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

[brian1961]

Will do, Chris. Thank you, my friend.

While I did not collect this beautiful set, I immediately zeroed in on the reprint of the 1963 Topps Dice Game Mick. It's a honey and a half. I love it so much. Remember the 5 new to the hobby Dice Game cards that were submitted to Mile High or Memory Lane Auctions a few years ago? Recall the Dick Groat had his hat reconstructed to be a St. Louis Cardinal, with his team designation as St. Louis Cardinals. In November, 1962, Dick was sent to the Cards. Also, the Norm Sieburn card shows him with an A's uniform not used until 1962. It was Topps expert Keith Olbermann that brought this revelation to the hobby at the time.

So, the Dice Game year is 1963. Nothing earth-shattering, but how long it will take the hobby, and Topps, to call the year correctly remains to be seen. PROBLABLY GLACIER-SPEED!) Same with my proving in NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN the Home Run Derby set was issued in 1960, not 1959, due to Rocky Colavito's card showing a team designation as Detroit Tigers, to whom the Rock was traded in mid-April, 1960.

Enough of my palabre. Take care, friend. All the best to your wife and family. ---Brian Powell

[bswhiten]

As usual, very cool stuff Mike! You show me the other items I need to pickup to frame

I bought a few of the 2021 X Mantle boxes too. Fun to open since I have not opened any new stuff in a few years. I pulled a low numbered standup reprint card. Would have been way cooler if you could actually make the Mick stand up!

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

As usual, very cool stuff Mike! You show me the other items I need to pickup to frame

I bought a few of the 2021 X Mantle boxes too. Fun to open since I have not opened any new stuff in a few years. I pulled a low numbered standup reprint card. Would have been way cooler if you could actually make the Mick stand up!

If you have any extras and want to work out a trade, please let me know. I’m seven short of finishing the set—plan to lay them all out when I’m done along with the original Topps/Bowman cards and my OPC and Venezuelans. Currently looking for 11;13;21;26;30 and 39. I’ve got an extra 52 Topps one (sending one to my buddy Brian as a thank you for his awesome book and it’s contribution to the hobby, but went overboard and have more than one of a number of cards). Thank

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

As usual, very cool stuff Mike! You show me the other items I need to pickup to frame

Unfortunately, one thing I found when getting items framed is that the framing can cost more than the item. But I still think it is worth it.