Nice surprise find - Mickey Mantle

Mamunrud · May 25, 2012

I had a nice surprise the other day. I've been going thru some cards I got in a recent collection I purchased and getting them scanned and added to my Photobucket. I had remembered seeing these Mickey Mantle reprints when I went thru the stuff the first time but I just quickly went by them cause I've seen these many times before. Well, when I started putting these on the scanner I noticed something different on the back of the first one, it had this gold stamped part on the back of the card. I looked at the rest of the regular Topps Mantles and each and every one had this Factory Sealed gold stamping on the back and were completely encased in plastic. These are the one per case hits out of the 1996 Topps, real tough hits back then. So instead of me looking at a $25 Mantle RC reprint, the 52 Topps Reprint case card has a multiplier of 6X - so it's $150. I've actually got six of these case hit cards with the 52 reprint being the best. Now that's cool!!!

sportscardtheory · May 25, 2012

That's pretty cool. So I take it the only difference from these and the regulars is the sealed soft sleeve with the stamping?

leatherman · May 25, 2012

The 52 will sell for over $100 if you list it properly. The others will sell in the $25-30 range.

cgilmo · May 25, 2012

Someone went through a lot of trouble to get those all in one place.

hive17 · May 25, 2012

Listing it properly will be key. There are a ton of completeds for these (non-rare), but none make reference to the case-hit rarity. Hopefully, collectors are aware enough to maximize the sale.

pootshwan · May 25, 2012

Very cool finds!

Mamunrud · May 25, 2012

cgilmo said:
Someone went through a lot of trouble to get those all in one place.

I can only guess the guy that sold me the collection was trying to put this set together at one time. There were no other regular non-stamped/sealed versions, only some of the Finest versions of the reprints. If there would have been some of the regular Topps reprints then I'd say these were picked up by mistake but I didn't find any others than the Finest versions in the collection.

DeliciousBacon · May 25, 2012

Hmm, I've been seeing references to these Case cards in Beckett for 15 years or so, but this is the first time I've ever seen one. Neat find.

Mamunrud · May 25, 2012

sportscardtheory said:
That's pretty cool. So I take it the only difference from these and the regulars is the sealed soft sleeve with the stamping?

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Yes, that's the only difference between these and a regular 1996 Topps Mantle reprint.

allstars · May 26, 2012

They really weren't "hits" per se, as they were inserted as case toppers in Series 2 hobby cases; They are known as hermetically sealed versions of the reprints. They were also inserted into the hobby factory sets. Each set contained either a Mantle or Mays hermetically sealed reprint card. That's why the factory sets book for $175.

vwnut13 · May 26, 2012

I have a Roberto Clemente 1962 Topps Reprint that is sealed like that. Got it (in a sealed tin) for $1. The Clementes don't sell for a lot, but for $1 each I could have made a few dollars.

ffgameman · Jan 16, 2013

Nice finds! Do you still have them by any chance?

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