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

[sflayank]

Just waiting for the 3rd red variety to get graded

[Tomi]

Man that's impressive.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by sflayank

just waiting for the 3rd red variety to get graded

wow!

1952 Topps Mantle. Never thought I'd own one, especially not one this nice

[AustinMike]

Tomi, welcome to the fray. Those are some nice items. Three of them are still on my want list.

Tomi/Ben, there are two versions of the Bat Master premium as you've discovered (I learned that from Chris several months ago). As you also know, the borderless version is the earlier version.

Larry, very sweet collection! Congratulations!

Dan, Both versions are still on my want list and probably will be for a long, long time. Congratulations!!!

[thecomebacker]

So nice Dan. My dream card right there!

[AustinMike]

A couple of off-beat Mantle items I hadn't seen before.

The top two are the front and back of a cut from a National Sports Council mailer (approximately 5-7/16" by 7-5/8", thick paper or thin cardboard). I've seen a lot of it Mantle NSC items, but not this before. Has anyone seen, or know of, the complete mailer?

The bottom two are the front and back of a possible premium from Brookfield Clothes (approximately 2-7/16" by 2-13/16", cardboard similar to a baseball card). I have found a couple of ads for Brookfield Clothes from 1956 that use the picture on the premium (different cropping than what's on the premium). The card does have an old, musty smell. Even though it looks old and smells old, I'm still not 100% sure about its authenticity. The type on the back has me perplexed. Was Mantle involved with Brookfield in 1954? Why would the date be put on the back? Why would it just say "Brookfield" and not "Brookfield Clothes?" Has anyone seen one of these before?

[bswhiten]

Never seen either one of those Mike. Like the photo and "You can do it, too" phrase in the first one. The second one looks a bit suspect to me. Artificially aged?

[h2oya311]

need some help with this Mantle photo/card. Can you guys pinpoint the date? Do you agree with RMY Auctions on the date? Is it a team issue?

https://rmyauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=43516

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

Never seen either one of those Mike. Like the photo and "You can do it, too" phrase in the first one. The second one looks a bit suspect to me. Artificially aged?

Yes, it definitely has that artificially aged look, especially with that stain on the back. After researching and seeing that Mick was part of the Brookfield Clothes advertisement campaign in 1956, I decided to gamble on it. I was pleasantly surprised when I got it and smelled it (that's a sad/disgusting image - sniffing mail ). It definitely has an old, musty smell to it. But even though I know Mick did help hawk Brookfield Clothes around that time frame and the card does smell old, I can't get past the artificially aged look it has. I was hoping that someone else might have seen one before or seen a period advertisement where it was offered as a premium. Until then, I'm leaning towards not a true period piece ... but still hopeful.

[IgnatiusJReilly]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

1952 Topps Mantle. Never thought I'd own one, especially not one this nice

Wow!


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[Elberson]

I picked this up at the beginning of September to finish off the last card needed for the 62 set

[quitcrab]

Picked this up-thought it was kind of cool. Trying to post a picture.

[quitcrab]

New pic

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by sflayank

Just waiting for the 3rd red variety to get graded

Nice stuff Larry. Is there a gold Mantle? I’m assuming your run is complete now with that red one? An amazing accomplishment.

[sflayank]

The only confirmed one I dont have is silver
I believe a gold exists and also the other empty spot
For a lime green correct l or r
Since the the lime correct l-r exists I assume that one exists also
I know where the silver is
The other 2 are unknown at this point

[JUrsaner]

Just sent in most of my high-grade Mantle cards this week for consignment, which I have mixed feelings over. Keeping this one though...

-- https://www.dropbox.com/s/xwndvaoola...RossMantle.jpg

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by JUrsaner

Just sent in most of my high-grade Mantle cards this week for consignment, which I have mixed feelings over. Keeping this one though...

-- https://www.dropbox.com/s/xwndvaoola...RossMantle.jpg

Beauty, Jason!