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

[ksfarmboy]

Mickey with the Independence Yankees team.

[bswhiten]

Very cool Mike!

[bswhiten]

Fake bottle caps for sell… be careful out there friends. Seller does list as “non factory collectible” at least.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

Fake bottle caps for sell… be careful out there friends. Seller does list as “non factory collectible” at least.

Definitely something to lookout for. Thanks for the heads up!

[raulus]

More of a reverse pickup.

Just sold this 1964 Meadowgold Dairy Mantle to a lucky soul on eBay. Hope the buyer enjoys it!

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by raulus

More of a reverse pickup.

Just sold this 1964 Meadowgold Dairy Mantle to a lucky soul on eBay. Hope the buyer enjoys it!

That's nice looking. Wish I had seen it.

[Tomi]

Originally Posted by raulus

More of a reverse pickup.

Just sold this 1964 Meadowgold Dairy Mantle to a lucky soul on eBay. Hope the buyer enjoys it!

Congrats on the sale. I have that one in a PSA 8. Wondering what it would go for as I see the lower grade ones are bringing a nice chunk of change. Cheers.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Tomi

Congrats on the sale. I have that one in a PSA 8. Wondering what it would go for as I see the lower grade ones are bringing a nice chunk of change. Cheers.

With oddball pieces like this, it’s just a question of who’s in the market, and how much they’re willing to pay. Demand for oddball pieces tends to be thin, but all it takes is a few motivated bidders at auction for the price to go to the moon. With your PSA 8, since it’s the highest graded, and the next one is not even close, there’s the potential for a few guys to go nuts on a set registry play.

At the same time, it’s so difficult to find these in any grade that you often get some compression in the market, with even low grades pieces selling for museum prices. Unlike with mainline pieces, where a pop 1 PSA 8, none higher might sell for 10x or 100x of a PSA 2, with the oddball stuff, it could go for 2x or it could go for 100x. Just need the right buyers to be motivated enough to pay that much for it.

But I wouldn’t be surprised if you could easily get $10-20k on a bad day, and probably approach 6 figures on a really good day.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

Very cool Mike!

Thanks Ben!

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

Mickey with the Independence Yankees team.

Very cool souvenir book, Clint. I've seen a couple of those in auctions, I just haven't been top bidder. Congratulations!

A few new items:

Unknown source. Photo is 8"-by-10". Photo is used for automotive premium, but with a different cropping.

Mantle Photo Unknown issue 8-by-10 front.jpg

Snapshot photo of Mick.

Mantle 1950s Snapshot.jpg

Snapshot photo of Yogi, Mick, and Roger. Photo is 3.5"-by-3.5".

Mantle Photo Snapshot with Maris and Berra.jpg

Photo that was allegedly sold at the stadium. Photo is 7.5"-by-10".

Mantle Photo sold at stadium 7.5-by-10 front.jpg