My Mantle collection
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Wanted to share my Mantle collection in progress. Thanks to selling a lot of unopened boxes I was able to obtain high end mantles for the grade and may go through the review process on some of them down the road. Thanks for looking. I have a couple more that I hope to obtain soon but then I'll have to take a long break. Nothing under a high end 8.
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Sweet Mantle display. Thanks for sharing. Some definite high end, high grade beauties you have there. My favorites are the 56 (love the action picture in the background) as well as the 64 (I happen to like the design of 64's) and of course the 68
Bowman Baseball -1948-1955
Fleer Baseball-1923, 1959-2007
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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>Wow. Awesome display of my favorite player of all time. I too collect THE MICK, but in a much lower grade. I look for nicely centered low grade cards that present well. Right now I am looking for the '58 & '60. >>
Cool.
I love watching old video of Mick during playing years and after...some amazing interviews and documentaries. Love how he finished his life with dignity and integrity. I am realizing more and more that there are so many cards to collect of his during his playing years which makes this project of mine one I will always be able to work on.
Also glad you are sticking only with 8s and up, which leaves all the low grade junk for me!
<< <i> I too collect THE MICK, but in a much lower grade. I look for nicely centered low grade cards that present well. >>
Doug, I know poorly centered 8s that can't hang with the 56 you posted the other day.
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But I keep trying to figure out the rationale behind your layout. Chronological? Nope. Alphabetical? Not that either. Mantle's performance? Dunno.
What's the logic?
Nick
<< <i>Sweet cards! Awfully nice collection.
But I keep trying to figure out the rationale behind your layout. Chronological? Nope. Alphabetical? Not that either. Mantle's performance? Dunno.
What's the logic?
Nick >>
Lol..I was just putting them up while I await a couple more cards..I plan to go chronological.
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<< <i>So what's the plan for the 51, 52, and 53s? >>
For those I plan to go into a relatives attic/crawl space and find them. Just hope there are no pinholes and tape.
I would like to obtain the more financially obtainable mantles first as it's fun to have more..just tough to find as I'm all about 50/50 centering. 57, 58, 59, and 69 so tough. I might settle for a 69 with a very minor tilt but it just makes me cringe. Excited to find a nice 60 and 67 as those seem to be easier and I love the 60. I've seen some incredible 51-53s but those will probably come much further down the road for me..just glad I got lucky/fortunate with the unopened market as I wouldnt have half of what I have in Mantle.
Congratulations on transforming "many cards" into a few favored pieces. You sure decided upon the right thing, capitalizing on the frenzy for unopened boxes. I'm sure your buyers will be happy too, and pulling some nice cards indeed, but you've chosen wisely, as the dear ancient guard said in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
I can very much relate to what you've done, though in a much smaller way that involved but one card. Back in the late 80s, when I was much more active in the hobby, I was one of the raving Mantle Maniacs of the time. Obsessed was I with procuring a nice 1954 Stahl-Meyer Franks of our Mr. Mantle. Finding such a beast was extremely hard back then, and the same is all so true today. Sure, you can get on eBay and find half a dozen examples in Authentic and PSA 1 to even a 2. I won't presume upon your knowledge of Mickey Mantle cards, but let us say that we are dealing with something that is nothing short of a profound condition rarity. It is not that elegant, third party encapsulated high grade specimens are nonexistent. Quite the contrary. Yet their severe paucity in VG-EX 4 and above is striking and speaks volumes. How any of them were spared the ravages of their essential manner of issuance is a riveting tale, but now is not the time. I'm getting verbose as is.
A right hand man from a major auction house divulged to me the name of a man who happened to own a 1954 Stahl-Meyer Franks Mickey Mantle that the auction house had to return to the consignor. Apparently they listed it as MINT, then upon close inspection from a frantic caller wanting specific details amidst "20 questions", they caught sight of the card's one flaw---a faint but definite half-inch back crease. So, the card was pulled from the auction, returned to the consignor, where it languished for half a year before I called the man and left a message. His firm price was high---$2500, a whopping price in 1989 for any card, let alone one with a faint crease. He gave me two months to raise the funds, whereupon I took out a full page ad in SCD (pre-internet!) and sold many nice cards. I just made it. He was happy, and I was floored at how fabulous the card looked. Since you seem to crave the bull's eye, the card was dead-centered too, as Bugs Bunny beautifully put it, paraphrasing no doubt, "right down the 'ol groove-a-roo, boy!" For a 1954-55 Stahl-Meyer, finding a centered card is nigh on to impossible. Trust me. The card and I have been happy together ever since. The turning of many cards into one card makes for a good sea story.
Again, congratulations bro, on what you've assembled. You truly have some beauties, there. Nice going. ----Indiana Jones (Brian Powell)
I don't yet know how to send a personal message, but if you send me an email, I will send you a photo with my son's help. I must sheepishly admit to being a dinosaur. Then again, sometimes a dinosaur is worth extending a bit of patience towards. When you see the photo, you will understand my reluctance to mount it on the boards here. Respect to PSA. I may be contacted at bfpowell2003@yahoo.com
Mantles have been a potential target--but just cannot seem to get over the Yankee logo
Go Sox!
I collect: 80’s Rookies and 86 Fleer Basketball
I will probably always keep my favorite unopened like you flatfoot, but once my son graduates high school and we move to Scottsdale, not having the 100s of bulky boxes to haul is attractive to me.
My question has always been what next and what can I STICK to and not get bored of. For example, I recently finished off the entire set of case hits for 2013 topps tier one, on card autos...that is a beautiful set of great white cards with blue ink, that are a scarce and even scarcer in mint plus condition. Once I have all of those graded mint or better, that will be that.
The Mantle collection is one in which I can always be challenged and although I didn't grow up when he played and I've been a Chicagoan my whole life, I am in awe of that era for many reasons and love his story.
This is a great hobby and there are so many different ways one can find enjoyment within their means. When I was a kid, it meant everything to me to have a Brett and Winfield rookie and couldn't imagine owning a Schmidt, Ryan, Seaver, Carew etc...lol. A friend of mine had a stack of 1971 cards all in pretty bad shape but I remember feeling he was the luckiest person on earth!!! When 1980 hit, time stood still every time I opened a pack and get a major player. I should of realized at that time, that I had a sickness...haha.
Always looking for Mantle cards such as Stahl Meyer, 1954 Dan Dee, 1959 Bazooka, 1960 Post, 1952 Star Cal Decal, 1952 Tip Top Bread Labels, 1953-54 Briggs Meat, and other Topps, Bowman, and oddball Mantles.
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<< <i> I too collect THE MICK, but in a much lower grade. I look for nicely centered low grade cards that present well. >>
Doug, I know poorly centered 8s that can't hang with the 56 you posted the other day. >>
Doug - I missed the post - my fave mick card too! Can you point me to the post with the pic?
OP - Nice collection !!!