One for the Mantle

The '59 Topps run of purchases I've made lately is still coming in.  Don Larsen came in on Thursday (showed him off on twitter) and yesterday came a card that may be a bit flawed, but I'm still happy to have paid as little as I paid for it.

A bit of ink at the top and the corners are soft, but for just under $40 I have the Mickey Mantle baseball thrills card from the '59 set in hand.  Never would have believed that I could find this card for less than $50, let alone below $40.  But when I saw it I knew that I'd probably never see anything like this again at this price.

The set now has 64 cards to go with a lot of them being more affordable than the card above.  It's just a matter of finding cards that I enjoy at a price I enjoy paying!

For anyone who has looked at my want lists lately on the blog, you may have noticed that they look slightly different in spots.  I was able to find a feature on the TCDB website in which you could copy and paste your want list from their site to the blog by number, such as the '59 Topps want list I've pasted below.  

This is a handy feature for me as I'll have to do less bookkeeping now when updating my want lists on the blog.   Copy and paste is much easier than hunting for card numbers on both lists.

Enjoy the hobby!!

Robert

1959 Topps want list (64 cards)

1, 10, 20, 40, 50, 76, 90, 149, 150, 163, 180, 202, 212, 222, 240, 248, 251, 268, 270, 300, 317, 338, 355, 360, 380, 387, 390, 420, 430, 439, 463, 467, 478, 509, 510, 514, 515, 518, 519, 524, 526, 528, 533, 536, 537, 538, 542, 543, 545, 548, 550, 552, 553, 555, 557, 558, 559, 561, 562, 564, 567, 570, 571, 572