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

[pawpawdiv9]

@Glen..yours is better b/c of the focus. I don't like print lines, but the creases are about equalizer on that part. Woulda love it better if not thru the middle. Your color is obvious better than the other. I see yours is a M/C miscut, if sent to PSA.
Either way, Congrats you got a nice 51 Mick RC.
@ Nelson- our Canadian friend here---I saw your 52, nice indeed. And adding a 53, your on a great start on the Mick run.

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

@Glen..yours is better b/c of the focus. I don't like print lines, but the creases are about equalizer on that part. Woulda love it better if not thru the middle. Your color is obvious better than the other. I see yours is a M/C miscut, if sent to PSA.
Either way, Congrats you got a nice 51 Mick RC.
@ Nelson- our Canadian friend here---I saw your 52, nice indeed. And adding a 53, your on a great start on the Mick run.

Glrn congrats on your rookie card of mickey. This card is on my list in a years approximately.
Thx chris for the comment. Yes i'm canadian. I bought a topps 1956 mantle yesterday so i'm at 3 topps cards now !
Will post pic when i will receive it !
Thx

[brian1961]

Some from the days of yore, and then a bunch of my post-career beauties. Not much vintage for you mainstream guys, but I often found myself running upstream in foot-deep water, eventually reaching the shore that for years seemed so unreachable----by brooks too broad for leaping.....

---Brian Powell

[Bestdj777]

Gorgeous cards Brian. Do you have a close up of the Post Sheet?

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Gorgeous cards Brian. Do you have a close up of the Post Sheet?

Sorry, Chris, no. The three stars on the '62 Post Cereal sheet are plain to see; nothing spectacular, aside from their pristine condition in the rough. I bought the sheet for the Roger Maris. If I chose to, the cards could come out top grade, but it's such a nice display piece just to enjoy it as is. I bought it at an antique mall in Rapid City, South Dakota in the late 90s.

I'm sorry the pictures are not more close up. It took me awhile to stage it, but part of the reason was to spotlight my five-drawer blueprint case, of which I made reference to recently, that I fabricated into a display for some of my favorite cards. The items never see the light except when I open the drawers for a few minutes to admire them. The 1954 Stahl-Meyer Franks (covered in chapter 3 of my 478-page E-book on a CD, NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN) and the 1962 JELL-O unfolded boxes (from chapter 1) were only placed for the photo, then back to safer territory.

Hope you, your growing family, and your new job are progressing very nicely.

---Brian Powell

[Jenx34]

Hello everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself. I just fount Net54 about a week ago and it has taken me that long to read every post in this thread! There is some cool stuff in here! A quick about me: Collected vintage cards as a kid, one at a time. Sold them all to a guy so I could buy a new Atari (stupid kid!). Got out of collecting in the 80's - hated the addition of Fleer, Donruss, UD, etc. Just recently regained an interest in cards again as I started to sell some of my other memorabilia (worked in Minor League Baseball from '97 - '04). Have been trying to be selective as my budget is small at this point.

Mantle was my favorite player growing up even though I was born the year he retired and never saw him play. Read every book I could about him as a kid. Was fortunate to have some personal experiences with Willie Mays, so those two are my focus, but I've found more "bargains" in other stars from the 60's so far. I wish I had stuff from Mickey, but am fortunate to have gotten some cool stuff from Willie. Attached are the 2 Mantle's I've picked up. The '66 is in nice shape, but off-center a bit with soft corners. I'm thinking 3-ish if graded? The '65 is rough. I actually got my money back from ebay on it as it was listed as EX-MT. It has 2 significant creases and 2 indentations, I couldn't see from the pic.

Looking forward to picking up a few along the way and see what others get. My favs and immediate goals are '56, '60 and a better '65.

Sorry for the length!

[irv]

Originally Posted by Jenx34

Hello everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself. I just fount Net54 about a week ago and it has taken me that long to read every post in this thread! There is some cool stuff in here! A quick about me: Collected vintage cards as a kid, one at a time. Sold them all to a guy so I could buy a new Atari (stupid kid!). Got out of collecting in the 80's - hated the addition of Fleer, Donruss, UD, etc. Just recently regained an interest in cards again as I started to sell some of my other memorabilia (worked in Minor League Baseball from '97 - '04). Have been trying to be selective as my budget is small at this point.

Welcome to the site, JenX34.

Nice cards.

[mickey7mantle7]

Originally Posted by brian1961

Some from the days of yore, and then a bunch of my post-career beauties. Not much vintage for you mainstream guys, but I often seemed to find myself running upstream in foot-deep water, to finally reach the shore that for years seemed so unreachable----by brooks too broad for leaping.....

---Brian Powell

Love the display idea. Might need to get one myself.

[KCRfan1]

Patrick,

That '56 is a beauty!

[g_vezina_c55]

David and patrick nice cards !

[mickey7mantle7]

Graded is my preference, but every now and again I'll come across a raw card I just can't refuse.

The price has to be to good with the chances of it being graded higher than what it was priced at. This was 80 bucks at a LCS.

I figured it has a 6 potential and went for it.