1969 Topps Mickey Mantle #500 PSA 8.5+ NRMT-MNT+ TOP 100 OF THIS YEAR BY PSA

1969 Topps Mickey Mantle #500 PSA 8.5+ NRMT-MNT+ TOP 100 OF THIS YEAR BY PSA
1969 Topps Mickey Mantle #500 PSA 8.5+ NRMT-MNT+ TOP 100 OF THIS YEAR BY PSA
1969 Topps Mickey Mantle #500 PSA 8.5+ NRMT-MNT+ TOP 100 OF THIS YEAR BY PSA
1969 Topps Mickey Mantle #500 PSA 8.5+ NRMT-MNT+ TOP 100 OF THIS YEAR BY PSA

1969 Topps Mickey Mantle #500 PSA 8.5+ NRMT-MNT+ TOP 100 OF THIS YEAR BY PSA

BEAUTIFUL PSA 8.5 NRMNT-MNT+ MANTLE IN YELLOW 1969 CARD SHOULD BE A GEM 10, CENTERED.... AMAZING CARD IN THE TOP 100 FOR MANTLE CARDS GRADED BY PSA FOR 1969 POP REPORT BY PSA CERTIFIED.

According to the PSA database, the requested certification number is defined as the following. I STILL CANT FIGURE OUT WHY I ONLY RECEIVED AN 8.5 FROM PSA, THE CARD IS SO RAZOR SHGARP AND CENTERED THAT THE ONLOY THING I CAN THINK OF IS SURFACE...

BUT MOST OF THE PRINT OF THE 1969 SET WAS A BIT GRAINY... BUT THATS ALL I CAN THINK OF OTHERWISE THIS CARD IS HONESTLY A GEM MINT 10.... I DID MOST OF IT FOR MY SON, AND NOW THAT HE IS OLDER HE COULD CARE LESSSO WEVE DECIDEDC TO SELL MOST OF OUR CARDS AND WILL BE POSTING SOME PRETTY DECENMT THINGS IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

ALOT STILL NEED TO BE GRADED SO WE ARE WAITING ON SOME. THIS CARD IS TRULY AMAZING AND SOMETIMES I THINK THAT IF ITS PERSONAL PREFEREBNCE ALOT IN THE GRADING PROCESS THAT THE RIGHT PERSON GRADING THAT KNOWS THE 1969 SET WOULD HAVE TO GIVE THIS A MINIMUM OF A NINE 9. ITS VERY FRUSTRATING THAT IT ONLY RECEIVED AN 8.5.

BECAUSE I KNOW ITS BETTER THAN THAT. THIS CARD WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE PACK BY MY FATHER FOR ME WHEN I WAS 1 YEAR OLD IN 1969 AND IMMEDIATELY PLACED IN PLASTIC FOLDER THAT WAS 8X10 AND THERE IT SAT IN A FILE BOX IN HIS CLOSET WITH NUMEROUS OTHER CARDS, AND THERE IT SAT FOR 24 YEARS, LOOKED AT ABOUT ONCE EVERY 5 YEARS.... WHEN I WAS 35 I FINALLY PULLED IT OUT TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY...

SOME TIME AFTER THAT I SENT IT OFF TO GET GRADED. AND SO HERE IT IS. THIS CARD WAS ORIGINALLY SENT TO BECKETT TO BE GRADED BECAUSE AT THE TIME BECKETT WAS THE HOT PLACE TO GRADE, IT CAME BACK AN 8.5+ WITH 2 9.5'S AND 2 8.5'S I HAD TO ASK BECKETT FOR THE SUB GRADES SEPARATELY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIST THEM ORIGINALLY.... THIS CARD WAS ONE OF ONLY 3 CARDS GRADED BY BECKETT ABOVE AN 8 IN THE 1969 SERIES. YOU CAN CHECK THE BECKETT POPULATION IT SHOWS 2 CARDS AT 8.5 AND ONE AT9.5...

I THEN CRACKED IT OPEN AT THE ADVICE OF A FRIEND AND SENT IT OFF TO PSA TO BE GRADED.. HOPING AND BEING CONVINCED THAT AN 8.5 BECKETT IS A DEFINATE 9.0 PSA IF NOT A 10 IF YOU HAD HIGH SUB GRADES.... WELL IT CAME GRADED FROM PSA AN 8.5.... WHY I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE.... MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE OPENED AND RESENT TO PSA TO BE REGRADED AGAIN. YOU NEVER KNOW BUT TO ME TNIS CARD IS MUCH HIGHER THAN AN 8.5........ SO THATS THE STORY AND HISTORY OF THIS CARD PLEASE ENJOY IT AS I WILL MISS IT VERY MUCH AS IT IS THAT BEAUTIFUL. The item "1969 Topps Mickey Mantle #500 PSA 8.5+ NRMT-MNT+ TOP 100 OF THIS YEAR BY PSA" is in sale since Tuesday, May 8, 2018.

This item is in the category "Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop\Sports Trading Cards\Baseball Cards". The seller is "petronea" and is located in Phoenix, Arizona. This item can be shipped to United States.


1969 Topps Mickey Mantle #500 PSA 8.5+ NRMT-MNT+ TOP 100 OF THIS YEAR BY PSA