My thanks to you as well, Chris, for providing the link to the 2013 discussion. I must not have been visiting the Net54 chat boards at that time, because I have no recollection of that interesting thread.
Now as to whether the exact date of the photo is October 2nd or 6th, I would like that pinned down. Mickey had a terrific day on the 2nd, but the 6th of October was game 6, in which he blasted a key home run against the Brooks.
It was also during this World Series when the sixth and final series of the Topps banner 1952 set was being released to the public and beginning its impact on baseball card fans. The seemingly few who took the trouble to bother with the final series that Topps finally put on the market were in for a treat, weren't they?.......
No doubt about it, that's one regal pose of Mr. Mantle, taken at a very special time in his career. He was becoming the toast of the town in New York.
----Brian Powell
Yeah, Mike, if only PSA would read the evidence, make an intelligent decision, and cut "a special re-holder deal" for those who paid the piper handsomely to have their expensive, no doubt, Wheaties Premiums graded in the first place. I honestly feel for them.