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

[Sinker Slider]

Twist my arm . . .

[KCRfan1]

Ok John,

You've piqued my interest. What did you get the '62 Mantle for? That is one year of his cards that I believe to be undervalued.

Nice card.

[Leon]

Date/Time
Activity .. Location

5/11/2016 - Wednesday

7:33 am.. On FedEx vehicle for delivery.. PLANO, TX

6:31 am.. At local FedEx facility.. PLANO, TX

12:59 am.. At destination sort facility.. DALLAS, TX

[jmb]

Nice eye appeal on the 2.5 Bowman Mantle.

I hope that isn't a pen mark on the Mick's forehead on the 62 ?

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by jmb

Nice eye appeal on the 2.5 Bowman Mantle.

I hope that isn't a pen mark on the Mick's forehead on the 62 ?

looks like pen to me.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

looks like pen to me.

No it's on all of them.

[jmb]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

No it's on all of them.

Thanks. I haven't owned a 62 in a LONG time.

[begsu1013]

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[Leon]

Great cards so far. The '52 is off the charts, Bob. And Dave's initial entry has me still going back to see if I can see an iota of "off-centeredness". And so many other greats ones shown, very nice...
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Don't know what the technical grade will be but this '51 has some good eye appeal in hand in light of the wrinkle/crease running vertically on the right. It runs about 63.5% of the width of the card (that's a joke but it might be close). Oh well....
My goal as an auctioneer was to have the card in hand look exactly the same as on the screen. I remember adjusting a few settings so they would come out that way when the lucky winner viewed them in hand. This looks as good or better in hand. When I first got into collecting again, as a 30 something, I had a PSA 6 1951 Mantle and eventually sold it when I went backward, time-wise, into pre-war. This card probably has better eye appeal, the crease not withstanding than that first one.

Originally Posted by Leon

Date/Time
Activity .. Location

5/11/2016 - Wednesday

7:33 am.. On FedEx vehicle for delivery.. PLANO, TX

6:31 am.. At local FedEx facility.. PLANO, TX

12:59 am.. At destination sort facility.. DALLAS, TX

[MetsBaseball1973]

That Mantle rookie looks better than MANY sixes and sevens. Centered and registered. Savvy pickup, sir.

[Stonepony]

Yep, that's a really nice card!

[begsu1013]

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[Rookiemonster]

I'm getting dizzy from that autographed 52 mantle. Insane card Bob! Leon that rookie is so fresh and so clean.

[orly57]

A couple of upgrades:

[orly57]

And:

[irv]

Sweet!

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

In the mail today...

[ALR-bishop]

Orlando--if your other 67 does not have the red dot above the S in Yankees, it is not an upgrade, it is the second of 3 versions of this card

This was discussed in the long variations thread. Anyone think Topps tried to do something with the bat knob in Mantle's sweet spot ? Some say yes, others no. Since the ones that look a little different are the scarcer of the two, maybe just a print defect rather than intentional fudging

[chuckw]

1955? Mascot Dog Food Mantle (I think the only one to ever surface!)

[Jenx34]

This isn't a pick up yet, but I was hoping someone here could tell me about this and it's potential value? There may be a whole case of them?

These are available in an Estate Sale I am going to tomorrow morning. I am posting a different thread on the sale and other items in it, so you may see this twice.

Thanks in advance,
Chris

[Bestdj777]

Chris, the picture contains issue one and two of the magazine. They were released in 1991 and 1992. It looks like you can pick them up for less than five dollars shipped from eBay--there is one at .99 with free shipping right now.

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by Jenx34

This isn't a pick up yet, but I was hoping someone here could tell me about this and it's potential value? There may be a whole case of them?

These are available in an Estate Sale I am going to tomorrow morning. I am posting a different thread on the sale and other items in it, so you may see this twice.

Thanks in advance,
Chris

Neat little find!

[clydepepper]

I won the Arthur K Miller painting, 'The Mick' in Heritage Auction last night, but cannot seem to upload the scan.

