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

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Lucas— pretty amazing if true and great hobby history. I can add it to the 61 Dice, 66 Punch Out and 68 Disc as Topps Mantles I will never get my hands on .

I thought it was a fantasy piece at first as well. But then I started looking closely, the card is definitely genuine. And the skill needed to make a genuine quality card and replicate the cartoon style that perfect was impossible. Not to mention a story like this needs good provenance, and it has that as well.

Although I don't like how the owner says it would cost too much to grade. It would a drop in tbe bucket compared to what it would sell for. Then again getting an auction house to do it for them would also probably be free and a nice perk.

I was wondering what it might sell for at auction. And thought somewhere between a quarter and half a million.


Edit: did not realize there was no front pic (the front pic in the article wasn't the card in question, just a generic '60 topps front) so take back my definitely from above. Need a real picture of the front.