Show me your "low-end" Mickey Mantle cards....

[DJCollector1]

The title says it all.
Please show me your "low-end" Mickey Mantle cards. I'm willing to pay a fair price for some "well loved", but decent eye-appeal Mickey Mantles.

I am working on a display piece that is strictly PC and is not going to be for resale.

More than happy to look at ALL YEARS (from 55 Bowman onward), but these cards in particular interest me more than others:


1955 BOWMAN
1958 ALL STAR
1958 WORLD SERIES BATTING FOES
1959 ALL STAR
1960 TOPPS
1960 TOPPS ALL STAR
1962 TOPPS
1969 TOPPS

Please realize I am looking for lower end cards, maybe PSA 4/5-ish and below, as a rough idea.
Raw and ungraded is fine, and is actually preferable, but I am not opposed to getting a card at the right price and cracking it out from its slab too.
I'm looking for strong eye appeal, good centering and trying to avoid any major creases.
BUT - Corner wear is to be expected. Some small surface wrinkles are tolerable, and even some marks on the back are OK too, if the card presents well enough! (I'm trying to avoid pinholes)
If it presents well, and the price is right, chances are I'm interested.

If you would rather PM pictures instead of posting it here, that works just fine.
Although I don't have references on this board here yet, I have some on Blowout.

Let's see what you have...... Thanks in advance.

[scottglevy]

Just a suggestion. When I have done similar projects, I like to look for strong appeal cards that may either be slightly trimmed or have back damage. You can usually get these for nearly the same price as a beater

[DJCollector1]

Originally Posted by scottglevy

Just a suggestion. When I have done similar projects, I like to look for strong appeal cards that may either be slightly trimmed or have back damage. You can usually get these for nearly the same price as a beater

I actually picked up a '68, that may be slightly trimmed at the bottom.
Another snag was a beautiful '59, that some kid must have written his jersey number on the back, a tiny "7" on the back in very small, faint writing.

You are correct, both saved a LOT of money on strong looking examples.

Its still tough to find strong eye-appeal Mantles though, as he is just so popular.

But thanks for the opinions, I have already done exactly what you have suggested.

[DJCollector1]

Bump it up.

Let's see what kind of low end Mantles any of you may be looking to part with.

[Zan]

I will send you an email

[DJCollector1]

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[DJCollector1]

Originally Posted by Zan

I will send you an email

I am relatively "new to posting" here, so I don't think I can actually respond to PMs yet, until I hit a certain post count.
But I did indeed get your message and thank you.

Thank you for the offer, but I already own a "lower end" 1959 Mantle for the display I am making.

Now, I MIGHT be interested if it were a '59 ALL-STAR, but I'm assuming it isn't.

Let me know, and thank you for the PM.