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Great pickups everyone. Mike, so sorry to see what happened to that phenomenal piece. My personal opinion is that condition is basically irrelevant for items like that, but still should have been handled appropriately. I do bubble wrap and cardboard for anything of value when it goes through the mail. It’s a shame.

Ben, great cards as well. Do you have the Exhibit in hand yet and have you had an opportunity to compare it with another? Probably just the picture but color seems a little off.

As for the hole punched card, I love it. I’ve got to do that to mine so I can flip through them easier.

Hey Chris, I actually just had it slabbed and it is still at PSA. Here is a better image scan from them. I will try to remember to take a pic of it next to my other 55 Exhibit PC back - Mutoscope.
Like you mentioned to Mike, I don't really care what the condition is, I am just happy to have snagged one :)

Mantle Exhibit PC back
 

Ben:

Congrats on the Mantle PC back. As you know I am not into grading. But how is that only a 2?? Looks real good to me.

But I guess I should not be surprised. When I recently got the four 61 Topps Dice Cards I picked up ( Mantle, Mays, Musial and Richardson) graded, I was expecting to be disappointed and figured I'd get a 3 or 4 on them because I thought they looked like a 5 or 6.

Of course the Mantle came back 2.5. The one good thing is it was the highest graded, so in that respect it was good, but just like your Exhibit PC it sure looks much better than the assigned grade.

Just my old man's grading rant! I know it is nothing new for you graded collectors.

Fred,

For any of my Mantle stuff I slab for protection or I buy cheap examples already slabbed. I’m definitely not in it for grades. I think most of my Mantle base cards are 1’s or 2’s. I do have a bunch of 80’s 10’s in my pc, but most of those I acquired or slabbed for minimal $. To each there own though :)

In the case of this PC back, I think it probably could have gotten a 3 or 2.5 but I am fine with the assigned number. It does have a noticeable crease that guarantees a low grade. It isn’t that noticeable in a scan.

I am ready to find a raw dice game Mick like you did next! Haha

Nice piece Ben! Figured the other was just a bad scan but no doubt about it after seeing the photo! As an aside, the only high grade cards I have are the rare cards where I couldn’t wait and hope a 1 popped up :)

Pretty cool piece! Not sure if it works ! Scott

Cool. Similar to this kinda. I’ve not seen many others like these. Wondering what all he has out there. Great thread here.

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Just picked up the last Mantle Country Cookin' matchbook that I need. At least until Ben finds another variation. :)

Very cool pickup Mike! Congrats.
Now you need to collect variations with different numbers of matches used from the book. Haha

Thanks Ben. As to your suggestion, very interesting idea. Although I may be crazy, I haven't reached that level ... yet. :)

But speaking of crazy, the other day I was going through my stuff looking for something and I found a package with auction winnings from Dec. 2021 and found the following Type I photos. They're not in the best of shape, but pretty neat anyway.

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Mickey with the Independence Yankees team.

Very cool Mike!

Fake bottle caps for sell… be careful out there friends. Seller does list as “non factory collectible” at least.

WOW! What amazing Mantle's! So jealous!!!!

Thanks Ben!

Very cool souvenir book, Clint. I've seen a couple of those in auctions, I just haven't been top bidder. :mad: Congratulations!

A few new items:

Unknown source. Photo is 8"-by-10". Photo is used for automotive premium, but with a different cropping.

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Snapshot photo of Mick.

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Snapshot photo of Yogi, Mick, and Roger. Photo is 3.5"-by-3.5".

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Photo that was allegedly sold at the stadium. Photo is 7.5"-by-10".

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Definitely something to lookout for. Thanks for the heads up!

More of a reverse pickup.

Just sold this 1964 Meadowgold Dairy Mantle to a lucky soul on eBay. Hope the buyer enjoys it!

That's nice looking. Wish I had seen it.

Congrats on the sale. I have that one in a PSA 8. Wondering what it would go for as I see the lower grade ones are bringing a nice chunk of change. Cheers.

With oddball pieces like this, it’s just a question of who’s in the market, and how much they’re willing to pay. Demand for oddball pieces tends to be thin, but all it takes is a few motivated bidders at auction for the price to go to the moon. With your PSA 8, since it’s the highest graded, and the next one is not even close, there’s the potential for a few guys to go nuts on a set registry play.

At the same time, it’s so difficult to find these in any grade that you often get some compression in the market, with even low grades pieces selling for museum prices. Unlike with mainline pieces, where a pop 1 PSA 8, none higher might sell for 10x or 100x of a PSA 2, with the oddball stuff, it could go for 2x or it could go for 100x. Just need the right buyers to be motivated enough to pay that much for it.

But I wouldn’t be surprised if you could easily get $10-20k on a bad day, and probably approach 6 figures on a really good day.

I always thought that in order for this item to receive a numerical grade that it has to have the white borders on all sides. I've seen a few with no borders at all receive numerical grades. Just no consistency.

Really probably on 45% or so Mantle. Jim Perry/Mickey Mantle 1964 wrongback.

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

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1959 Rawlings Catalog featuring Mantle
 

Recent pick-up, very clean 80-page catalog from Rawlings 1959 featuring Mickey Mantle.

Nice catalog.

A couple of pick-ups:

The Holiday Inn coaster with Mick batting left-handed

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The following is listed by KeyMan Collectibles as a 1965 Manny Baseball Land photo. It is slightly different from the other similar Manny Baseball Land photo not sold in the 1961 Yankees set. This one is 8-1/2" by 11". The cropping of the photo is different also.

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It took me several months to get my hands on my copy of the card to see what version I have. It was the without "e" version. So of course, I had to look for the with "e" version. It took a few more months to find one that I liked, but finally did. As Ben pointed out, the with "e" version is more scarce that the without "e". I would guess that there are about 10 withouts for every with based on my unscientific observations.

Picked this book up at the National. A lot of oddball Mantle pics. Mostly black and white but great to see rare items like this. Didn't know it was even out there.
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62 Post Canadian Supermarket Display banner
 

Now that this has been taken down off of ebay I assume the seller finalized a deal off ebay for this beauty.

Anyone here lucky enough to have snagged it?

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1961 New York News
 

Just picked this up

NY News
 

1961

I should add this one that I just picked up. Also from 1961.

A recent pick-up.

Nice one Mike… And also nice for the 1962 318 variant. Crazy new variants like these are still being discovered.

Thanks Ben.

And I'm glad you've stopped discovering new variants. :D

A few more recent odd ball pick-ups.

Supposedly a 1954 8"-by-10" photo. At some point in time, someone typed Mantle's name on the front.

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An 8"-by-10" photo that is stamped on the back; it is from NBC for Television Audience Promotion for the 1958 World Series.

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An 8-1/2"-by-11" magazine from Mexico, Super Hit. It's a special edition commemorating the homerun race of 1961. Maris is on the front cover with 61 "jonrones" and Mick is on the back with his 54 "bambinazos".

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Here's a 1956 tv guide pamphlet from Tuesday July 10th I got recently. The all star game is of course the star of the show that day.
Mick in good company.
Look at the names of who hit a home run that day.

Mickey mantle
Willie Mays
Stan Musial
Ted Williams

Unreal.

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Micks

Hi Fred,

I was lucky enough to get it. I wanted to wait to reply until I actually had it in hand. I've attached a horrible picture with glare and all. It looks much nicer in person. As you know, this is an item I've wanted for quite a while, so I'm ecstatic to finally get a copy.

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Wow...great pickup Mike! Would love to see a pic with that guy up on your wall with the other spectacular framed pieces! I would almost be too scared to hang it thinking it might fall :)

Gonna be a bummer for your cleaning lady, though, as she'll be tasked with flipping that display over on your wall each week to change the orientation from Mantle being right side up to Maris being right side up and back again. :D

I would too. Unfortunately, I'm out of wall space for it. I'm not sure where it's going to go. :(

HaHa! Poor Roger will have to get used to being upside down.

A couple of new additions to the family.

A 1953 New York Yankee tri-fold mailer featuring Mantle's 565 ft. homerun on the front. I had not seen one of these before.

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A 1964 Sports Heroes sticker.

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Mailer
 

Very cool Mike. I’ve never seen that mailer before. Curious if you snagged the original envelope too?

Signed exhibit
 

Recently back from grading

A recent Mantle pickup from his playing days

Unfortunately, no, no envelope.

Mantle rare magnet base Hartland Statue
 

I am an advanced Hartland statues collector. Not many people know that early in the production of the statues there was a very rare subset of magnetic statues issued. Only 11 of 18 were issued with magnets attached to the bottom of the players feet.

Of course Mickey was one. I just picked up a duplicate which is only the fourth one I have ever seen in all my 60 years of collecting Hartland's. In the late 50's when these first came out car dashboards were metal. Hartland issued these to be used that way. But in case you didn't want them on your dashboard they also included a metal base with a hole drilled in it so you could mount the base with a screw to other surfaces.

From time to time you may find statues with magnets on the bottom but without the base. The bases are actually rarer than the statues. Much like the Berra Hartland, you will see tons of them but seldom does it still have the original mask that was issued with Yogi. Too easy to lose over the years.

The same with the magnet base. Hartland also issued a smaller statue known as the Minor Leaguer on a card. See attached where you can see the mention of mounting them on the dashboard of your car. Thought you all would enjoy seeing and knowing about this rare Mantle piece.

I also picked up a Musial and Ruth with magnets and bases and a Fox without the base.

Sorry photos are so large and turned sideways. Hopefully someone can fix it for this old man who is not computer literate!

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Magnetic base for Hartland
 

I had heard of these, but had never seen one. Thanks for posting. I have been fascinated with the Hartland issues ever since my parents purchased my first Hartland (Stan Musial) for me in the early '60's.

