Recent Type I pick up. PSA in its infinite wisdom lists it as a 1950s photo, but it is probably really a 1960s photo. It first shows up in the 1963 Sports Service photo set.

A three-for-one post. These make a nice grouping.

The auction house said this is from 1954. Could be I suppose. It was used for the Baseball Monthly premium.

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This is definitely a team issued photo. It was used in a 1961 paperback book, "Big Time Baseball." Therefore, it can be no later than a 1961 photo. I'm not sure where else it might have been used.

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This is used in the 1961 Sports Service Yankees photo set (a cropped version). Therefore, it can also be no later than a 1961 photo. I'm also not sure where else it might have been used.

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Any guidance on any other place these photos were used would be greatly appreciated.

Mike,

Nice pickups as usual :)
The last photo was used on most of his 1963 tri-fold mailers (12/63 is a different pic).

I had a new one come today…the 54. Just need a 55 banged up copy now.

Hey Ben, thanks for the info on the tri-folds. Of course, the only '63 tri-fold I have is the December one.

Congrats on the '54 Stahl-Meyer. You're doing like I did. Got the '53 first, then the '54, and then the '55. You'll feel great once you have all three of them.

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A 54' bowman and 57' Topps on the way


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Finally got one of these guys….

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Just in!


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Those are some very nice Micks! Welcome to the forum.

Wow, congratulations Ben! That is still on my want list.

Thank you thank you!


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1955 Type I photo
 

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.

Been after a centered 1957 for awhile

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.

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I also picked up this Meadow Sweet milk carton.

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

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

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

Awesome Mike! The dude loved some milk! Haha

Mickey Mantle Type 1 Photo
 

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

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

68 Game

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.

Love this card! Congrats


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Mantle run
 

Thought I would share my Mantle run.

Very nice! :)

Let's go! Well done


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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.

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

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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. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...feab4e52f6.jpg
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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

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That’s centered!

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!

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!!!

Just picked up this Type 1 Mantle.

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I overpaid for it because I noticed it was very slightly different from one I already had.

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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.

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Of course a normal person wouldn't care about the minute difference. But, what can I say?

Saw this fantasy piece on Facebook.

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.

Picked this up recently.

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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.

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

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.

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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:rolleyes:

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.

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

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

Great pickups as always Mike!

Thanks Ben!

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

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

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

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.

Love that. Haven't ever seen that before.

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.

1960 Team Issue autographed!
 

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

1959 CREAM back Venezuelan!!
 

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!!

Holiday Inn
 

Some Hotel additions

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.

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

Mike
So youre the crazy bidder on this

Large Jello box is crazy cool!!

I've been looking for one of these for awhile

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

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.

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

A couple more recent pick-ups:

1963 Lenox Hill Postcard

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1950s Haggar Slacks hang tag (thanks Howard!)

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