Raw Mantles ready to submit - Results are in
fmclaug11
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So I collected a lot of vintage raw HOFs during the 2000's and especially Mantles. Now that I am retiring this year my plan is to start grading anything worthy, including this first group -so I can start thinning my collection before moving in a few years. Nothing super high grade here as I liked mid grade bargains with nice centering/eye appeal but I'm excited to see how these turn out. Probably won't have them back for a while but will update when they pop. Enjoy!
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They will all look nice slabbed. Good luck. If you submit now, you may get them back when the Yankees are in the LCS this year.
Nice assortment. Good luck with the grades.
Really nice cards. Good luck with the grades.
Best of luck with your submissions. Let us know when you get them back.
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.
Sorry, don't know your first name.
That's a great array of Mantles!
I did the same thing back in the early 90s - wish I would've afforded decent grades - they were accessible compared to now.
Best of luck on your grades.
Nice cards! Good luck!
Nice collection. Love the 1953 dead centered!
Well, the results are finally in. Not quite what I hoped for on some of them (particularly the N1's and N6's), but as they say, it is what it is. Many came in about as expected, a few I think are undergraded and will have to examine those closer to see if I missed something. It seems to me they don't employ the .5 grade often enough either, which would have helped on some of the ones I think are undergraded...they have it, why not use it?
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1958 Topps 418 Mickey Mantle/Hank Aaron World Series Batting Foes
N1: EVIDENCE OF TRIMMING 1961 Topps 578 Mickey Mantle All Star
GOOD 2 1955 Bowman 202 Mickey Mantle
GOOD 2 1959 Topps 564 Mickey Mantle All Star
VERY GOOD 3 1959 Topps 10 Mickey Mantle
N6: MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENT 1957 Topps 95 Mickey Mantle
EXCELLENT 5 1957 Topps 95 Mickey Mantle
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1957 Topps 407 Berra/Mantle Yankees' Power Hitters
EXCELLENT 5 1968 Topps 490 Super Stars Killebrew/Mays/Mantle
N6: MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENT 1962 Topps 471 Mickey Mantle All Star
EXCELLENT 5 1969 Topps 500 Mickey Mantle Last Name in Yellow
EXCELLENT 5 1969 Topps 500 Mickey Mantle Last Name in Yellow
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1966 Topps 50 Mickey Mantle
NEAR MINT 7 1960 Topps 563 Mickey Mantle All Star
EXCELLENT 5 1960 Topps 350 Mickey Mantle
VERY GOOD 3 1953 Bowman Color 44 Hank Bauer/Mickey Mantle/Yogi Berra
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1962 Topps 200 Mickey Mantle
FAIR 1.5 1954 Bowman 65 Mickey Mantle
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1973 Topps 350 Tom Seaver
NEAR MINT 7 1959 Topps 563 Willie Mays All Star
EXCELLENT 5 1960 Topps 200 Willie Mays
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1970 Topps 580 Pete Rose
EXCELLENT 5 1958 Topps 30 Hank Aaron White Name
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1962 Topps 320 Hank Aaron
NEAR MINT 7 1961 Topps 287 Carl Yastrzemski Star Rookie
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1961 Topps 287 Carl Yastrzemski Star Rookie
EXCELLENT 5 1960 Topps 148 Carl Yastrzemski Rookie Star
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1960 Topps 148 Carl Yastrzemski Rookie Star
EXCELLENT 5 1960 Topps 148 Carl Yastrzemski Rookie Star
NEAR MINT 7 1967 Topps 250 Hank Aaron
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1960 Topps 326 Bob Clemente
N1: EVIDENCE OF TRIMMING 1960 Topps 300 Hank Aaron
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1957 Topps 76 Bob Clemente
GOOD 2 1953 Topps 220 Satchell Paige
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1955 Topps 194 Willie Mays
VERY GOOD 3 1954 Topps 20 Warren Spahn
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 MK 1954 Topps 201 Al Kaline
NEAR MINT 7 1956 Topps 20 Al Kaline White Back
VERY GOOD+ 3.5 1956 Topps 130 Willie Mays Gray Back
VERY GOOD 3 1956 Topps 135 Mickey Mantle Gray Back
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1955 Topps 2 Ted Williams
When you get them back.
I'd like for you to measure the 57T Mantle with the N6 - sure looks ok on my screen - i.e. both of them.
Which one is your "most happy" - which one is your "most disappointing?"
Just curious.
Keep trying with the minimum size cards. I have a 3 strikes rule myself and have had success.
Some nice cards in there and overall impressive collection. Congrats.
Thanks for the comments...I will resub the Min size cards at some point and hopefully eventually get them in a holder.
Mike - I checked the 57' Mantle and the only thing I notice is that the right side from top to bottom might be a hair shorter than the left side top to bottom....but barely. If it was not trimmed and came from the factory this way I don't quite understand why they wouldn't holder it.
To answer your other questions, my 'most happy' would probably be the 70' Rose since I thought it had a chance of being trimmed. It was razor sharp but looked like it could have been a little short, so the 8 on it was a nice surprise.
On the 'most disappointed' side, it would have to be the 61' Mantle All Star. It is razor sharp and nothing stuck out to me about it being trimmed. Was hoping for a 7/8 on that which would have been nice. I need to examine it further and measure it to see if it warrants being resubbed as well.
Forrest