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

[MetsBaseball1973]

Awesome Micks, Pokerplyr! As good as it gets on the 1951. Better than some higher grades. That 1953 looks dead to rights centered. The 62 and 57 were the ones you posted from MattyC, right? I can tell they were his from the centering! Man that 62 looks like a 9 from this distance!!!!!!

[pokerplyr80]

Thanks yeah the 57 and 62 were both from MattyC, he has a great eye. I haven't seen a nicer one for the grade in either case. I don't have any that I hadn't shared elsewhere but thought I should add something to this new Mantle thread.

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[Stonepony]

The first Mantle I ever bought was a Red Heart. I really love the image of a happy, youthful Mick. Very excited to have upgraded it with this Heritage win:
Red Heart Mantle sgc 9 big.jpg

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

The first Mantle I ever bought was a Red Heart. I really love the image of a happy, youthful Mick. Very excited to have upgraded it with this Heritage win:
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wowsers!!!!!

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[irv]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

The first Mantle I ever bought was a Red Heart. I really love the image of a happy, youthful Mick. Very excited to have upgraded it with this Heritage win:
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I think that is why I like the 56 Topps card so much. Mickey looks real happy in that pic and it's a great shot of him.

Just wish I had of purchased one months ago instead of trying to find an affordable now.

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

The first Mantle I ever bought was a Red Heart. I really love the image of a happy, youthful Mick. Very excited to have upgraded it with this Heritage win:
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Dave, heartiest of congratulations on this acquisition. I could look at that gem all day. Come on SGC, why not a 98 GEM!?!?!?!? At least PSA will reward cards with a Gem MInt 10 here and there, but you guys VIRTUALLY NEVER DO!

I know, I know, they must have spotted SOMETHING on the backside to give it "just" the 96 MINT. Grading, after all, involves the whole card, and not just the most important front side.

Regardless Dave, even better than the near-perfect centering are the outstanding colors and picture registry. In the coin world, as I remember they term that "a perfect strike", which this Mantle blasts out of the park!!!

As Maurice Chevalier said in that wonderful Disney movie, In Search of the Castaways, ENZHOY IT!

Thanks for sharing this masterpiece Red Heart Mickey Mantle with us. ---Brian Powell

[CW]

Fantastic Mantles, guys!!

The thing that gets me about the cards Bob posts, like the signed '52 Topps, is... where the hell does he find these??

Here's a Mantle from the collection

[aconte]

Nice 51 Bowman Mantle.

[pokerplyr80]

That signed contract is really cool, and I don't remember seeing a nicer psa 2 51 Mantle.

[jmb]

Originally Posted by CW

Damn, that's an awesome 2 !!

The Red Heart is off the charts.