Mantle - 1959 Topps - My new LOW GRADE pickup.
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Dboneesq
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My thanks to the TPG who first decided that a pinhole equates to an automatic "1". Picked this up for "1" money as well.
IMO, nicer than most 2s and 3s out there.
IMO, nicer than most 2s and 3s out there.
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Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
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Matt
I collect: 80’s Rookies and 86 Fleer Basketball
DIBS! when you decide to sell it!
WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
That's a beauty and the type of card that makes this hobby great. Great pickup.
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Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
<< <i>Here's the more important question: Douglas, why did you change your avatar?? >>
Dan, I accidentally deleted it and then could not find it again. At least I found a Mantle! I'll try to get back the old one later on.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
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<< <i>Here's the more important question: Douglas, why did you change your avatar?? >>
Dan, I accidentally deleted it and then could not find it again. At least I found a Mantle! I'll try to get back the old one later on. >>
Dan, you have to remember that Doug is old and computers don't always cooperate for him.
Seriously though, that is a great pickup Doug. It is amazing what you can find if you are patient and wait. Congrats!!!
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<< <i>Here's the more important question: Douglas, why did you change your avatar?? >>
Dan, I accidentally deleted it and then could not find it again. At least I found a Mantle! I'll try to get back the old one later on. >>
Personally, I like the change. Now I don't get posts from you and Dpeck confused
<< <i>Why are Doug's themselves so smart at picking up great cards? Doug >>
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Well done sir!
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Bosox1976
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
I forgot to post on this card.
I agree - it's a beauty with a pinhole - super pickup!
I have a few like that in my T3 collection.
<< <i>sounds like you "1" with this card. Congrats >>
Now that's punny.
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In fact I would say the overall number of 1959 Mantles, for example, in grades 1-3 that look as good is far fewer than the number of 8s and 9s that look good, making such a 1 as Doug's incredibly special.
An interesting quantification: there are 311 specimens of the 1959 Mantle graded 8 and above without qualifiers, that cost from $2000 to $7000-ish. Of those 311 cards, I would have to assume 75% are really nice and worthy of the assigned grade, if not a much higher percentage.
Meanwhile, there are 433 PSA 1s, 1.5s, and 2s. Considering the usual amount of wear for a card to be assigned a low grade like that, I would venture that a mere fraction of those 433 would be as nice as Doug's. Maybe 10%? Even a whopping 25% of the 433 would mean only 108 examples are that nice, though again I would hazard the percentage is way lower.
Yet either way, it is a harder feat to accomplish, in terms of finding the elusive diamond in the rough, to get Doug's "1" than it is to get a nice looking 8 or 9. And the irony is that this tougher chase pays off in that the "1" costs just $100. Even if it cost $300, I think it would be a tremendous value.
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Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.