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My New Mick (51B) - Thanks to Matty & Griffins

vintagefunvintagefun Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭
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Still shaking a bit. Pretty sure it's excitement, but it could be the 15 cigarettes I've had the last few hours of negotiating this.

My company's acquisition was announced in October and approved last week. Shares sold yesterday and cash available today.

I decided I deserved a treat. After clearance from the wife, I chased down a card I've been wanting for some time, but was never quite sure I'd ever own.

When the acquisition was announced I did start eyeing them. I even reached out to Matty (DM23HOF) for advice. He turned me on to a beautiful 2 at LOTG.

With our sale not final and not being familiar with auctions outside of eBay, and buyer premiums etc., I had to let it go.

Lo and behold, the same card recently popped up on eBay at a much higher price. But was by far the nicest in my price range. With the help of Griffins I got contact info for the seller and after a few rounds of negotiation, came to a price we could both live with. Well over VCP, by about 25%, but it was the right card at the right time, at a "right-enough" price.

I am now/soon-to-be the proud owner of...

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Two cards left in my PW HOF Registry!
52-90 All Sports, Mostly Topps, Mostly HOF, and some assorted wax.

Comments

  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    Rotated the other way for those who would rather see it this way.

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    ~


    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    Nice card, vintagefun. I know you're excited to get it.

    John


    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • vintagefunvintagefun Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for the rotation Mr.B...so excited I forgot to take the time to rotate myself.
    52-90 All Sports, Mostly Topps, Mostly HOF, and some assorted wax.
  • pdub1819pdub1819 Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice card, I'm currently saving for one myself. Nice work getting help from the boards.

    https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/pdub1819/othersets/6204

  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice card Jim. Old flip to boot.

    1994 Pro Line Live

    TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject

  • slum22slum22 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice work Jim. Congratulations on capturing a beautiful example of an iconic card. I know it's heresy to some but from an aesthetic point of view I have always liked this more than the 52 Topps card. Throw in the fact that it is his true RC and you've got one of the more underrated cards in the hobby. I've been searching for one for a while too but my love of basketball cards has derailed me from saving up enough to get a nicely centered one of these.
    Steve
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭
    Wow Jim, incredible card for a great guy! This should make all the centering guys happy too. I love the 51B set and the Mantle is iconic. His only RC if you ask me. If I could own one Mantle, it would be this one, hands down. And what a great example! Congrats!
  • GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    Great pickup Jim, and I'm glad it worked out. Congrats!

    Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's

  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Jim ... so basically you paid the "3" price for your "2". BIG DEAL! It presents AMAZINGLY well for a "2". Fantastic pick-up. I hope you enjoy the card.
    STAY HEALTHY!

    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.
  • cardsfan73cardsfan73 Posts: 205
    Great pick up, that's a great looking 2!!
  • mattyc_collectionmattyc_collection Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Major props. Hard to find 2s or 3s that hit the eye as nicely as that one does. Plus the centering is so elite and rare for the card. The color is deep and bold. Glad you and that card were able to connect in the end!

    Instagram: mattyc_collection

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,281 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Still shaking a bit. Pretty sure it's excitement >>



    This is what it's all about right here.

    A killer deuce, Jim. Congrats, brother!

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • addicted2ebayaddicted2ebay Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭✭
    51 Mantle has always been my favorite. Nice pick up.
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,607 ✭✭✭✭
    That's a great looking 2. Color and focus are top notch. Congrats on the pickup!
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • dberk12dberk12 Posts: 399 ✭✭
    Great story and phenenal looking card. Matt is a great resource on this board. Glad it worked out.

    Enjoy!


    Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.





    -George F. Will
  • phillyfan24phillyfan24 Posts: 21
    Beautiful card and centered as well as any!
    Looking for Vintage Rookies.
  • esquiresportsesquiresports Posts: 1,360 ✭✭✭
    Two really nice guys in the hobby. Congrats on the pickup! It looks great.
    Always buying 1971 OPC Baseball packs.
  • CWCW Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭
    Y'know the first thing that stood out to me with this card? The registration. It is dead nuts perfect. Look at the sharpness in Mantle's face, the shine on his left cheek. Congrats!
  • JBrulesJBrules Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Jim congrats on the 51B Mick! I would love to add a card like that to my collection. Great eye-appeal for the grade and thanks for sharing.
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Jim, first off congrats on your company's acquisition!!! Must be have been almost as crazy as negotiating for that bad boy. I agree that the 1951 Bowman is a sharp card. image
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Jim, congrats on picking a tremendous card with fantastic eye appeal.

    Jmaciu's Collection
  • lamontcarterlamontcarter Posts: 748 ✭✭✭
    Jim congrats on adding an iconic card to your collection. She's a beaut. I'd love to own one someday.

    Best,

    Scott
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    NIIIIIICE JIM!!!

    Welcome to the Mantle RC Club! image

    which are the last two Post War RCs you need? image
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • vintagefunvintagefun Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭
    Thanks boys. I'm looking forward to having it in hand, hopefully Thursday.

    And I should have been more clear in that it's 1st Ballot HOF, and I just need Mays and Jackie, and to sub Gwynn, Boggs and Maddux.

    Jim


    52-90 All Sports, Mostly Topps, Mostly HOF, and some assorted wax.
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Major props. Hard to find 2s or 3s that hit the eye as nicely as that one does. Plus the centering is so elite and rare for the card. The color is deep and bold. Glad you and that card were able to connect in the end! >>


    +1 and none of the typical print line!
    Who is the Golf Card Guy?
  • CooptownCooptown Posts: 397 ✭✭✭
    Congrats on that gem. In my opinion, any Mick is a great acquisition - the rookie card just makes is so, so much better.
  • CenteredMantlesCenteredMantles Posts: 164 ✭✭✭
    Great 51B Mick. Top notch centering and eye appeal. Congrats on the pick up.
  • IndianaJonesIndianaJones Posts: 346 ✭✭✭
    Coin collectors, as I remember, have a nice term for when a coin was struck just right, and the clarity of the front and back comes out just right. I think the term is "a good strike". Us card collectors often come to greatly appreciate a card with crisp print registration and clarity, well-focused, as some say. Buddy, any time you can get a card with the truly beautiful and clear registration as you have done, you have done right well. The fact that it is a 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle should put you on a cardboard cloud 9 for many weeks to come, or actually whenever you take the time to relish this baby. Heartiest of congratulations on a nice acquisition. Way da go, bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Also, thanks guys for helping out a fellow collector with a dream card.

    Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Helped make my day, honestly. ----Indiana Jones (Brian Powell)
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