Your favorite card of "The Mick"
CW
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Mickey Mantle was a phenom on the field, and he is also a phenom
in this hobby. For many collectors, Mantle's '52 Topps card is the
best & most desirable card ever made. When you look through all the
old Topps & Bowman sets of the '50s & '60s, Mickey's card is most often
the highest priced card in the set (barring any big name rookie cards).
He didn't have the best numbers, and many would argue that he wasn't
the best player of his era, but people sure do love the Commerce Comet.
I know... being a Yankee doesn't hurt either.
Based purely on visual appeal and/or sentimental value, and NOT based
on book value, what are your top 3 favorite cards of Mickey Mantle,
and why?
My picks--
'52 Bowman (young Mantle looks so confident, love '52 Bowman design)
'65 Topps (great colors on this one, great visual appeal)
'63 Topps (always liked sets with 2 photos, dig the stadium arches
in the background behind poignant portrait of Mantle)
'60 Topps (almost made my top 3. Honorable mention
)
in this hobby. For many collectors, Mantle's '52 Topps card is the
best & most desirable card ever made. When you look through all the
old Topps & Bowman sets of the '50s & '60s, Mickey's card is most often
the highest priced card in the set (barring any big name rookie cards).
He didn't have the best numbers, and many would argue that he wasn't
the best player of his era, but people sure do love the Commerce Comet.
I know... being a Yankee doesn't hurt either.
Based purely on visual appeal and/or sentimental value, and NOT based
on book value, what are your top 3 favorite cards of Mickey Mantle,
and why?
My picks--
'52 Bowman (young Mantle looks so confident, love '52 Bowman design)
'65 Topps (great colors on this one, great visual appeal)
'63 Topps (always liked sets with 2 photos, dig the stadium arches
in the background behind poignant portrait of Mantle)
'60 Topps (almost made my top 3. Honorable mention
)0
Comments
'52 Bowman
'56 Topps
'54 Red Heart or Dan Dee.
Probably add a Stahl-Meyer as well, if I had ever seen one in person. '53 Bowman could've been really nice, but the picture selection isn't as good as some of the other players in the set like Reese, Musial or Slaughter.
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
1958 Topps #150 It is my most expensive card and I also have a book which has that card as its cover.
1967 Topps #150 My first Mantle card so I have to list it.
1962 Topps #200 I like the wood borders and it is very tough to find one that is not all dinged up!
If I had my chaoice thought I would choose the 1952 Topps, the 1951 Bowman and the 1953 Topps as my favorites.
I'll replace the '65 with the '53 Topps.
2. 1954 Dan Dee
3. 1953 Topps
1959 topps
1969 topps white letter..has all his stats on it and is rare
worst card? 67 topps
edited to add the other 2 "best"
65 topps
52 Topps
1. 1953 Topps
2. 1951 Bowman
3. 1952 Bowman
4. 1969 Topps
5. 1967 Topps (My first Mantle also)
Ken
- Slowly (Very Slowly) Working On A 1952 Topps Raw Set (Lower Grade)
52 Bowman
56 Topps
54 Topps (I can wish,can't I)
Vic
Aside from that, it's tough to argue against the 52. Great photo of a young man with a dreamy yet determined look in his eyes and a big bat on his big shoulders, let alone what an icon the card itself would become. I do like 64's pose, and the 1956 is great, too, with the smiling portrait and great action shot in the background.
I collect modern cards of Mantle, Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Cobb, etc., and there are some nice ones there, too. Upper Deck especially has a nice touch with many of their designs. My favorites of the modern cards, though, are the 1996 Topps Gallery, 2003 Game Face, and 2002 Legendary Cuts.
2005 Origins Old Judge Brown #/20 and Black 1/1s, 2000 Ultimate Victory Gold #/25
2004 UD Legends Bake McBride autos & parallels, and 1974 Topps #601 PSA 9
Rare Grady Sizemore parallels, printing plates, autographs
Nothing on ebay
53 Bowman
53 Topps ( Probably the overall best if only one was chosen )
57 Topps
58 Topps
65 Topps
Tough to omit the 51 Bowman, 59 Topps, and the 62 Topps with Willie Mays also on it.
2- 57 topps
3- 64 topps
1959 Topps #461 Thrills
1961 Topps WS Homer
1962 Topps IA Switch Hitter connects
Always looking for 1957 Topps BB in PSA 9!
Yankee Collector 1958-60
Retired complete 1960 Topps set
I just picked up this nicely centered PSA-7 version for my son for when he comes home on leave,( hopefully for the National), He has a Mantle PSA-7 graded set on the registry, and is quite content w/ "7" grades, especially since that was the Mick's #.
One of my 1st PSA-9 cards was this card about 7 years ago, and to this day I regret selling it...jay
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1954 Bowman........love that card in high grade!
1960 Topps.....love the colors
1963 Topps
Collect primarily 1959-1963 Topps Baseball
set registry id Don Johnson Collection
ebay id truecollector14
1956
1960
1965
1956 Topps
1952 Topps
1953 Bowman
1. 1952 Bowman
2. 1963 Topps
3. 1953 Bowman
4. 1954 Bowman
5. 1952 Topps
Least Favorites:
1. 1956 Topps
2. 1967 Topps
Steve
small group here, but you can definitely see some common favorites.
It's a little strange that nobody has chosen his regular issue '61
Topps card. Sure, the set design is somewhat basic (no offense to
'61 set collectors), but the photo of Mickey on that card is too cool.
Jay-- I've always liked that Mantle card, too. Even though they're in
different sets, it seems like that Mantle HR card would display nicely
next to the "Mays' Catch" card from the '59 set.
DirtyHarry-- That photo sounds like a very nice "card"! No violation
there, 'cause there's no rules!
Jay,
I had forgotten that card !! Very nice card.
Vic