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

[ALR-bishop]

Lucas— pretty amazing if true and great hobby history. I can add it to the 61 Dice, 66 Punch Out and 68 Disc as Topps Mantles I will never get my hands on .

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Lucas— pretty amazing if true and great hobby history. I can add it to the 61 Dice, 66 Punch Out and 68 Disc as Topps Mantles I will never get my hands on .

I thought it was a fantasy piece at first as well. But then I started looking closely, the card is definitely genuine. And the skill needed to make a genuine quality card and replicate the cartoon style that perfect was impossible. Not to mention a story like this needs good provenance, and it has that as well.

Although I don't like how the owner says it would cost too much to grade. It would a drop in tbe bucket compared to what it would sell for. Then again getting an auction house to do it for them would also probably be free and a nice perk.

I was wondering what it might sell for at auction. And thought somewhere between a quarter and half a million.


Edit: did not realize there was no front pic (the front pic in the article wasn't the card in question, just a generic '60 topps front) so take back my definitely from above. Need a real picture of the front.

[AustinMike]

Picked this up recently.

Mantle 1960s Milk Meadow Sweet Cut Out resized.jpg

I'm assuming this is from a low-fat carton of Meadow Sweet milk. In Post 1853, I showed a regular carton of Meadow Sweet milk, and this Mick is the same as that, except for the color. Since the color of the Meadow Gold "cards" is based on the type of milk, green for low-fat and blue for regular, I'm assuming the same might be true for Meadow Sweet.

[TUM301]

Cool piece my man, great image. Enjoy that for a long time.

[Bliggity]

Picked this up at the Raleigh show last weekend. Wasn't looking for one, but it's hard to pass up a centered Mantle, especially when it's a 2 that looks like a 4.5.

[ruth-gehrig]

The most centered 1965 I have been able to find in the past 6 months within my budget. Also the last 1960s Mantle I need for my run. Still have 1951-1954 to acquire

[AustinMike]

Picked this up from a fellow Net54er a few months ago, thanks Fred!

It was cut from an advertisement display for Dan-Dee. It has Mantle on one side and Rosen on the other.