The official Mickey Mantle Pickup Thread. All Mick, all the time!

[Puckettfan]

Beautiful cards, Peter. Congrats.

[Bestdj777]

Had one without matches but happy to upgrade it:

[bswhiten]

Nice pickup Chris! Definitely a tough one and with matches.
KendallCat what is that "PC" sticker on the label of the 57.

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

Nice pickup Chris! Definitely a tough one and with matches.
KendallCat what is that "PC" sticker on the label of the 57.

Thanks Ben. Glad to have it and hope to one day have the funds to get them all complete. About halfway there...

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

KendallCat what is that "PC" sticker on the label of the 57.

A seller's new sticker to denote "Pristine Centering"
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=258211

Led to this poll:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=258271

[swarmee]

http://kityoung.com/Sale141_complete_pdf.pdf
I bought the 1956 Mantle on Page 1 of this circular. It's in rough shape and probably will get a PSA Fair, but it is a White Back. Glad I didn't just pass it by, and will happily add it to my set.

Picked up these in the SACO River Auction: 1958 Topps
https://auctions.sacoriverauction.ne...ventoryid=5580

1969 Topps Yellow Letter (upgrade):
https://auctions.sacoriverauction.ne...ventoryid=5606

To be sent into PSA for Mechanical Error: Wrong set, wrong coin number


1958 Topps All-Star: Reasonable centering and few print defects, with excellent registration? A unicorn for this card. Dean's thinks it's an EX, I'm hoping for EX-MT or even the + for centering.








Another sharp "EX" example from Deans. Glad nobody else looks at their cards. ;-)

[Peter_Spaeth]

I think even the centering mavens might approve this one.

[BLongley]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I think even the centering mavens might approve this one.

Now that is a strong 7... nice pickup!

[Stonepony]

Beauty!

[irv]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I think even the centering mavens might approve this one.

That's a beautiful card, Pete.

I wish, like the old Becketts did, PSA and SGC would also post the reasons why cards only got the grade they did.

From the scan, which I know doesn't tell the whole story, that card looks much nicer that a 7, imo.

[MattyC]

Peter,

That is a gorgeous 1960 Mick. Very rare centering for the card.

John,

Great example of the '58 All Star— one of the prettiest Mick cards for sure, and pretty hard to find with such clean background printing and sharp focus. Congrats.

Finally fell in love with a 1962 Mick— the '62 has always held the same mystique for me as the '57, in terms of how challenging it is to find a strong example. Never been happier with a card purchase; this is the best '62 Mick I've seen aside from the lone PSA 10. It has a top right mild corner touch but should still have been an 8.5 all day, with such pristine edges (any edge wear really shows on the '62). Yet certainly no complaints buying it in the 8 holder. So many of the high grade Micks would never get those same Mint 9s with today's standards.

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Peter,

That is a gorgeous 1960 Mick. Very rare centering for the card.

John,

Great example of the '58 All Star— one of the prettiest Mick cards for sure, and pretty hard to find with such clean background printing and sharp focus. Congrats.

Finally fell in love with a 1962 Mick— the '62 has always held the same mystique for me as the '57, in terms of how challenging it is to find a strong example. Never been happier with a card purchase; this is the best '62 Mick I've seen aside from the lone PSA 10. It has a top right mild corner touch but should still have been an 8.5 all day, with such pristine edges (any edge wear really shows on the '62). Yet certainly no complaints buying it in the 8 holder. So many of the high grade Micks would never get those same Mint 9s with today's standards.

Crazy nice card!!!!!

[MattyC]

Thx, Dave. I had picked up this really sweet ball point sig '62 a little while back and dreamed of finding a high-end copy to display beside it...

[MattyC]

Pumped.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Nice Matt.

[MattyC]

Thx, Pete. Gorgeous Red Heart. The smiling image and that colorful background make that one classic baseball card.

And that example looks way more like an 8-9 from here!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Thx, Pete. Gorgeous Red Heart. The smiling image and that colorful background make that one classic baseball card.

And that example looks way more like an 8-9 from here!

I looked quite a while for one with good centering, no slight registration shift resulting in a white line along the neck and blurring in the lettering on the cap, and no print lines. As for the grade, I have no clue, but I'm fine with it as it was much cheaper than an 8 would have been.

[MattyC]

That was what struck me I realize, that registration is really rare for that card. That example pops as a result. Tough card to shop for btw the usual centering and registration shift problems.

[Jdoggs]

nice red heart.

