Lot # 112: 1965 Topps #134 WS Game#3 - Mickey Mantle’s Clutch World Series Home Run (PSA Gem Mint 10) - Highest Graded PSA Example!

Category: 1960-1969

Starting Bid: $1,250.00

Bids: 13 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Winter Classic 2019",
which ran from 12/19/2019 12:00 PM to
1/11/2020 7:00 PM




(LOT 112)
1965 Topps #134 WS Game#3 - Mickey Mantle's Clutch World Series Home Run (PSA Gem Mint 10) - Highest Graded PSA Example!

"Now here comes Mantle. He's grounded to short, he's walked, he's doubled to right. Facing 38-year old Barney Schultz…the big Yankee crowd now roaring for some action. There's a high drive…hit to deep right…and forget about it…it is gone…the ballgame's over". Mantle has just broken a World Series record. He now has 16 World Series home runs. Him and Babe Ruth were tied with 15 apiece" -Curt Gowdy

Such were the legendary words uttered by renowned sportscaster Curt Gowdy when in the bottom of the ninth in Game#3 of the 1964 World Series, the iconic Mickey Mantle blasted a walk-off home run deep into the right-field seats at Yankee Stadium to defeat the Cardinals and veteran knuckleball artist Barney Schultz 2-1. Not only did Mantle win the game, but his long round tripper qualified as his 16th World Series home run, passing the immortal Babe Ruth's previous Fall Classic record of 15! In 1965, the Topps Chewing Gum Company celebrated that historic record-breaking home run via subject#134 that included an image of Mantle completing his colossal swing, with the card titled "MANTLE's CLUTCH HR".

Synonymous with the iconic Mickey Mantle's unparalleled stature in the baseball card market is this "perfect" PSA Gem Mint 10 wonder that joins only nine other examples at the pinnacle "Gem Mint 10" assessment! Imagine, of the nearly 3,000 encapsulated 1965 Topps #134 Mantles, only a microscopic-like 0.3% have been fortunate enough to achieve the peak level of the grading scale. Simply stated, every aspect of this premier offering is consistent with a flawless card including its bright/sparkling image, sharp resolution, dazzling white borders, immaculate surfaces and pinpoint corners. Of utmost significance is the near-perfect centering and virtually no "tilt" that typically resides as the foremost stigma of any 1965 Topps subject.

Interestingly enough, the St. Louis pitcher in the card image just happens to be Bob Gibson (not Barney Schultz), with Topps inadvertently utilizing Mantle's Game#7 home run illustration off the Cardinals ace right-hander as opposed to the correct Game#3 winning blast off of Schultz. With regard to the card's technical 10 grade, PSA has appropriately awarded this card with its merited assessment that seldom surfaces for any issue. Esteemed collectors take on the excruciatingly painful chore of searching for the hobby's finest preserved cardboard artifacts, typically coming up short with respect to locating "Gem Mint 10" keepsakes.

With the pricing points for Mantle's finest graded cards achieving world-record prices seemingly every day, we cannot even begin to estimate what this perfect "pack-fresh" masterpiece will tally. However, as the shrewd collector surely realizes, regardless of the final bid, you will never have to "second-guess" capturing a "best of the rest" Mantle cardboard gem for your esteemed collection!

MIN BID $1,250
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