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

[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]

My favorite thread ever. Never gets old.

Herer are some recent acquisitions:





















Have a few more things on the way and will post as they arrive. Thanks again and great eye candy in here.

[mintacular]

Well, this thread is somewhat new to me.... So guess I post something I bought 5 years+ ago, one if not my best cards.... Thinking someone might enjoy it:



Oh yeah, I have a couple more

[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.

[brian1961]

Jenx34,

A hearty welcome to the site. Thanks for posting your cool '65 & '66 Topps Mickeys. Here's wishing you the very best in your pursuit of The Commerce Comet and the Say Hey Kid.

You've going for some good ones, mate. Try selecting a 1960 with the clearest photo and rich colors. Centering is important, of course, but my own is way off-centered, BUT has the crystal-clear photo and rich colors, so I am very happy with it. Of course, I bought mine in 1973 for the going price of the time. Anyway, I always enjoy seeing everybody's new Mantles, so when you strike GOLD, get on here for show and tell!!!!!

For what it's worth, as you well remember, Atari was the rage for awhile, so don't feel too bad. My son never got into baseball or cards, but he fell in love with Sonic the Hedgehog! I never pressured him to try collecting bb cards; rather, my wife and I helped him build a top class Sonic collection that fills up about a third of his man cave.

Take care, friend. ---Brian Powell

[Jenx34]

Originally Posted by brian1961

Jenx34,

A hearty welcome to the site. Thanks for posting your cool '65 & '66 Topps Mickeys. Here's wishing you the very best in your pursuit of The Commerce Comet and the Say Hey Kid.

You've going for some good ones, mate. Try selecting a 1960 with the clearest photo and rich colors. Centering is important, of course, but my own is way off-centered, BUT has the crystal-clear photo and rich colors, so I am very happy with it. Of course, I bought mine in 1973 for the going price of the time. Anyway, I always enjoy seeing everybody's new Mantles, so when you strike GOLD, get on here for show and tell!!!!!

For what it's worth, as you well remember, Atari was the rage for awhile, so don't feel too bad. My son never got into baseball or cards, but he fell in love with Sonic the Hedgehog! I never pressured him to try collecting bb cards; rather, my wife and I helped him build a top class Sonic collection that fills up about a third of his man cave.

Take care, friend. ---Brian Powell

Pretty good timing Brian. I just picked up this one tonight. Don't have it in hand yet. so all I have are the pics. Anyone care to guess how it would grade? Guesses welcome, I'm too new to be confident I'd be correct.

Thanks for the welcome,
Chris Jenkins

[g_vezina_c55]

i added a couple mickey to my topps psa 1 run
the 1958 is in the mail didn t received it yet but post the pic

[mickey7mantle7]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

i added a couple mickey to my topps psa 1 run
the 1958 is in the mail didn t received it yet but post the pic

Nice collection so far!!!!

[Jenx34]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

i added a couple mickey to my topps psa 1 run
the 1958 is in the mail didn t received it yet but post the pic

What caused that '58 to grade PSA 1? I've seen 3's that look worse, at least at first glance!