this affects grading. I am hesitant to pay for another VCP subscription just because I am worried about signing up and finding out that there is no data recorded. I wish they woul tell you how many auctions they have recorded per card so that one can make an educated decision regarding whether a subscription is worth it. I realize the 1 day subscription is cheap but still, I would like to know if there is any data available. P.S. My card is exactly 2 5/8 x 3 5/8

Also do you think that the Mastro auction was not on the level and somehow has been artificially jacked up?


EDIT: Scans added below the pics on my site. www.mmmm13.com/mantle

[magic1313]

Sorry to bring up an old topic of mine but I was wondering if someone could hazard a guess as to the approx condition of this card. There are two sets of pics at my website, link in my op. Thanks in Advance.

[canjond]

Assuming it has no creasing and is not trimmed in any way, it appears to be EX to me - the corners, while a touch of softening, are pretty strong. Please take in mind, however, that those scans aren't the greatest to really get a good sense of condition issues (and grading from a scan is risky on its face).

[magic1313]

Thanks, Jon. I understand that the pictures are not the best, the scans should be a little better, and the difficulty in giving a firm grade based of a picture. Just trying to get an idea before I take it to SGC.