1964 Mantle Topps Giant understanding the economics

[Republicaninmass]

And price wise, it would make sense

[toppcat]

Boy, have times changed.....November 1981 issue of The Trader Speaks:

[Empty77]

Originally Posted by toppcat

Boy, have times changed.....November 1981 issue of The Trader Speaks:

Yeah, and that ad is how the Leland's seller ended up with so many. That's stock market-level returns!

(or what about the fools who paid the extra dollar back then for Yazs over Clementes...suckers!)

[ALR-bishop]

Chris-- got it. No weirder than my pursuit of trivial recurring print defects

[ALBB]

Anyone recall that old story of a hoard/discovery of thousands of 1964 T Giant cards..in the mid-west ??

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by ALBB

Anyone recall that old story of a hoard/discovery of thousands of 1964 T Giant cards..in the mid-west ??

At least one dealer on each coast had a truckload or more of these back in the 60's and 70's. Another find in the midwest would not be out of context. This set barely sold and Topps had huge overstock/returns. I would not be surprised if the aftermarket raw pops added up to low six figures for each impression on the sheet.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by toppcat

At least one dealer on each coast had a truckload or more of these back in the 60's and 70's. Another find in the midwest would not be out of context. This set barely sold and Topps had huge overstock/returns. I would not be surprised if the aftermarket raw pops added up to low six figures for each impression on the sheet.

I believe I've seen an uncut sheet with the Mantle double printed. With that and the 'truckloads' of extra product, this Mick could be the UD Griffey of the '60s - printed in seemingly unlimited numbers.

BTW though, I do love this set. I put it together and then my son put one together as his first vintage set. We've since worked on acquiring it in autographed form and are currently standing at 56/60.