Lot # 953: 1964 Topps Stand-Up Mickey Mantle PSA 9 Mint – Highest Graded Example!

Category: 1960-1969

Starting Bid: $5,000.00

Bids: 12 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Spring Rarities 2022",
which ran from 4/29/2022 4:00 PM to
5/21/2022 7:00 PM




(LOT 953)
1964 Topps Stand-Up Mickey Mantle PSA 9 Mint – Highest Graded Example!

The highly coveted 1964 Topps Stand-Up set represented the first time this prestigious Company issued "die-cut" cards since their ultra-popular 1951 Connie Mack All-Stars compilation. Once again, a die cut region was utilized to fold up the player's upper body, with the 1964 issue utilizing a yellow and green surface background. Of the total 77 subjects, 22 were scarce "single-prints" with a total of 21 Cooperstown Inductees included in this nebulous gathering. Like virtually all post-war gatherings, the most desirable and valuable player just happens to be Mickey Charles Mantle, presented here in an extraordinary PSA 9 MINT holder. Synonymous with the "Mick's' pinnacle hobby stature, it joins a mere nine other examples as the pinnacle example on the illustrious PSA "Pop" Chart! One of the more eclectic 1960s Topps issues, high-grade examples seldom surfacing for the taking, with another PSA 9 Mantle fetching nearly $13K in 2021.

The 1964 campaign would see the Yankees return to the Fall Classic for the fifth consecutive season, and while they would fall short to the St. Louis Cardinals in a tightly contested seven-game series, the "Commerce Comet" would once again shine like the brightest star by walloping his record-breaking 16th World Series homer in game #3. Belting a Barney Schultz pitch into the Yankee Stadium grandstands to provide a "walk-off" win in the bottom of the ninth, this home run would break the immortal Babe Ruth's all-time record of 15 World Series dingers. Mantle would ultimately blast two more homers (in games six & seven) to bring his record-breaking home run mark to 18, still the highest number ever accumulated by a single player in World Series play. The card itself likewise displays remarkable record-breaking caliber, starting with the classic Mantle left-handed swinging pose that resulted in a prodigious number of tape-measure homers. Along with the timeless image, an extremely bold yellow/green background completes the immaculate surface, and the razor-sharp perimeter includes four pinpoint corners. All of the text portrays vivid registration, and we simply cannot detect any noticeable flaws on this museum worthy masterpiece that has miraculously remained in its original pristine state, proudly residing as the finest of its kind!

MIN BID $5,000
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