1966 & 1968 Mantles - Same Photoshoot??

[JollyElm]

I don't know if people are being facetious or if they are just pathetic contrarians or whatever. A couple of people (I'm sure the same folks who think every single skinny white guy in an old photograph is Joe Jackson) PM'ed me to say those Micks are not even close to being from the same day. Really????? My gawd!! Wake up.

So here we go again. I took the same two cards and (although they are clearly not taken from the same angle) I matched up as best I could the curved pinstripes emanating down from his belt buckle (and hitting the bottom border between the 'M' and 'A' in "MANTLE' on the 1966 card). So stare there as the image fades away and you'll see how everything matches. CLEAR AS FREAKING DAY, the wrinkles, lines, shirt draped over his belt, etc., etc., are virtually one and the same.



I'm done staring at Mickey's crotch, so if this doesn't convince you nothing ever will. Elm out!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Look at the line on his forearm. And some of the squiggles in the lines on the pants. It's about as certain as anything I've seen.

[Mark70Z]

Same day...

Great job by the way w/the gif. Since this one has reached a conclusion let’s revisit any B. Robby cards that may have variations. OR you can work on the Orioles picture pack photos of the greatest third baseman of all time and study all the cropping difference, of the same photo, and definitively once and for all put the correct year on each and every variation. Whatcha think?!?

[gonzo]

There is actually a reason for this photo reuse - during 67/68, the MLBPA was taking control of the licensing for baseball cards via a photo boycott. Topps had the rights to print the cards due to previously-signed contracts, but the players refused to pose for new photos. So in many cases, earlier photos were used.

That also explains why some teams, like the Red Sox, did not have Topps team cards in 1968.

https://sabrbaseballcards.blog/2017/...cott-of-topps/

[ALR-bishop]

Topps tried to strong arm the new guy Marvin Miller and lost. Keith Olbermann did a good article for SCD about photo reuse in this period.

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Same day...

Great job by the way w/the gif. Since this one has reached a conclusion let’s revisit any B. Robby cards that may have variations. OR you can work on the Orioles picture pack photos of the greatest third baseman of all time and study all the cropping difference, of the same photo, and definitively once and for all put the correct year on each and every variation. Whatcha think?!?

Mark-- I think you are a borderline facetious contrarian

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

OR you can work on the Orioles picture pack photos of the greatest third baseman of all time and study all the cropping difference, of the same photo, and definitively once and for all put the correct year on each and every variation.

I never realized that Mike Schmidt played for the Orioles....