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

[orly57]

Just completed my Bazooka Mantle set. Needless to say, the '68 was tough and I severly overpaid for it, but set complete!!!

[Stonepony]

I'm collecting the bazookas too. Great job!

[RayBShotz]

Really nice Bazooka run!
RayB

[ALR-bishop]

Very nice run 57

[orly57]

Thanks guys. My 59 and 60 were psa and I crossed over because I am an OCD lunatic and wanted uniformity!

[gregr2]

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[Stonepony]

Goodwin
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[gomaz]

Well not a recent pickup but I've only been lurking here for a couple weeks so figured I'd show off one of my best pickups in my 37 years of collecting.

Bought it in September 2007 on eBay quite impulsively. I was just starting to expand out from hockey (as I had recently achieved my goal of having the rookie card of every 1000 point man in NHL history) and into the other three major sports and after winning the auction I had some big time buyers remorse as it appeared I had overpayed by around 25%.

Here was the situation...I did no research prior to bidding, I placed said bid in the last few seconds of the auction, and only discovered the auction in its last few minutes. Point being I had no idea what I was doing, five minutes before buying the card I had no plans to buy one so soon, all I knew was that it was a really nice Mantle rookie card and if I was going to pursue baseball HOF rc's, may as well start with one of the best.

So what ended up being a very impulsive purchase that I overpaid for at the time has turned out to be one of the best buys of my hobby career, almost nine years later.

So here it be in all its glory:

[1966CUDA]

Recent pick up!

[KCRfan1]

Joe,

That Dan-Dee is sharp!

[orly57]

Just picked this up to upgrade the bazooka set.

[orly57]

Also upgraded to this 58

[orly57]

...and this red heart

[CW]

Originally Posted by gomaz

So what ended up being a very impulsive purchase that I overpaid for at the time has turned out to be one of the best buys of my hobby career, almost nine years later.

So here it be in all its glory:

Sweet card and great timing!

[Leon]

Nice story. My guess is a lot of us have done something similar but most don't turn out quite that well. Congrats!! You had great Karma going.....

Originally Posted by gomaz

Well not a recent pickup but I've only been lurking here for a couple weeks so figured I'd show off one of my best pickups in my 37 years of collecting.

Bought it in September 2007 on eBay quite impulsively. I was just starting to expand out from hockey (as I had recently achieved my goal of having the rookie card of every 1000 point man in NHL history) and into the other three major sports and after winning the auction I had some big time buyers remorse as it appeared I had overpayed by around 25%.

Here was the situation...I did no research prior to bidding, I placed said bid in the last few seconds of the auction, and only discovered the auction in its last few minutes. Point being I had no idea what I was doing, five minutes before buying the card I had no plans to buy one so soon, all I knew was that it was a really nice Mantle rookie card and if I was going to pursue baseball HOF rc's, may as well start with one of the best.

So what ended up being a very impulsive purchase that I overpaid for at the time has turned out to be one of the best buys of my hobby career, almost nine years later.

So here it be in all its glory:

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by orly57

Just completed my Bazooka Mantle set. Needless to say, the '68 was tough and I severly overpaid for it, but set complete!!!

Awesome work here!
Some severely underappreciated cards.

[bswhiten]

A couple of matchbooks I just got back from psa...would love to find a "book offer" Yoo-Hoo.

[JollyElm]

A small booklet given out as a premium by Carvel sometime in the 70's…



Edited to add: Whoops. It wasn't given out, it was sold as the price on front indicates.

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

A small booklet given out as a premium by Carvel sometime in the 70's…

That's a neat little item Darren!!!

I'm almost embarrassed to show mine after looking at all these amazing cards

[CxG Seven Dust]

Not sure where or what this is from, but picked it up at a local shop for a pretty good price. Not even sure if it's gradable.



The tape is on the custom made plastic holder and not on the cardboard.






The back is a plain brown colorlike you see on the bazooka cards.

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

I'm almost embarrassed to show mine after looking at all these amazing cards

Nothing wrong with the card! At least you've got one!!!