July Pickups

[Bestdj777]

I cannot even begin to say how excited I am to have just picked this up. I have been searching for this for years, and it is the last card I needed to consider my Mantle Topps run complete:



Many thanks to Chris (PawPaw) for helping me locate it and for the auction house for their exceptional customer service and ridiculously reasonable shipping costs.

[pawpawdiv9]

Thanks for the aknowlegment, I just knew you piss or shizz your pants when i alerted you about the Venez Mick. Plus, it was not boldly displayed in their catalog. Glad to help you get your hole filled in Bestdj777.

[brian1961]

Chris, I am so happy for you, my friend. Ever since I first noticed your thread responses, at the bottom was a plea for help in locating the 1960 Topps Venezuela Rival All Stars Mantle & Boyer. All Topps Venezuelas seem impossible, to my way of thinking. This is truly an occasion to celebrate!

Thank you for sharing with us. Remarkable---thoroughly remarkable.

--Brian Powell

[brian1961]

Raymond Culpepper'

Hearty and sincere congratulations on the completion of your base Mickey Mantle card run! That '57 is a beaute, and a card none of us fail to appreciate, nor tire of seeing. What a happy, worthwhile accomplishment, bro. Thanks for sharing with us. ---Brian Powell

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by brian1961

Raymond Culpepper'

Hearty and sincere congratulations on the completion of your base Mickey Mantle card run! That '57 is a beaute, and a card none of us fail to appreciate, nor tire of seeing. What a happy, worthwhile accomplishment, bro. Thanks for sharing with us. ---Brian Powell

Thanks Brian-

I also finished my Base Koufax - but was able to get all of those.

I'm hoping to land three older cards in Leon's auction and then I will sit it out for a while.

[Bestdj777]

Thanks Chris and Brian! I've wanted this one for years. I had to pass on one in 2012 as I saved for my wife's engagement ring, but have not seen a lower grade example for sale since. Now I just need that pesky Meadowgold Dairy card and a couple of postcards to round out my collection.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

I cannot even begin to say how excited I am to have just picked this up. I have been searching for this for years, and it is the last card I needed to consider my Mantle Topps run complete:

Congrats on this awesome pickup as well as completing your Topps run. Sorry I left the image in (not really) since I wanted to see the Mantle/Boyer Venezuelan pic again...

Now all we need is a picture of all your Mantle's spread out on the floor (dog optional) and/or displayed

[David W]

I am not sure if this qualifies as a "card", but here it is anyway.

Picked it up off Ebay, to bad I am not Scott.

[Bestdj777]

Thanks Mark! When I have it in hand, there will be definitely be another picture. It might just include the Venezuelan run though, as it is getting increasingly difficult to fit everything back into my safe.

I love the Kodak card! It has a picture on it and words, so definitely close enough to being a card

[mickeymantle24]

Added a couple more last night to my Mantle Pc. Have been trying lately to follow the trend and look for nicely centered examples that look better than their grades...

Extremely happy with this 52B as it knocks another one of my mantle needs off...



Also I vowed not to go for any doubles until I completely finished my Mantle run, well I was just a sucker for this 56T. I have a PSA 7 and this one seems to just blow that example away. Kind of makes me wonder when I paid over double for the PSA 7 while this one is an SGC 6...

[CW]

Very nice Mantle, Mike! Was that from last night's Probstein? If so, I think that's another ex-Matty card.

Great Mantle RC, Jerry!

Congrats on the Venezuelan, Chris!

That's also a great '66 Mick, Dan!

Seems like this "Mantle" character is pretty popular these days...

[MattyC]

That 52B and 56T look vaguely familiar Glad they and many others from that big batch went to some fellow board members!

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by mickeymantle24

Added a couple more last night to my Mantle Pc. Have been trying lately to follow the trend and look for nicely centered examples that look better than their grades...

Extremely happy with this 52B as it knocks another one of my mantle needs off...

Nice card, I actually thought I had that one. I was the high bidder with about 2 seconds left. Hard to find centered like that.