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

[Forever Young]

I finally pulled the trigger…

https://twitter.com/weingartensvint/...053953537?s=21

[JeremyW]

Ben- Congrats, that's a beauty.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by JeremyW

Ben- Congrats, that's a beauty.

Thanks a lot Jeremy. I always had the thought process- “i can always get one of those”. But.. all of a sudden, 1453 total psa pop doesn’t look like that many with the addition of new collectors. I figured i better just get one before it is really too late.

[investinrookies]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

But.. all of a sudden, 1453 total psa pop doesn’t look like that many with the addition of new collectors. I figured i better just get one before it is really too late.

When you lay it out there like that, yeah the 52T Mantle isn't all that common and not near enough to supply the current demand, let alone future demand for this card.

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by investinrookies

When you lay it out there like that, yeah the 52T Mantle isn't all that common and not near enough to supply the current demand, let alone future demand for this card.

Agreed. Especially when one considers that there are probably a few hundred at the high end of the spectrum that are priced out of range for most collectors, and another couple hundred that suffer from eye appeal problems that will make them unsuitable for any given collector based on whatever his preferences/peeves are. That leaves lots of guys competing over that number that is left in the center, so to speak.

[profholt82]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

I finally pulled the trigger…

https://twitter.com/weingartensvint/...053953537?s=21

Dang, that's about as nice of a 2.5 as I've ever seen. Top notch eye appeal. Well done, sir. Beautiful card.

[wdwfan]

Man, over a month since this thread saw a bump. How about I bump it up with a Mantle I picked up today?

It's for my 1957 Topps and it's not in the greatest shape as it has a couple of creases (one on the left edge and the other near the top). It's going into my set, but I'll have to upgrade it later. Why buy it if I'm going to upgrade you ask? Because I got it for $100 at the local show today. Probably could've (should've actually) gotten it a little cheaper or at least seen if the seller had gone down a little more). But I'm okay with a $100 bill for a Mantle, especially a 57.

[judgebuck]

Glad to see another post. I thought maybe collector interest in Mantle had died.

You won't ever regret paying $100 for this card.

[GasHouseGang]

I picked this Mantle up recently.

[ALR-bishop]

Very nice, David

[GasHouseGang]

Thanks Al. I always wanted a to pick up the Red Heart Dog Food Mantle, but the right one had never come along. Here's the back scan.