[BLongley]

I've been more of a seller than a buyer of Mick lately (needed to diversify)... but picked this up from a friend who bought this from the guy who got it out of a pack as a kid... one of my favorite Mickey images, so confident!

[bswhiten]

Beautiful cards guys! Brian...welcome back to the Mantle fray

[Puckettfan]

Wow! I really don't know where to begin.

Matt that is a stellar 62. Those borders are so tough. The 56 is a show-stopper man. It looks screaming white. You see so many of those where the boarders are faded or yellowish. You forget what a pack-fresh one would have looked like. You have it sir.

Pete, that Red Heart is probably my favorite Mick. That card just looks like the 50s. Great pick up.

K

[clydepepper]

1994 Upper Deck- MICKEY MANTLE Auto with Griffey Jr.jpg

[swarmee]

I just mailed off another 8 Mantle coins (two others were Harry Lord's own P2 Sweet Caporal pins) and 13 more Mantle cards to PSA. Those join the 17 cards in Bobby's bulk submission about to pop, and 21 cards I sent in July.

Sidenote: I printed up the coin submission form using the online system on Aug 23, and finalized the card submission at lunch. Since then, 1650 new PSA submissions were generated through their online submission form auto-incrementing. So people are cramming a bunch of order in this week to get their $7/card bulk submissions in before they go up tomorrow. Should still get them back in time for Christmas.

[Johnny630]

Great 62 Mantle Matty. Super Sharp Card Should be a 8.5.

Also the the last post of the 54 Bowman Mantle Sharp !

[mickey7mantle7]

Nothing too awesome.

[Chuck9788]

I own a 1964 Mantle. His arms look massive in the photo. Is there a better card that displays Mantles pythons?

[swarmee]

My July bulk submissions (received just prior to National) just popped early and had these in it. A couple are doubles (the PSA 7 Blast and PSA 7 1961 Team, I think). Will have to figure out why two got factory miscuts. They looked fine to me. Will have to resubmit the 1968. Was very iffy on cracking the slab on that one, but YOLO.

[AnkurJ]

Hi everyone
First post here! Bought this on eBay the other day. Love the image and size of the card. Does anyone know what his first card was?

[BLongley]

Nice pickup. His 1951 Bowman is considered his first card... there is also the 1950 Dairy Lea reflector which is one of his earliest, but it's not a card.

The thought on this Wheaties premium is that it was actually produced in 1952, but as you can see it still gets marked as 1951. It's from a series that Wheaties was testing out to see if they wanted to use these to promote their brand, but ultimately they decided against using Mickey (or maybe Mickey said you can't use my image).

Originally Posted by AnkurJ

Hi everyone
First post here! Bought this on eBay the other day. Love the image and size of the card. Does anyone know what his first card was?

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by BLongley

Nice pickup. His 1951 Bowman is considered his first card... there is also the 1950 Dairy Lea reflector which is one of his earliest, but it's not a card.

The thought on this Wheaties premium is that it was actually produced in 1952, but as you can see it still gets marked as 1951. It's from a series that Wheaties was testing out to see if they wanted to use these to promote their brand, but ultimately they decided against using Mickey (or maybe Mickey said you can't use my image).

Brian, I thought the consensus was actually 1953?

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by swarmee

My July bulk submissions (received just prior to National) just popped early and had these in it. A couple are doubles (the PSA 7 Blast and PSA 7 1961 Team, I think). Will have to figure out why two got factory miscuts. They looked fine to me. Will have to resubmit the 1968. Was very iffy on cracking the slab on that one, but YOLO.

If these haven't shipped yet, you may want to call them and get the Bazooka in an authentic holder? I have called them once grades pop to make that request and they are always willing to accommodate (I usually indicate that authentic is fine on the forms so it's just a point of clarifying).

[BLongley]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Brian, I thought the consensus was actually 1953?

Yes you're right, 1953.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

If these haven't shipped yet, you may want to call them and get the Bazooka in an authentic holder?

The N0 is holdered as Authentic. It confused me at first because it's an N-code, but it means they holdered it as Authentic. I could have had them holder the 1961 AS and the 1962 Switch Hitter, but I'd rather get them back raw and resubmit next time. They don't charge for the "factory miscut" determination, or the MINSIZ, so that's three that have to get sent back another time.
Here are the two they listed as miscut:

[swarmee]

https://www.psacard.com/auctionprice.../values/561538
Weird sales on this card. A 6 sells for $200 May of 2017, another sells for $245 in April. Then a month ago, PWCC auctions a 9 which only achieves $102. PWCC listing doesn't mention Mickey Mantle in title or text. Heck of a steal for the winner of that one.
I put in a placeholder bid to keep it on my eBay homepage, but would have bid much higher if I didn't already have one at PSA (it got an 8). PWCC really screwed the pooch by not listing "Mantle," but I've heard the consignor gets to see drafts of the listings and confirm what they look like.

