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

[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