What are your top 5 Mickey Mantle cards?

[Zach Wheat]

I would have to say:

52 Topps Mantle
56 Topps Mantle (action shot with several fans added twice to background)
54 Red Heart
51 Bowman and..
70's Clinic Schedule PC

Ok, so some say the PC's are not really cards....but it looks neat.

[CW]

1953 Topps (a work of art on cardboard)

1952 Bowman (visual appeal is better than its Topps counterpart)

1954 Dan Dee (for some reason, I just like this card a lot. It has the
best pic of a smiling Mick in the hobby. Plus, just knowing the card came out
of a bag of potato chips makes it instantly cool)

1959 Topps (classic portrait against a bold red background. It's hard to
put it in words, but this card just has that classic, vintage look. On this card,
his last of the 50's, Mickey is starting to less like the kid from Commerce, and
more like a veteran Yankee legend)

1952 Topps (I suppose no list would be complete without this card, and I'd
some day love to add a nice VG-EX copy to my collection. Some day....)

[dabigyankeeman]

In my collection, the 5 i like the best are (in order by how much I like the design and picture):

1956 Topps
1953 Bowman
1954 Bowman
1951 Bowman
1952 Topps



Also love (since you said we could make it 10):

1954 Red Heart
1952 Bowman
1957 Topps
1963 Topps
1954 DanDee

[k-dog]

I don't own any Mantles and of course I would LOVE to own the 52 just for the history of the card...but as far as the "look" of the cards, here are my favorite in order from 5-1! I'm probably a lot different than most other collectors!

5) 1957 Topps
4) 1954 Bowman
3) 1961 Topps World Series-Mantle slams 2 homers
2) 1953 Topps
1) 1965 Topps World Series-Mantle's Clutch HR

[mickey7mantle7]

[ChiefBenderForever]

1. 1958 Topps
2. 1956 Topps
3. 1952 Topps
4. Tie with 1953 Topps and 1954 Bowman
5. 1969 Topps

[mintacular]

How can you not consider this one '60 BB?? I would definately agree the Dan Dee and of course '52 Topps should up there; any meats/bazooka should be out of the picture as they are only there cause of scarcity...'51 bowman is too small. 68 topps actually is prett sweet. Bottom line, they are all good!

[bcbgcbrcb]

My single favorite is his 1951 Wheaties Test Issue

[judgebuck]

I'm a little late getting in on this post, but hey, us Mantle collectors never tire of this stuff.

My five (six) favorites are:

1959 Bazooka
1960 Post
1952 Topps
1953 Stahl Meyer
1953 Bowman
1956 Topps

I don't have the Stahl Meyer or the 1952 Topps.

[mickey7mantle7]

Had the chance to recently to pick up a couple of my all time favs of the Mick this past year. I can now say that I own these..lol











I have also had the opportunity to own many many Mantles in my time, but have since let most go due to financial reasons. I do however plan on aquiring what was. My main focus in the future is going to be concentrated on the harder/non-main stream stuff before they really get out of hand in pricing.

Besides these two above, I would like to own:

52 of course (when I hit the lotto)

Main focus (just to name a few):
1954 Stahl Meyer-------- (Harder to get in any condition than the 53 IMO. Besides that, the yellow bordering does it for me)
1952 Berk Boss ----------(IMO is one of the most under rated "higher-end" Mantle cards) People just don't mention these too often.
1954 NY Journal ---------(very pricey in H or L condition, somewhat rare, very unique, love the black and white)
All Bazooka cards --------(something about the whole "mini" thing that really appeals to me)



Enjoy!

[dessertstormveteran]

1952 Mantle

1956 Mantle

1951 Mantle

1953 Mantle

1960 Mantle

[ValKehl]

1) 1953-54 Briggs Meats
2) 1957 Topps
3) 1958 Topps
4) 1955 Bowman
5) 1959 Topps

I am not a Mantle collector, nor much of a post-War collector anymore. The last 4 cards are from my childhood collection (which Mom, thankfully, never tossed!). The Briggs card is available for trade for scarce Walter Johnson and/or Sam Rice cards.
Val

[ls7plus]

Best looking Mantle card I own: '53-'55 Dormand, bat on shoulder, NMt. And personally, I don't believe a better lookingMantle exists!

Toughest Mantle card I presently own: '55 Exhibit Postcard Back (and I hope it stays as tough as it is at present in the pop reports, but time will tell. Bought it for little more than a song in a Huggins & Scott auction awhile back).

Larry