New to the hobby 1961 Topps Dice cards Mantle Highest Graded!

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by raulus

Far be it from me to speak for Fred, but I understand he is marketing them now as private sales. So if you want in, I wouldn’t wait to contact Fred.

Thanks all for your comments.

Yeah these were a SUPER pick up. A great experience.

I want to say PSA was a huge help in getting the cards graded and getting the cards to them and back. Shout out to Kevin and Nat

FYI all four cards have found a new home

[raulus]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Thanks all for your comments.

Yeah these were a SUPER pick up. A great experience.

I want to say PSA was a huge help in getting the cards graded and getting the cards to them and back. Shout out to Kevin and Nat

FYI all four cards have found a new home

Congrats to the new owner(s), and welcome to the club!

It's obviously not the same as being a T206 Wagner owner, but since they are even rarer and come up for sale less often, in some ways it's even more exclusive. At the risk of being excessively self serving, hopefully it stays that way for the next few decades until I decide I'm ready to sell mine.

[raulus]

Noticed that there's a writeup on the find in the April 2023 PSA Magazine.

Pages 25-26, here:

https://issuu.com/psamagazine.com/do...gazine_rgb_300

The article suggests that there are 3 copies of each card in existence, for 54 cards total, with one of the sets being in uncut sheet form. Although I wouldn't be surprised if the original uncut sheet has been cut up by now.

To my knowledge, there are 3 of the Mays in PSA holders, and at least one in a SGC holder. Unless someone crossed one of them over, that would make at least 4.

[ALBB]

Wow,
what a story ..what a find !

[sflayank]

that story is all wrong.
6 sets were printed...i believe on a 9x12 sheet of 108 cards
2 uncut sets.....one was hand cut the other is believed to still be intact
the 4 factory cut sets...1 was put into topps files...and each one has the staple holes at top
the other 3 sets are out there somewhere..as evidenced by the 3 willie mays cards graded..the staple hole mays and hand cut mays are not in those 3
i could be wrong but the psa story of only 3 sets made is obviously wrong

[ALR-bishop]

Thanks for info Larry

[raulus]

Originally Posted by sflayank

that story is all wrong.
6 sets were printed...i believe on a 9x12 sheet of 108 cards
2 uncut sets.....one was hand cut the other is believed to still be intact
the 4 factory cut sets...1 was put into topps files...and each one has the staple holes at top
the other 3 sets are out there somewhere..as evidenced by the 3 willie mays cards graded..the staple hole mays and hand cut mays are not in those 3
i could be wrong but the psa story of only 3 sets made is obviously wrong

Makes a lot more sense based on the pop counts and the pieces that we see coming to market once in a blue moon.

[whiteymet]

Just to be clear, I did not give the writer of the article the info about how many sets of Dice cards there were. That must have come from his own research or lack of same.

There are three Mantles graded by PSA and I know of one that is ungraded as well. Not counting the assumed still uncut sheet. So three sets is obviously not a correct count.

The original article about the find on Sports Collectors Daily misquoted or misunderstood me about the ebay listing. The FOUR cards were listed as a group at a starting price of $4.99. Not EACH.

The writer of the PSA article must have picked this up from the Sports Collectors Daily article.

Just setting the record straight......