Nellie Fox was my first one. My parents went to Atlantic City for the weekend. Left me at my grandparents house. Fox was the gift they brought back to this nine year old. Been collecting them and all things Hartland's, like contracts, ads, molds, variations, prototypes, etc. ever since

Hartlands
 

They are addictive!

Picked up a Mexican comic about Mick. This is the cover and the inside of the cover. It was printed in Feb. 1968.

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I also picked up something I swore I would never get - the Bancroft Tiddlers. This is the complete booklet with Clay, etc.

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Just picked up
 

Full 12 player strip

4 of my 1958 mantles with the gap in bio error

OK, so won this tonight??
 

So you're the one who pumped it up

NOPE! I did not place a bid. Just watched from afar and wondered who won it

I know who won it
Bidding was strange..at 758 5000 at 759 10000

I know someone who had a 9K Max bid. So your guy topped it and the bid automatically went to 10K

That's a fantastic item! Too bad it was in an auction I hadn't heard about. Or, maybe it's a good thing I didn't know about it. :D

Same here. Didn't know it was there. I wonder if REA or Heritage auctioning it would have upped the final number.

Wavered on picking this up for a few weeks and finally decided to add this to my collection.

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That's a beauty Mike. ^^^^^

These aren't necessarily new pickups (some are), but I gathered some cards the last year or so and finally sent them in to SGC.
A number of these I picked up raw, here on the board.
Excuse the lighting glare seen in a couple of these pics.

The W.S. Batting Foes is very clean/no snow, unusual for that card.
I picked up the '55 Bowman Mantle, in early 2020. It does have some wrinkles and gum stain on the back, plus the usual "chipping" thats everywhere on the '55s. I believe I paid around $150 for it, figuring it would be hit with the "authentic" designation, but I was surprised when it came back a 1.5.
The '68 is obviously trimmed. It is such a brutal trim job, I can only imagine some kid took scissors to it. It adds to the charm, and I think I picked it up for like $50, so the price was right.



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Pick up from Sunday's REA, 1960 New York Yankees American League Champions Team Tri-fold

Huge mantle rarity
 

I recently acquired this 1 of 2 known 1960 Bazooka complete box with Mantle. It is by far the nicer of the 2. This box appears to never have had gum in it!! It is available, inquiry by PM is invited.

Dexter Press
 

Thought I would share another Mantle variation...albeit a minor one!
The item is listed by Kelly E. and graded by PSA as a c1960's Dexter Press Southwestern Historical Wax Museum Postcard. Kelly notes in an SCD article that it is designated as an 809-C, but there are also 99704-B designations. If you look at the Dexter Press dating by year, the 809-C is from 1965 and the 99704-B is from 1964. Small variation I know, but for Mike and Chris I am guessing you want both! lol

The dating holds true for the Dexter Press items I have in my PC too. Curious about what others may have too. Notice the 66/67 Mick's have 22295-C which corresponds to 1967.

The interesting one though is the postcard with Mantle wrapping his knee. This is not mine, but look at the number - 36419. That number is shown as being from 1951. I have only ever seen one of these and maybe it was just a test issue that wasn't released. Who would want a pc of an injured Mick! I do think it is cool though, and would make it one of a few "card" examples of a 1951 rookie Mick.

The mantle postcard is from 1951

Correct. That’s what I posted. Matt B was asking for confirmation on Facebook and I gave it to him with the dating info.

Postcard
 

Just matched the postcard # to postally used postcard with similar #..

As always, "thanks" Ben. :D

I'll need to find my wax postcard to see what version it is. Then, I'll have to put the other on my Want List.

I'll need to look for the Yankee Dexter sets to confirm what number they have. I do have a picture of the Dexter Press Yankee poster on my computer and it has the following number on the back: DT-25546-C. That would correspond to 1967.

I've never seen the Mantle postcard with him wrapping his leg. Very neat item that will also go on my Want List.

I found mine and they (both the 66/67 and 67 Mantles) have the same number (DT-22295-C) also.

There's also a 67 set on eBay and the Mantle in that set has the same number.

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1953 Topps Mantle Dvorak Painting Print
 

Several years ago, I acquired 1 of 50 prints of a painting by Gerry Dvorak depicting Mantle's 1953T card. It was authorized by the Mantle estate. Gerry had not created the original Mantle painting used in the set. He did paint 50 of the originals used to produce the set. There are several articles and interviews with Dvorak that appeared in hobby and newspaper articles. The print I own (No. 4 of 50) has original Mantle and Dvorak signatures. Below you will find the image and the handwritten Christmas card note from his friend, Kim. She also sent 10 of the hand-out 1953T prints used in Gerry's sports collecting and public appearances. I thought my hobby friends -- particularly Mantle and 1953T baseball card enthusiasts -- would enjoy seeing the image. -- Dan

Just arrived from PSA

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