Lot # 411: 1961 and 1962 Post Cereal Mickey Mantle Collection (2)

Category: 1949-Present

Starting Bid: $50.00

Bids: 5 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "Fall, 2014 Premier Auction",
which ran from 10/10/2014 4:00 AM to
11/2/2014 8:43 AM



Very attractive midgrade pair of Mickey Mantle cards from the 1961 and 1962 Post Cereal issues. Distributed on the backs of cereal boxes as well as directly on sheets from Post the cards are prone to a variety of condition issues as one would suspect. This group includes the 1961 card #4 of Mantle (graded EX-MT 6 by PSA) as well as the 1962 card #5 (graded EX 5). Post Cereal issues due to their method of printing and distribution have a great deal of variations resulting in a set of more than 350 cards for completion. The variations have worked against the set in terms of generating collector interest; there's a lot to learn and the distribution of the cards is difficult to understand. The Mickey Mantle cards however are fairly easy to understand: Mantle is the key to both issues (not counting the rare Koufax and Clemente variations in the 1962 issue) as he is with most sets in which he appears. Two interesting "oddball" cards featuring the most popular player of his era.