Let's see some Mickey Mantle cards!!

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Posted By: Doug

I'll just go ahead and get this one out of the way before someone else beats me to it :

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Posted By: Rob D.

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Posted By: Rob

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Posted By: ebrehm

1953 was a good year for Mantle, card-wise:

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Posted By: jdrum

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Posted By: Donny Muth

Bought this for $33 back in maybe 1986-1987 from Nastalgia World in Memphis, TN. It's still the core of my collection to this day even though I've expanded to T206s, '33 Goudeys, and other stuff.

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Posted By: leslie westbrook

What is that mark on the left border of your '65 Mantle? Is it a pen mark or factory print? Just curious...Merry Christmas all. I'll add my Mick collection tomorrow.

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Posted By: Phil Garry

Here's my Mantle RC.........

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Posted By: Kevin Saucier

My very first graded card....must have submitted back in 1996 or so. Given to me from a man who's life I saved as a young firefighter in the late 80's. It will never leave my collection while I'm alive.







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Posted By: Doug

Great cards so far everybody, thanks for sharing!!

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Posted By: Steve F

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Posted By: Donny Muth

Leslie,

It's a factory print mark of some kind. Not writing or anything as far as I can tell. It would be interesting to find out more about it if anyone has seen similar marks on '65s.

Thanks!

---Donny

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Posted By: Paul S

Not really a card but what the heck.

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Posted By: Jim VB

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Posted By: David McDonald

'53 Topps card litho (autographed), Hartland figurine, '61 Yanks figurines, SI June 18, 1956 cover:



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Posted By: Dan Paradis

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Posted By: Dave Hornish

I sold this a while back, there are 4 baseball stars in the set: Ruth, Mays, Koufax and the Mick (only Ruth can be found in the uncoated variety as well).

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Posted By: Rawn Hill

All I have to offer.?t=1230167804

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Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted

My very first Mickey Mantle Topps card, that I acquired as a kid in the Fall of 1952.......








My last Mickey Mantle Topps card that I acquired in the 1980's.......a very rare BLUE
background 1969 card.

TED Z

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Posted By: Johnny

Mickey from my favorite Topps set !!

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Posted By: Fred Y

Here's one of mine that I don't believe has been shown





Mantle Quiz:

Altho this is not a card, it's a pose of Mantle that I have never seen anywhere else before. Can anyone identify where this is taken from?

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Posted By: Robert

It is from the back cover of Major League Baseball Digest from 1953. Robin Roberts is on the front cover

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Posted By: Fred Y

You are exactly right!

Here's the cover:




I think it is a terrific pic (or painting) of Mick & one I don't recall ever seeing anywhere else!

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Posted By: PC

I just posted this in the 1956 card thread, but it is worth repeating here ...

On Mantle's 1956 Topps card, the first column of fans on the far left in the stands is repeated as the last column of fans on the right. Notice the guy with the suit and tie on, and the fellow with the horizontal stripe on his shirt leaning to his left.

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Posted By: Steve F

Wow, very good catch. The 'pasted' fans look like Sox rooters, turning away and snubbing poor Mick.

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Posted By: PC

Nah Steve, the stripe shirt guy is just "getting in Mick's ear" (literally). Probably yelling "noonan", or something not printable.

Either that, or they're just the first group to notice the giant Mantle head floating in the outfield.

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Posted By: Dave Hornish

SCD just started a multi-part series on Mantle cards-they started with the oddball Topps, pretty good stuff. I have only skimmed the article but will look at it in depth tonight.

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Posted By: Red

The rookie card is a classic pose.

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Posted By: PC

Here's a 1964 Topps Mantle, with the letter "Y" in Yankees appearing in yellow. Rather unusual ...



The bottom egde is straight but appears warped -- that's the plastic bag in the BVG slab (makes it tough to get real clean scans).

Note: I covered the BVG serial number

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Posted By: Dave Hornish

Hmmmm, that is an interesting color variation. Perhaps something obscured the final color pass on the Y? That would make it similar to a Herrer "error" in 58.

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Posted By: PC

I suppose that is what happened. There's also a very small amount of red missing from the "A", on the side closest to the "Y".

Also, the yellow "Y" appears to be the exact same shade/tone as in Mickey's name at the bottom of the card.


Easily my most interesting Mantle card.

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Posted By: Glen Turner

signed Mantle card

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Posted By: Robert

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Posted By: David Hall

How much for the 56 Mantle?

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Posted By: Robert

I picked mine up for 300

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Posted By: Paul Carek

Given to me by my uncle when I was first starting to get the vintage bug, this one's been a sentimental favorite ever since.

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Posted By: Steve F

That '64., Appears alcohol or acetone contacted the L side upper half. The colors are washed out within the photo as well. Some kid was a little sloppy.

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Posted By: PC

Steve -- I considered the same thing before I bought it. But I don't think anything got spilled on it for three reasons: (1) the '64s have red/orange backs, and there is no color loss on the back, (2) there is no difference in the white border/background in that area from the rest of the card (you'd expect it to see a brighter, or darker, section showing the "stain" or "bleach spot" compared to the other white sections) and (3) the yellow is exactly the same as the yellow in the name (and it would be too coincidental for the red to fade to the exact same yellow).

More likely it is as Dave suggested ... the last color pass after yellow simply didn't reach that area.

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Posted By: Steve F

If you're right, that's a cool error. It's shaped like a stain from here.

I'd bought a raw card, a 49 leaf that had similar staining when the collector tried to remove writing from the border (blue ink). Over saturation with acetone removed the the blue alright but also wicked into the red ink causing a similar effect.
I also have another somewhere, where a small spot of the red pass 'washed off' yet the yellow pass beneath remained. Like yours though, the front lithos were stained and the back inks appeared unharmed. Good luck

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Posted By: David McDonald

Mine eyes have seen the glory!

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Posted By: Doug

That's some '52 Mantle! It makes mine look trashed!!

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Posted By: JohnnyH

Doug I don't think anyone would have a problem with your card in their collection, but yeah that other one is SICK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted By: Doug

I'm pretty happy with mine for a PSA 3 (I crossed it from the original BVG holder, see updated pics), but if I ever win the lottery I'd love to buy a NM or higher!

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Posted By: Eric Brehm

I have an EX 5 one. Not sure why this one got a 5; I guess the corners are a tad soft. But it works for me: