Will Mantle cards always be king?

raykasa · October 22, 2008 5:18AM

Can one assume that generations from now, Mantle will still be the most desired of 50's & 60's material? Don't get me wrong, Mantle sells at a fantastic level now, but will he still sell at such levels as time goes by? My thoughts on this are that collectors of Mantle are not generations deep but rather of a certain age group and financial background and my no longer be supported. just curious ....

StopYurWhining · October 22, 2008 5:20AM

im sure one day he will be surpassed by Pooh Holes

MeteoriteGuy · October 22, 2008 5:21AM

There will always be demand for icon players...Mantle is pretty safe where he stands in our hobby. For example, none of us saw Cobb or Wagner player, but that has not hurt their value.

lawnmowerman · October 22, 2008 5:22AM

I thought Elvis was the King?

julen23 · October 22, 2008 5:25AM

christopher walkin was the king of new york,

don't forget that.

j

fattymacs · October 22, 2008 5:30AM

Mantle was the best player on the best team of the era (maybe not the best player of the era, but top 3), couple that with the icon status of his 52 Topps card and his stuff will always be big $$$.

Mickey71 · October 22, 2008 5:31AM

Elvis is the King, but as far as cards, Mantle I believe will always be #1. I never saw him play and I'm still in awe of his accomplishments. Some people will actually say that his stats are not that fantastic or he is overrated. To that I say he was seriously injured in his first year and played a hall of fame career with those injuries.---Remarkable the numbers he put up while injured. He was timed as the fastest from home to first during his rookie year. This fact is mind boggling. His tape measure shots are legendary. The shots that Josh Hamilton hit in the derby this year were not as far as the balls that hit the facade hit by Mantle.

Mickey71

VitoCo1972 · October 22, 2008 5:34AM

<< There will always be demand for icon players...Mantle is pretty safe where he stands in our hobby. For example, none of us saw Cobb or Wagner player, but that has not hurt their value. >>

Couldn't have said it better.

storm888 · October 22, 2008 5:43AM

<< There will always be demand for icon players...Mantle is pretty safe where he stands in our hobby. For example, none of us saw Cobb or Wagner player, but that has not hurt their value. >>

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I am pretty sure that is pretty close to being exactly right.

HighChopper · October 22, 2008 5:46AM

Yep.

corvette1340 · October 22, 2008 5:46AM

<< Elvis is the King, but as far as cards, Mantle I believe will always be #1. I never saw him play and I'm still in awe of his accomplishments. Some people will actually say that his stats are not that fantastic or he is overrated. To that I say he was seriously injured in his first year and played a hall of fame career with those injuries.---Remarkable the numbers he put up while injured. He was timed as the fastest from home to first during his rookie year. This fact is mind boggling. His tape measure shots are legendary. The shots that Josh Hamilton hit in the derby this year were not as far as the balls that hit the facade hit by Mantle.

Mickey71 >>

Couple his playing injured with the fact that he went out and got hammered basically every night and entertained tons of women and his stats are beyond astonishing. Can you imagine going 8 for 9 with 3 homers and 10 RBI's in a double header while so hung-over you could hardly stand up? Now try that for 10 years straight and win multiple MVP's and triple crowns. I think Mantle will always be the king of the baseball card industry.

CardsForMS · October 22, 2008 5:51AM

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<< There will always be demand for icon players...Mantle is pretty safe where he stands in our hobby. For example, none of us saw Cobb or Wagner player, but that has not hurt their value. >>

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I am pretty sure that is pretty close to being exactly right. >>

Cobb and Wagner as stated above are due to supply and demand of great players (for thier day). the Magee card is VERY expensive.. for the error.. the corrected version is cheap.. supply and demand. There are Tons of Mantle cards... 10 times more Mantle cards on the market vs cobb, 20 times more than Wagner.

frankhardy · October 22, 2008 6:38AM

Mantle has been king since I was a kid collecting in the 1980's. I've not seen that change yet, and I don't expect it to change.

judgebuck · October 22, 2008 6:42AM

Every kid (okay, maybe nearly every kid) that loved baseball and grew up in the mid 1950s and early 1960s wanted to be Mickey Mantle. We all loved Mays, Musial, Aaron, and Clemente, too, but there was something about the name Mickey Mantle and the fact that he played for the Yankees that made him special. Even his cards were great, especially that 1959 Bazooka that is so hard to get. If you haven't seen the DVD of the Mantle documentary by HBO, you should get it. It tells the great story, even the bad parts.

