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

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Originally Posted by begsu1013

the 65 is off to be red flipped hopefully...

tried to stick to centered cards the best i could.

the 57, 59 and 64 were toughies.

really hard to balance my patience, my standards when it came to availability.

as far as centering goes, those are tough years to begin w/ but then throw in the sig

and it's get's really tough.



but signed basic topps run is officially complete
and fig'd this be a good place to dump it:


side notes of the project:

* never woulda guessed the 65 woulda been the final nail.
* the 52 was second to last.
* almost bought a 52 beater in a blue flip from a guy in canada. might be a psa mistake and is labeled 52t but it might be a "trading card"
* there's a 62 that i balked early on in the project that still haunts me.
* in sheer availability, the 57 was the card i saw the fewest available examples of.
* 64/68 seem to be the most readily available.

Bob, a couple questions. First off, how are a few of your card graded a PR-1, and secondly, are these all purchased cards or did you get some of these autographs yourself from Mick?

Aside from what I can only imagine the cards are worth, you have an unbelievable collection.