favorite Mantle card other than

[MikeGarcia]

....the value of these is mainly that they are decent centering......the cards themselves are pretty available . Topps centering is where the difficulty lies . To us centering weenies, anyway.......

And I know I'm not alone here.......


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[HRBAKER]

1959 Bazooka

[MetsBaseball1973]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

....the value of these is mainly that they are decent centering......the cards themselves are pretty available . Topps centering is where the difficulty lies . To us centering weenies, anyway.......

And I know I'm not alone here.......


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You are far from alone, sir. There are cards and then there are centered cards. Centering makes a specific card rare. I always wonder when I shop: given the total graded population of any key Post War card, how many of those are really dead centered?

Hells bells I see PSA 8s and 9s that have ugly centering and tilt. They do nothing for me!

[jmb]

The 57 isn't dead centered but it is well centered.



1956 has always been my favorite Mantle. 65 is also up there.

[begsu1013]

that 58 up there is amazing!!

and agreed on centering...

the 57 is one of the hardest in my opinion, probably followed by the 65/69 considering the tilt issues coupled w/ the rounded inner boarders.

here are some 57s:

[begsu1013]

centered 69 white:

[Neal]

not dead nuts centered, but close

1957ToppsMantleSGC84.jpg

[begsu1013]

gorgeous.