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

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by Jenx34

Just thought i would ask what you guys thought about this photo, what it might be worth and if the signature looks legit. To your collective Mantle expert eyes, tell me if the autograph is real.
Thanks!
Chris

Chris, you might get a response if you place this question in the autograph section. I know there have been many discussions about Mantle's autograph there and someone would probably be able to help you out regarding the legitimacy of the auto.

[bswhiten]

Small PSA submission Mailday. Some oddball Mantles. Three highest graded.
PSA doesn't recognize the colored site/black back as a variation but man that one was tough to find.

[AustinMike]

Ben, yeah, I'm still looking for the colorized map with the black (versus green) inside. I've kept an eye out for it ever since you mentioned it in another thread a while back. Congrats on the oddballs. If the coaster was on eBay recently, I was one of the underbidders. Also need the mileage coaster.

Some pick-ups this week:
I got the Norwich Boy's Briefs bag because I had the Norwich Boy's Tee Shirt bag. Anyone know if there's a Norwich Boy's Sock bag?
The bottle cap with "U8" is a Coke cap with a large head of Mantle.
The bottle cap with the inside lining still in the cap is a Fresca cap with a large head of Mantle.

[Jobu]

Some great stuff in this thread. This is my best Mantle piece, a picture of Mickey Mantle on his first pro team, the semi-pro Whiz Kids, from 1947 when he was 16 years old. Mantle and a few of the other players have signed the picture (the other sigs are barely legible).

The condition is a bit rough because it is an original that belonged to one of the kids in the picture, Guy Crow, who was the bat boy (left end of the right bench).

[bswhiten]

Originally Posted by AustinMike

Ben, yeah, I'm still looking for the colorized map with the black (versus green) inside. I've kept an eye out for it ever since you mentioned it in another thread a while back. Congrats on the oddballs. If the coaster was on eBay recently, I was one of the underbidders. Also need the mileage coaster.

I did bid on a coaster on eBay recently but lost to small traditions. Here is my HI matchbook run. Love the bottle caps...

[g_vezina_c55]

my topps basic cards run progress in the last week.
i have the 1960 in the mail.. i only need to buy now the 1966

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[AustinMike]

Happy eclipse day everyone!

Attached is a photo of the Mantle Bazooka cards I got in the H&S auction. Just need the '59 Bazooka now. Also attached is the '52 Star Cal decal from the same auction. Obvious disclaimer: the pictures are not to scale.

[hcv123]

Blown away - 24k for Bazooka Mantle box! I sadly was the under bidder back in 2010 when it sold for 6 Really happy to see Bazooka boxes and other obscure issues getting some financial recognition!