January 2022 Pickups...

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Man, do I agree!!
For a head shot, it's pretty frickin' awesome. If he wasn't wearing his Yankees hat, then it might verge on the awful, but I have simply never understood the disdain that some people have for this card.

It's true that it does often appear "washed out", in that his face is too white - even in high grade examples, but you can find copies that are not. It's certainly not a "bad" Mantle card. The '68 is pretty blah in comparison IMO.

[Harliduck]

I don't mind the 67 Mick...it's a Mick and I have a couple nice ones. The picture just doesn't fit the rest of the cards in the set. Picture the Mick posed like Colavito...I bet it would be worth even more and would have captured the look of the 67s better. I always think they missed the mark.


Jolly...cool 71 Piniella...I literally know nothing about that set other than what you post. Are there a few rare ones keeping it impossible? SPs? I love the look of them...

[Harliduck]

Picked this up last night...this card is really getting popular and has certainly increased in price since the last time I bought it. Lost several auctions on this lately! First solo card of most likely a future HOFer. I am down to needing 2 more 65 Topps cards for my duplicate set (Perez RC and Banks)

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Jolly...cool 71 Piniella...I literally know nothing about that set other than what you post. Are there a few rare ones keeping it impossible? SPs? I love the look of them...

The Piniella is really sharp. My feeling is the person who got it graded checked the 'no qualifiers' box, so it came back a 6 instead of an 8 OC. Fine by me. If you look on eBay, the vast majority of them are the double prints, the commons if you will. They are still pretty pricey, though, because they're truly hard to find. The big problem is all of the single prints (a boatload of which are HOFers). My gawsh do those prices soar through the roof!! So far, I only have 6 SPs, including the Piniella.

Here's an article:
https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...t-moments-set/

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

I don't mind the 67 Mick...it's a Mick and I have a couple nice ones. The picture just doesn't fit the rest of the cards in the set. Picture the Mick posed like Colavito...I bet it would be worth even more and would have captured the look of the 67s better. I always think they missed the mark.

While it might be preferable to have Mantle in more of an action shot, tight portraits are pretty common in '67 too, including for other stars. Mays, Clemente, Santo, Mathews, and Maris come to mind. I don’t think Topps really considered things like that back then. They were not phoning it in yet for the most part obviously in 1967, but it’s not like they had competition to worry about.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

It's true that it does often appear "washed out", in that his face is too white - even in high grade examples, but you can find copies that are not. It's certainly not a "bad" Mantle card. The '68 is pretty blah in comparison IMO.

I agree about the skin tones on this card. You can find the Mick's face in many shades from light pink to bright orange and the background can vary from teal to blue. Also, the card I posted is a variation with a red dot above the S in YANKEES.

[bnorth]

Artist just sent me a picture. I am crazy happy how amazing this cut card piece turned out. Can't wait to get it in hand.

[Dewey]

Congrats, Ben. That's amazing.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Dewey

Congrats, Ben. That's amazing.

Thank you, they are kinda addicting as I have 6 different ones now.

[JMEnglish27]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Thank you, they are kinda addicting as I have 6 different ones now.

Thanks again Ben! Your commissions are some of the most fun to create - always challenging!

[JollyElm]

Got my COMC delivery today, and I'm especially ecstatic over this foursome of beauties (especially since the Mays cards aren't plastic-incarcerated, so I can actually hold them in my hands)...

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...and I only now realized that the 1967, 1969 (and 1966, duh!) Mays cards are **seemingly** from the same photoshoot, taken just moments apart. His face/smile is exactly the same. And look at how consistent the bunching/placement of the brown undershirt is in both photos. The 'lowness' of it on his left side, and the lapel flip is a match, too. Huh.