Follow the yellow Mick road! Follow the yellow Mick road!

[ALR-bishop]

[GregC]

Great use of photoshop! I've been doing the same with my change jar, its at $300 cash money right now! I'm hoping to go to the shelter and rescue a '52 Mick that got hit by a truck at this pace.

[MattyC]

Wishing you luck in the quest, Bill. As many as there are, there just doesn't seem to be enough good ones to go around. When you reel it in, it will be a great feeling and an instant centerpiece. There's just something about that card; when I bring my kids to the bank and they want to look at the cards, that's the one they always grab first!

[pawpawdiv9]

I wake up every morning looking at it in my display case, and look at it before i go to bed every night...I had to free it out from my safes.

[ALR-bishop]

That sounds a little creepy Chris. Do you talk to it ?

[phabphour20]

Great goal. I want to do the same thing for a '48 Leaf Satchel Paige, but every time I get a few hundred I buy something else. I have no self-restraint at all. NONE.

Best of luck. Subscribed.

[the 'stache]

Thanks, guys.

Ya, there are plenty of other distractions. But I look at it this way. I'll pay the Mick every month before I even think about buying anything else.

1.) Pay bills
2.) Pay Mick
3.) put into savings
4.) whatever is left, it's shopping time!

Matt's right, there are a limited number of good lower grade cards. Chuck just got one, so I know they're out there. But just like the Walter Johnson T206 I'm chasing right now, the higher end of each grade commands a premium, so I'll be saving extra. If $8,000 were to get a 2, I figure $10,000 + would get a nice 2. Plus, by the time I'm ready to buy, the price structure will have jumped. I'm going to have to increase my rate of saving to catch up, so to speak.

But I will get there. I might be an old man, too blind to see it, but I will get there!

[Volod]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Wishing you luck in the quest, Bill. As many as there are, there just doesn't seem to be enough good ones to go around. When you reel it in, it will be a great feeling and an instant centerpiece. There's just something about that card; when I bring my kids to the bank and they want to look at the cards, that's the one they always grab first!

Matt - You have me wondering: Do the kids grab the Mantle card because they know of his career, or is it more that they know of its stature as a collectible?

[MattyC]

They are very young (5 and 4), so they just love the blue color of the card, Mickey's name (Mickey Mantle was actually my son's first word; he called him "Mee-Ma"), and they know he was great at hitting homeruns, as I've shown them old clips and Home Run Derby episodes. So it's an aesthetic thing because of the color and of course it's also about the image being something they see their father adores, so they in turn gravitate towards it. In time as they hopefully like watching games with me, I'll tell them all about the greats of the game, Mick included.

[Volod]

Originally Posted by MattyC

They are very young (5 and 4), so they just love the blue color of the card, Mickey's name (Mickey Mantle was actually my son's first word; he called him "Mee-Ma"), and they know he was great at hitting homeruns, as I've shown them old clips and Home Run Derby episodes. So it's an aesthetic thing because of the color and of course it's also about the image being something they see their father adores, so they in turn gravitate towards it. In time as they hopefully like watching games with me, I'll tell them all about the greats of the game, Mick included.

That's great. I envy you your position in fatherhood.

[T206Collector]

Something made me pick up this Mantle a couple of years ago. There was just something about it. Totally out of my collecting wheelhouse. But, I knew it had to be mine.

Maybe it's no 52T Mantle, but it is Mantle's rookie, printed a full year earlier. And quite satisfying to own and stare at.