1962 Mantle/Mays Combo Card Curiosity

[MattyC]

Has anyone ever seen one of these without the blemish on Mantle's face? Just want to know if I'm chasing a chimera here, or if one such example exists. We know, for example, the 67 can be found without that pesky dot over the S in Yankees, the 66 can be found without that dot under the bottom text, etc., but not sure about this flaw on the 62 Managers' Dream card. Thanks.

[ALR-bishop]

I was trying to get a list of Mantle Topps variants in this thread

http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=216063

My 1962 # 18 has the blemish. Had not heard there might be a corrected version

I have 3 versions of the 67 card, red dot on top border ( one on ebay now) or down below.

What is the 66 mark you reference ?

Nor do I have the 64 no dot after the Y in NY on back that Bob Lemke highlighted in an SCD article

[MattyC]

The 66 is often found with a white print dot in the bottom red pane. I'd love to get a Manager's Dream card without that black dot on The Mick.

[brob28]

I've never seen one without the "dot" on the Mick, have looked at a quite a few.

[JollyElm]

I saw a 1962 Venezuelan card with that very same Marilyn Monroe beauty mark on Mickey's face, so that's probably pertinent. It would seem that the mark exists on the original artwork used to make all of the cards.

For anyone not familiar with what everyone's talking about, take a look above Mick's lip...

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[MattyC]

So even the Venezuelan has it. Guess it's on them all then. Good intel.

[JollyElm]

Here it is from ebay (not mine)…

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[Rookiemonster]

I have a mole ...?...

[Rookiemonster]

Reprints and the topps reprints don't have it .

[nolemmings]

Sorry to hijack this thread, but I've always wanted to ask if anyone has ever seen a 1966 Killebrew where he didn't have a mustard face (yellowish discoloration above his mouth and onto his nose) and a light greenish tilde on his upper jaw/ear? I would love to see one.