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

[bswhiten]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Ben, great cards as well. Do you have the Exhibit in hand yet and have you had an opportunity to compare it with another? Probably just the picture but color seems a little off.

Hey Chris, I actually just had it slabbed and it is still at PSA. Here is a better image scan from them. I will try to remember to take a pic of it next to my other 55 Exhibit PC back - Mutoscope.
Like you mentioned to Mike, I don't really care what the condition is, I am just happy to have snagged one

[whiteymet]

Ben:

Congrats on the Mantle PC back. As you know I am not into grading. But how is that only a 2?? Looks real good to me.

But I guess I should not be surprised. When I recently got the four 61 Topps Dice Cards I picked up ( Mantle, Mays, Musial and Richardson) graded, I was expecting to be disappointed and figured I'd get a 3 or 4 on them because I thought they looked like a 5 or 6.

Of course the Mantle came back 2.5. The one good thing is it was the highest graded, so in that respect it was good, but just like your Exhibit PC it sure looks much better than the assigned grade.

Just my old man's grading rant! I know it is nothing new for you graded collectors.

[bswhiten]

Fred,

For any of my Mantle stuff I slab for protection or I buy cheap examples already slabbed. I’m definitely not in it for grades. I think most of my Mantle base cards are 1’s or 2’s. I do have a bunch of 80’s 10’s in my pc, but most of those I acquired or slabbed for minimal $. To each there own though

In the case of this PC back, I think it probably could have gotten a 3 or 2.5 but I am fine with the assigned number. It does have a noticeable crease that guarantees a low grade. It isn’t that noticeable in a scan.

I am ready to find a raw dice game Mick like you did next! Haha

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

Hey Chris, I actually just had it slabbed and it is still at PSA. Here is a better image scan from them. I will try to remember to take a pic of it next to my other 55 Exhibit PC back - Mutoscope.
Like you mentioned to Mike, I don't really care what the condition is, I am just happy to have snagged one

Nice piece Ben! Figured the other was just a bad scan but no doubt about it after seeing the photo! As an aside, the only high grade cards I have are the rare cards where I couldn’t wait and hope a 1 popped up

[quitcrab]

Pretty cool piece! Not sure if it works ! Scott

[Jcfowler6]

Originally Posted by quitcrab

Pretty cool piece! Not sure if it works ! Scott

Cool. Similar to this kinda. I’ve not seen many others like these. Wondering what all he has out there. Great thread here.







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[AustinMike]

Just picked up the last Mantle Country Cookin' matchbook that I need. At least until Ben finds another variation.

[bswhiten]

Very cool pickup Mike! Congrats.
Now you need to collect variations with different numbers of matches used from the book. Haha

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

Very cool pickup Mike! Congrats.
Now you need to collect variations with different numbers of matches used from the book. Haha

Thanks Ben. As to your suggestion, very interesting idea. Although I may be crazy, I haven't reached that level ... yet.

But speaking of crazy, the other day I was going through my stuff looking for something and I found a package with auction winnings from Dec. 2021 and found the following Type I photos. They're not in the best of shape, but pretty neat anyway.

Mantle Photo 1959 Type I Wingfield with Ken Boyer.jpg