judgebuck

TomGshotput · October 22, 2008 8:10AM

<< Every kid (okay, maybe nearly every kid) that loved baseball and grew up in the mid 1950s and early 1960s wanted to be Mickey Mantle >>

That is exactly why I would guess Mantle cards will eventually outpace others by a far smaller margin. There will someday be far fewer collectors who were kids growing up in the 50s and 60s and when that happens the record book will replace personal history. Evidence says Christy Mathewson was more popular than Cy Young 80 years ago

A large number of people think Mays was the better player; Aaron's homerun record is still one of the most notable achievements in baseball; Williams was one of the best ever and earned medals during wars. Over time, why are these sorts of things going to be so greatly overshadowed by not playing an entire career in New York?

markj111 · October 22, 2008 8:17AM

If you think Mantle cards are overrated do not buy them. I think he will always be at the top of the hobby.

Clemaz · October 22, 2008 10:15AM

Until Phil Garner passes him up.

PoppaJ · October 22, 2008 10:35AM

In 1955, I traded 5 1952 Topps Duke Snider cards for 5 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards .... value 25 cents!

By 1975, I had a dozen of the 52 Topps Mantles .... value unknown then, but probably around $6,000!

In 1984, the first Beckett Price Guide listed the 52 Mantle @ $1200-$1400 .... value based on $1300 each - $15,600!

We currently have 11 left (1 was donated for my best friend's kidney transplant raffle held in 1996) .... value $300,000-$400,000!

Will Mantle cards always be king? ...... I sure as hell hope so!!!!!

PoppaJ

Gonblott · October 26, 2008 12:46AM

Mantle, Ruth, Gehrig, etc

They will always be KING in the hobby.

RedHeart54 · October 26, 2008 1:15AM

<< We currently have 11 left >>

Curious, have they been graded?

PoppaJ · October 26, 2008 5:35AM

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<< We currently have 11 left >>

Curious, have they been graded? >>

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None have been graded yet. My sons want me to send them in, but I'm waiting to take them
to PSA in person.

We're planning a trip to California next summer. I've had them for over 50 years; another year
won't hurt, although it's killing my sons to find out what they'll grade.

PoppaJ

rube26105 · October 26, 2008 6:01AM

None have been graded yet. My sons want me to send them in, but I'm waiting to take them
to PSA in person.

good idea on that one poppaj

nam812 · October 26, 2008 10:28AM

<< .........None have been graded yet. My sons want me to send them in, but I'm waiting to take them
to PSA in person.

We're planning a trip to California next summer. I've had them for over 50 years; another year
won't hurt, although it's killing my sons to find out what they'll grade.

PoppaJ >>

Very nice PoppaJ. What would you say that your best example would grade out as? What would the majority of them grade as?

PoppaJ · October 26, 2008 10:59AM

<< 

<< .........None have been graded yet. My sons want me to send them in, but I'm waiting to take them
to PSA in person.

We're planning a trip to California next summer. I've had them for over 50 years; another year
won't hurt, although it's killing my sons to find out what they'll grade.

PoppaJ >>

Very nice PoppaJ. What would you say that your best example would grade out as? What would the majority of them grade as? >>

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Hi Nick,

I'm pretty sure at least 2 of them will grade at least 7 or 8. Those 2 were my dad's pride and joy, and no one was ever allowed
to come close to them. He confiscated them from me when I was in my early teens. Of course, we never thought of them in a
monetary sense, only as collectibles.

I remember when my older brother Tony asked my father if he could take one of the 2 cards to school for "show and tell" ... my dad said okay but that he'd beat the living daylight out of him if anything happened to it. Needless to say,
Tony wound up taking his little pet green turtle 'Tommy" instead.

My dad was a stickler for being organized and he kept everything he (we) had neatly tucked away where he could easily find it.
I think a lot of people were like that back then .... I remember our living room having plastic draped over every couch and chair;
my mom said it only came off for company .... but it didn't.

Anyway, the other cards are in the 4-5-6 range, nothing worse.

PoppaJ

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