Add 5 more high grade 52 Mantles to the pile

[irv]

As much as I like those Mantle's, I also like those Campanella, Wilhelm and other high number cards!

[Rookiemonster]

The person how owned theses cards also had a bunch 51 and 52 Mays. And a bunch of Jackie Robinson’s ( 52 and 48) !! And of course some 51 mantles ! All raw the way I like it .

[Jdoggs]

Incredible mantle’s.

[profholt82]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

The person how owned theses cards also had a bunch 51 and 52 Mays. And a bunch of Jackie Robinson’s ( 52 and 48) !! And of course some 51 mantles ! All raw the way I like it .

I know, they're beautiful as they are. What a great collection. It's kind of sad to think that soon they'll all be in those big ugly graded plastic holders and funneled into the ebay/auction machine.

[Rookiemonster]

Originally Posted by profholt82

I know, they're beautiful as they are. What a great collection. It's kind of sad to think that soon they'll all be in those big ugly graded plastic holders and funneled into the ebay/auction machine.

Yup, I wish they told us a bit more about where they came from and how they were collected.

[swarmee]

There was a good article done about this collection.

Link: https://forums.collectors.com/discus...mment_11992094

[the 'stache]

All those Mantles, but not a single Eddie Mathews?

My Dad was born in the summer of 1947, and collected baseball cards starting when he was 6-7 years old. His older brother a few years before that. The Braves were his favorite team, though he lived in Chicago. He was a big Hank Aaron fan, and had his rookie. Clemente's, too. And Banks. Nothing like cracking open the latest REA catalog, showing him some of the cards I can only dream about, and seeing him nod, "I had that".

Grandma threw out his whole collection when he went off to Marquette.

Thanks, Grandma.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

All those Mantles, but not a single Eddie Mathews?

The way I read the article is that he traded for these Mantles. He traded his Red Sox cards to folks across the river for Yankees cards.

My parents as well as Aunts and Uncles grew up in both East and West Hartford at the same time as the guy who owned these cards did.....not sure if this is ironic or not, but the West Hartford portion of the family were/are definitely Yankee fans, while the few original EH family members were/are Red Sox fans.

Growing up in CT a generation later, I found fans of both the Red Sox and Yankees on either side of the river.

So it makes a ton of sense why this card owner from West Harford had 5 Mantles and not as many of some of the other cards (especially Red Sox cards).