Holiday Auction Closing December 7 ,2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/7/2019
Graded GD 2 by PSA. Hall of Famer. Here's an almost impossibly difficult, overseas-issue Mickey Mantle collectible. Against all odds, this visually engaging, career-contemporary Mantle item, printed by Topps in the United States but distributed only in the South American nation of Venezuela (where Major League Baseball has long enjoyed wide popularity) survived to enter the present-day hobby. Although the item's obverse design is virtually identical to a "standard" '66 Topps Mantle's, its coarser cardstock affords the built-in perishability that affects essentially all of the very few Venezuela Topps cards that have reached U.S. enthusiasts' hands. The offered piece displays a clear, vibrant image, and the reverse side exhibits black ink that confirms the card's origin. An upper-left corner stain does not approach the card's central illustration. A very desirable specialty piece, in satisfying Good condition.