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

[whiteymet]

Hi Gang:

I just picked up the below Manny's Baseball Land premium. This is listed as such on Kelly Eisenhower's site. He says year unknown. You can see it on page 5 in this link:

http://mickeymantle7.net/mantle-premiums-2/

Yet looking at the top rated Mantle Master set on the PSA registry it shows a different pose listed as 1961. See also below in a PSA holder. I do not see this listed as Manny's in Kelly's list. I may have missed it.

So, my questions are

Are both of these Manny Baseball Land issues? Or is the PSA mislabeled or is Kelly's listing incorrect?

Any help appreciated

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Hi Gang:

I just picked up the below Manny's Baseball Land premium. This is listed as such on Kelly Eisenhower's site. He says year unknown. You can see it on page 5 in this link:

http://mickeymantle7.net/mantle-premiums-2/

Yet looking at the top rated Mantle Master set on the PSA registry it shows a different pose listed as 1961. See also below in a PSA holder. I do not see this listed as Manny's in Kelly's list. I may have missed it.

So, my questions are

Are both of these Manny Baseball Land issues? Or is the PSA mislabeled or is Kelly's listing incorrect?

Any help appreciated

Hey Fred,

I hope you are doing well!

They are both Manny Land Baseball photos. The photo with Mick in a batter's pose came with the Manny Land Yankee team set. The other is listed as a 1965 issue by KeyManCollectibles.

http://keymancollectibles.com/photos...landphotos.htm

There's also another Manny Land Baseball Mantle photo. It's basically the same photo as the one identified as a 1965 issue by Manny Land. But it has a slightly different cropping and it is attached to a Maris photo. It is 11 by 17.

[Sorry about the large photos]

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by AustinMike

Hey Fred,

I hope you are doing well!

They are both Manny Land Baseball photos. The photo with Mick in a batter's pose came with the Manny Land Yankee team set. The other is listed as a 1965 issue by KeyManCollectibles.

http://keymancollectibles.com/photos...landphotos.htm

There's also another Manny Land Baseball Mantle photo. It's basically the same photo as the one identified as a 1965 issue by Manny Land. But it has a slightly different cropping and it is attached to a Maris photo. It is 11 by 17.

[Sorry about the large photos]

Hey Mike:

Thanks for the reply and link to Keyman.

Keyman says:

In 1965, Manny's issued additional pictures that measure 9x11. The larger pictures featured new players, and some like Mickey Mantle, with a different pose.


However my photo measures the "normal' 8x10 not the 9x11 they note the 1965 Mantle is.

Does yours measure 8x10 or 9x11?

And another PSA anomaly, one of many that do not make sense to me, why is the 1961 Manny's on the checklist for the Mantle master set and not the 1965 Mantle from Manny's??

[metroac]

Picked this up in February to complete my set of '55 Armour coins. Took a long time to find this one!

[sflayank]

black or silver?

[JollyElm]

Am I reading this wrong or were they acting like Charles was his first name and 'Mickey' (in air quotes) was merely a nickname??

[metroac]

Originally Posted by sflayank

black or silver?

Black.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Hey Mike:

Thanks for the reply and link to Keyman.

Keyman says:

In 1965, Manny's issued additional pictures that measure 9x11. The larger pictures featured new players, and some like Mickey Mantle, with a different pose.


However my photo measures the "normal' 8x10 not the 9x11 they note the 1965 Mantle is.

Does yours measure 8x10 or 9x11?

And another PSA anomaly, one of many that do not make sense to me, why is the 1961 Manny's on the checklist for the Mantle master set and not the 1965 Mantle from Manny's??

Fred, mine is 8x10 also. I looked at several Manny's ads from the 60s and never saw any mention of 9x11 photos for sale. Not sure where KeyMan got the larger dimensions. I do know that he says the Mantle/Maris combined photo is 11x14. That is incorrect. It's 11x17. Mine is 11x17 and a few of the ads I looked at indicate it is 11x17. KeyMan stating it is 11x14 could easily be a typo (hitting the 4 instead of the 7 above it). I'm not so sure the 9x11 claim can be so easily dismissed.

As to the PSA question, it's probably because nobody has requested it be added or it was requested to be added but PSA declined because of insufficient information.