[BLongley]

That April PSA 6 was mine.... I see that PSA 9 in PWCC, that's crazy if someone really got it that cheap!!

BTW, I know you're working on the Mantle Master Registry, I used to be #4 in both the Mantle Master and Mantle Topps Master, but I have sold off a lot of my collection to venture into prewar. I still have quite a few tough items (some of the tattoos, Bazooka cuts, the rare team photos, etc... plus I'm auctioning the rest of my VZs in LOTG, which includes my 68VZ which is tougher to find than the 59VZ) if you're ever interested, most are listed under eBay user robecsportscards, so let me know if there are any you want to try and work a deal on.

I've been quite impressed with the raw finds you have then submitted!!! Well done!!

Originally Posted by swarmee

https://www.psacard.com/auctionprice.../values/561538
Weird sales on this card. A 6 sells for $200 May of 2017, another sells for $245 in April. Then a month ago, PWCC auctions a 9 which only achieves $102. PWCC listing doesn't mention Mickey Mantle in title or text. Heck of a steal for the winner of that one.
I put in a placeholder bid to keep it on my eBay homepage, but would have bid much higher if I didn't already have one at PSA (it got an 8). PWCC really screwed the pooch by not listing "Mantle," but I've heard the consignor gets to see drafts of the listings and confirm what they look like.

[swarmee]

Thanks; got pretty slammed on the bulk submission on the main board that just popped: The PSA 7 Mantle/Bruton stamp panel being the best of the bunch. Here's what I have currently at PSA:
77 1 0101000189 Baseball Cards 1956 Topps 135 Mickey Mantle White Back - $99.00
78 1 0101584870 Baseball Cards 1958 Topps 487 Mickey Mantle All Star - $75.00
79 1 0101613000 Baseball Cards 1961 Topps 300 Mickey Mantle - $99.00
80 1 6244620050 Baseball Cards 1962 Topps Stamp Panels Felipe Alou Mickey Mantle - $99.00
81 1 0101620530 Baseball Cards 1962 Topps 53 AL Home Run Leaders - $75.00
82 1 0101632470 Baseball Cards 1963 Topps 247 Yankees Team - $40.00
83 1 1381000005 Baseball Cards 1963 Topps Peel-Offs Mickey Mantle Instruction Back - $75.00
84 1 0131650050 Baseball Cards 1965 O-Pee-Chee 5 A.L. RBI Leaders Robinson/Stuart/Mantle/Killebrew - $40.00
85 1 0101682800 Baseball Cards 1968 Topps 280 Mickey Mantle - $99.00
100 1 A183680133 Baseball Cards 1968 American Oil J.Boros/M.Mantle Double - $50.00
102 1 6619620230 Baseball Cards 1962 Exhibits Statistic Back Mickey Mantle - $99.00
105 1 0101581500 Baseball Cards 1958 Topps 150 Mickey Mantle - $99.00
106 1 0101695000 Baseball Cards 1969 Topps 500 Mickey Mantle Last Name in Yellow - $99.00
1 1 B997600140 Baseball Coins 1960 Armour Coins Mickey Mantle - $50.00
2 1 B369641200 Baseball Coins 1964 Topps Coins 120 Mickey Mantle - $50.00
3 3 B369641311 Baseball Coins 1964 Topps Coins 131 Mickey Mantle Right-Handed - $200.00
4 1 B292620410 Baseball Coins 1962 Shirriff Coins 41 Mickey Mantle - $99.00
5 1 B369641310 Baseball Coins 1964 Topps Coins 131 Mickey Mantle Left-Handed - $75.00
6 1 6842620410 Baseball Coins 1962 Salada Coins 41 Mickey Mantle - $99.00
Plus a reholder of another Salada/Junket coin PSA 8.

