January Pickups

[JollyElm]

Edited to add:
In this photo the building has more of that same reddish hue that the Richardson card displays…
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[almostdone]

Just recieved this card yesterday. It was a huge condition upgrade for me from my written on and creased in half one. Love it.
Drew

[ALR-bishop]

Thanks, Daren. That sort of conjures up the image of that icon, Mickey Mantle

Drew-- nice example of on of my favorite cards. Thanks for sharing

[Bestdj777]

[Jdoggs]

Cool Dan-Dee.

[MCoxon]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Nice Dan-Dees. The Dan Dee Mantle and the Dan Dee Rosen are two of my favorites within each of those players' runs

[Robextend]

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Robextend

John Scott is still alive, I would break that baby out and have him sign it .

[Robextend]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

John Scott is still alive, I would break that baby out and have him sign it .

I would in a heartbeat, but it doesn't look like he signs.

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by MCoxon

Nice Dan-Dees. The Dan Dee Mantle and the Dan Dee Rosen are two of my favorites within each of those players' runs

Thanks Mike! I was very pleased to add the card to my collection. I wish it had been cut a little better but I've only seen one other Mantle Dan Dee with another player on the back so didn't know when I'd have another opportunity.

[DBesse27]

Love the Mantle matchbook!

[jchcollins]

(Preface to the below, which was drafted before I actually had the card in hand. This may be my greatest example yet of the "buy the card, not the grade" maxim. Card looks even better in person - rich, dark colors and print damage - if it is even there - is not noticeable at all from an arm's length. I've seriously seen worse on PSA 7's of this card !!!):

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I usually collect mid-grade or worse, but have always judged based on eye appeal over and above the technical grade. What this means in practice is that sometimes a "mid-grade" card for me is a PSA 6, other times it only comes out as VG or occasionally even worse than that. I picked this one up on eBay over the weekend after having deliberated over it for a while, and it arrived this afternoon. Best I can tell it's a PSA 2 Good only because of the 2 vertical lines / staining on the back. (I think it may have been in an old magnetic album at one point, and this is residue from that based on the way the lines run?) The front of it is probably PSA 5 quality if not better with no creases or wrinkles, and the corners are easily EX quality if not better. Most importantly, at least for me - the picture is nearly totally devoid of the heavy print defect problem which so frequently plagues this particular card even in the higher grades, often distorting Mick and Hank's face. I can more than live with this in a mid-grade collection...

Another of the vintage cards from my childhood collection that got away in the past. Beyond thrilled to have it back. Nearly 1300 home runs flew off of these two bats in 25 years...not too shabby!