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

[Bestdj777]

Nice run of postcards and matchbooks Ben! It looks like you are missing just one matchbook (likely two but haven't confirmed the remaining one exists) and one postcard . Are the postcards that you are showing duplicates of variations or just extras? And any postmark on the black one? I've been trying to confirm the date but mine isn't postmarked.

[bswhiten]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Nice run of postcards and matchbooks Ben! It looks like you are missing just one matchbook (likely two but haven't confirmed the remaining one exists) and one postcard . Are the postcards that you are showing duplicates of variations or just extras? And any postmark on the black one? I've been trying to confirm the date but mine isn't postmarked.

Alright Chris you have to show me the postcard i don't have! A more modern one perhaps? No postmark on the black last one but after Mantle's involvement i would guess. Just showing duplicates.

i know i am missing the Holiday feeling Joplin matchbook...but i didn't count that one since Mantle isn't mentioned.
And i do have the other tint on the one ear. There were two more a light beige and brown after Mantle left from what i gather as well. If you know of another please share

Thanks Irv!

[Bestdj777]

For postcards, there is also a generic white one featuring a woman by the pool. I'm not sure about the date but I did find the same one from another Holiday Inn that has a postmark on it from the 1960s. I think there is a chance your unpostmarked one was produced in the 1960s but still trying to confirm.

For matchbooks, there is a black one featuring a sign--it looks just like the generic postcard you pictured. The back mentions something about a computer, so likely from after Mantle's involvement. The white Holiday Feeling one was the one I was speculating about--haven't seen one but assumed it existed. I need one if you ever come across one--they are likely way after Mantle's involvement but I'm a completionist and they are never more than a couple dollars. I don't think I've seen the brown or beige but will have to keep an eye out for them.

It's an awesome collection.

[bswhiten]

Mantle mail today. Happy to pickup a full transogram box

[Bestdj777]

Nice pickups! The Transogram boxes are getting much more difficult to find with PSA now grading the disassembled ones.

[MattyC]

Mantle cards. It's a full-blown addiction.

[Stonepony]

That 65 T auto card is incredible!