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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2017
Graded MINT 9 by PSA. Hall of Famer. Among more than 7,000 copies recorded in PSA's census reporting, just a single example of this subject has been graded higher. The sight that inspired fear in the hearts of the day's American League teams – the determined poise of Mickey Mantle's left-handed batting posture – was reproduced for young collectors' benefit on this popular 1966 Topps entry. On the offered example of the depiction, the spectacle appears up-to-the-moment fresh, displaying a brilliant manner of projection that makes the image seem, quite literally, just recently minted. (This impressive and seldom-observed aura of supreme print quality extends to the item's reverse, as well.) The card's centering is exceptional, and its corners are impeccably robust. Mint condition.