Presented is a limited edition, Mickey Mantle-signed Yankee Stadium seat back collage. The Hall of Fame New York Yankees centerfielder signed in blue marker across the top of a Sports Impressions postcard collage portrait of Mantle, which itself is mounted at the center of a Yankee Stadium seat back. The 4 x 6-inch promotional postcard reproduces a Joseph Catalano painting, “The Greatest Switch Hitter”. features two vignettes of the switch-hitting Mantle at bat from each side of the plate at the center below a head and shoulder portrait of the young Yankees star. In the background are two similar poses of Mantle, with a third set of images with only his hands further in the background. The bottom of the postcard features the skyline of New York City, a pair of apples, and a baseball painted with the number “7” in red. Mantle is posed at the bottom center kneeling in the on-deck circle with two more vignettes of him batting left and right. The 1 x 15 x 21-inch blue plastic curved seat back features the number “7” seat number silk-screened in black on a silver metal plaque in the upper right. At the lower center of the seat back is mounted a 2 x 6-inch black metal plaque engraved in silver with the caption, “Mickey Mantle Hall of Fame 1974 20x All-Star 7x World Series Champion 3x AL MVP 1956 Triple Crown” This collage contains an authentic Mickey Mantle signature and an original seatback from Yankee Stadium Limited Edition #20/56”. This item comes with a COA from Greer Johnson, Mickey Mantle’s agent from 1985-1995, for the signature and an MLB Authenticated hologram (LH474671) for the seatback.

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