I received my lots from REA this morning...yes it is truely Xmas in June.
Trying to crop pics and stuff to begin selling the stuff others have interest in.
The Berk Ross set was something..they looked really old and nice and with 2 Mantles. Then i looked at the Red Heart (which i already own one) and then there it was the Dan-Dee.....truely WOW!
Just found out some neat info on the 1964 Traindos/Mantle(back) thru a Ebay listing: Had a B/O for 995.00 and sold for 577.77
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-TOPPS-S...-/190583543323
Presented here is a rare 1964 Topps Salesman Sample Panel with #50 Mickey Mantle on the back graded PSA Authentic. It’s 1 of 1, the only panel ever graded with Gus Triandos on the front. In fact, only one other single Topps Panel card with Mantle on the back has ever been graded (it features the A.L. Strikeout Leaders on the front). This spectacular card was once part of a 3-card Topps Salesman sample, and is cut superbly with no creases and stunning EX/MT-NEAR MINT condition. PSA doesn’t currently assign grades to these hand cut cards yet, but I believe it would merit PSA 6.5 if assigned a grade.
If you compare the back of this Mantle to the back of a regular 1964 Topps #50 Mickey Mantle card back, you’ll notice a striking difference: The back of his Salesman panel features a deep rich orange color, versus the lighter/paler orange on the back of his regular Topps issue.
Now am i wondering??? Now that i have one?? IT WILL BE ON EBAY NOW!!!!!! link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200929985527...84.m1555.l2649
HERES MORE DETAILED INFO on the salesman sample:
http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/2012/02/20/2114902/
It’s in the biography. The first card mentions Mantle’s (then) 15 World Series homers, “breaking a mark set by Babe Ruth.” The second one stops at the reference to the homers. No Ruth.