Here are the recent pops:
277 NEAR MINT 7 1961 Topps 44 AL Home Run Leaders Card
278 EXCELLENT 5 1961 Topps 228 Yankees Team Card
279 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 OC 1961 Topps 307 World Series Game 2 Mantle Slams 2 Homers Card
280 NEAR MINT 7 1961 Topps Stamp Panels Bill Bruton Mickey Mantle Card *POP 9, 3 Higher*
281 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1962 Post Cereal 5 Mickey Mantle Hand Cut-Ad Back,Life Mag Card
282 AA: AUTHENTIC ALTERED 1963 Topps 2 AL Batting Leaders Card
283 VERY GOOD 3 1962 Post Cereal 5 Mickey Mantle Perforated-Ad BK,Life Mag Card
284 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1964 Topps 331 A.L. Bombers Maris/Cash/Mantle/Kaline Card
285 EXCELLENT 5 1965 Topps 5 A.L. RBI Leaders Robinson/Stuart/Mantle/Killebrew Card
286 EXCELLENT 5 1965 Topps 134 World Series Game 3 Mantle's Clutch HR Card
287 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1966 O-Pee-Chee 92 Yankees Team Card
288 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1965 O-Pee-Chee 134 World Series Game 3 Mantle's Clutch HR Card
289 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT+ 4.5 1965 O-Pee-Chee 134 World Series Game 3 Mantle's Clutch HR Card
290 EXCELLENT 5 1969 Topps Stamps Mickey Mantle Card
291 N0: AUTHENTIC 1962 Jell-O 5 Mickey Mantle Hand Cut Card *POP 48, 11 Higher*
292 N0: AUTHENTIC 1963 Jell-O 15 Mickey Mantle Hand Cut Card
299 VERY GOOD 3 1947-66 Exhibits Mickey Mantle 1st Name Outline in White Card

Have another 8 or so oversized cards that will go in on another submission sometime. Not going to buy anymore right now for a while. Need to focus on selling the duplicates and getting these all scanned in to my set album so people can actually see them instead of just the grades. ;-)

[KendallCat]

Since we are talking Mantle’s here is my updated run of Mantle cards to date. Recent pickups have been the 1957 at the Natty and the 58 was pre Natty - used the funds early but it was too nice to pass up. Thinking of subbing the 57 and 58 after several commented that they look like they are in the wrong holders.

First photo is of my initial run of Mantles which I was going to do in PSA 8 and higher post 1953, but when I started finding nicely centered lower graded cards and much cheaper I went that route.



This is my current run of Mantle cards.



Better scans of the new additions.





Enjoy.

KC

[AnkurJ]

Great collection!!!

[IgnatiusJReilly]

Originally Posted by KendallCat

Since we are talking Mantle’s here is my updated run of Mantle cards to date. Recent pickups have been the 1957 at the Natty and the 58 was pre Natty - used the funds early but it was too nice to pass up. Thinking of subbing the 57 and 58 after several commented that they look like they are in the wrong holders.



First photo is of my initial run of Mantles which I was going to do in PSA 8 and higher post 1953, but when I started finding nicely centered lower graded cards and much cheaper I went that route.







This is my current run of Mantle cards.







Better scans of the new additions.











Enjoy.



KC

Those 56s look awesome. If you ever want to move any please let me know. Very nice centering!


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[irv]

Originally Posted by AnkurJ

Great collection!!!

X2!

Beautiful looking Micks.

[johnnyboggs]

56 grey back arrived today


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[IgnatiusJReilly]

Originally Posted by johnnyboggs

56 grey back arrived today


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Wow! Very nice!


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[AnkurJ]

eBay purchase!

[MattyC]

Strong 56 and 51 Micks; congrats.

[MBMiller25]

Beautiful 56 and 51 Mantles. Congrats to you both on those pickups.

[MBMiller25]

Originally Posted by KendallCat

Since we are talking Mantle’s here is my updated run of Mantle cards to date. Recent pickups have been the 1957 at the Natty and the 58 was pre Natty - used the funds early but it was too nice to pass up. Thinking of subbing the 57 and 58 after several commented that they look like they are in the wrong holders.

First photo is of my initial run of Mantles which I was going to do in PSA 8 and higher post 1953, but when I started finding nicely centered lower graded cards and much cheaper I went that route.



This is my current run of Mantle cards.



Better scans of the new additions.





Enjoy.

KC

That’s a great looking collection of Mantles KC. Thanks for taking the time to share them. I love looking at everyone’s cards.

[pokerplyr80]

Centered Mantles look great in any grade. I often prefer lower grade centered examples as well, especially considering the money you save compared to an 8 that may not be centered as well.

[IgnatiusJReilly]

Originally Posted by johnnyboggs

56 grey back arrived today


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If you don’t mind my asking, what grade is this? It looks fantastic.


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[Stonepony]

Great cards Matt!!