[clydepepper]

Here it is:

MM2.jpg

[minibatsman]

mantle. can these be cut and graded?. 24 different I here they are rare in high grade?.

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by minibatsman

mantle. can these be cut and graded?. 24 different I here they are rare in high grade?.

I wouldn't. They are great in strip form. And there are plenty of individual ones graded already.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by minibatsman

mantle. can these be cut and graded?. 24 different I here they are rare in high grade?.

I wouldn't. Like Chris said, keep them in strip form. I think they're much rarer that way.

Also, and more importantly, unless it's just a bad photo, I'd say you won't get a very high grade for the cut out Mantle. He's missing the top of his head/hat.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by minibatsman

mantle. can these be cut and graded?. 24 different I here they are rare in high grade?.

Best bet on this is Authentic. You're better off getting it slabbed as a 3-player panel as Authentic than cutting the Mantle off.

[frgreg]

Here is my pride and joy

[AustinMike]

1951 Bowman followed by 1952 Topps. Just like in real life, his rookie card followed by a second year card. Sweet stuff for breakfast. Great pick-ups gents!

[avalanche2006]

I have 2 beautiful 59 mantles incoming.
I would love to post pics here but I don't know how.
If anyone can tell me I would appreciate it.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by avalanche2006

I have 2 beautiful 59 mantles incoming.
I would love to post pics here but I don't know how.
If anyone can tell me I would appreciate it.

There are two ways:
1. If you have a flickr (or the like) account you can copy and paste the proper link(s) from there and your cards will appear.
2. If you have jpg's or what not on your computer, when you go to post, click on the paper clip icon and a 'manage attachments' window will come up. From there, locate the file on your computer and upload it. Then go back to where you were and when you click on the paper clip now, your file will appear under it. Just select it and it will appear in your post.

With number 2, sometimes the file will be too big to upload, so you'll have to go back into photoshop or whatever and reduce the size of the file. You want it to be (I believe) at most around 1MB or slightly larger.

[avalanche2006]

Ok I'll try. I don't know what a jpg is, but I would like to show off my new additions.
I can build a house, but I can not do much on a computer.
I may have to just describe #s 10 and 564.

Originally Posted by JollyElm

There are two ways:
1. If you have a flickr (or the like) account you can copy and paste the proper link(s) from there and your cards will appear.
2. If you have jpg's or what not on your computer, when you go to post, click on the paper clip icon and a 'manage attachments' window will come up. From there, locate the file on your computer and upload it. Then go back to where you were and when you click on the paper clip now, your file will appear under it. Just select it and it will appear in your post.

With number 2, sometimes the file will be too big to upload, so you'll have to go back into photoshop or whatever and reduce the size of the file. You want it to be (I believe) at most around 1MB or slightly larger.

[Django7975]

I wish someone would twist my arm on a '51!!!!

Any arm twisters email django7975@gmail.com

Put mantle in the title so Ill look at it

[Bigdaddy]

Picked up this raw '53 Mantle recently. My oldest Mick.

[Stonepony]

Congrats Tom, Nice looking 53

[irv]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Picked up this raw '53 Mantle recently. My oldest Mick.

Love that card! Nice P/U!

[CW]

Nice card, Tom! Iconic.

looking back on this page, I guess the same could be said for Jerry's sweet PSA 2 and Johnny's PSA 7. Something about that '53 Topps.

[swarmee]

Grabbed these on COMC during the Black Friday sale in November:
Had to reload some cash onto COMC when I saw this pop up (cost $260); paid $2 for them to give it a condition review and they consider it Near Mint. RECEIVED PSA 4 VG-EX; ARGH!

1964 Hasbro Challenge the Yankees - [Base] #MIMA - Mickey Mantle [Near*Mint]
Courtesy of COMC.com
Exhibits batting - should be an upgrade RECEIVED PSA 5 EX

EX+ Bronx Bombers - might be an upgrade?

1963 Exhibit with red stats on back RECEIVED GOOD 2

1952 Exhibits Yankees Team card RECEIVED PSA 4 VG-EX?