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Permalink Reply by Randy K on June 29, 2019 at 11:52pm

Thank so much. Everyone is making me feel a lot better about this piece. I know it would've broken my late father's heart if he learned this was not authentic (of course, for all I know, he knew exactly where and when Mantle signed it, or got it in-person. Unfortunately, I never knew the story behind this signed poster).

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Permalink Reply by Daniel S. on June 30, 2019 at 8:40am

A Mantle signed version with “No. 7” inscription sold at Heritage in 2017 for $550 plus buyers premium.  This included a full loa from PSA/DNA.   

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1962-safe-at-home-movie-poster-s...

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on June 30, 2019 at 3:21pm

very nice Mantle signature on a highly desirable item

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Permalink Reply by Randy K on June 30, 2019 at 4:19pm

Thank you so much!

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Permalink Reply by James on June 30, 2019 at 7:40pm

I think most Mantle collectors will know it’s authentic.  Like Terrier said, it’s on a highly desirable item.  The poster alone is a nice piece of history.  I’ll up the sports curator’s bid to $300.  Just kidding.  What a con guy.  “Probably fake”... but I’ll give you $250 for a worthless item!  I’m sure he knew the poster alone was worth more than double his offer.

Just keep that autograph out of the light so it won’t fade.  Looks like you and your dad have done a good job of that for the past many years.

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Permalink Reply by Randy K on June 30, 2019 at 8:45pm

Thanks! Yeah, my father kept this bad boy framed securely and locked away in one of his closets. I've known about it for years but I never saw it until now. We'd go to sports shows and see one of these posters for sale and he'd always remind me that, "you know, I got one of those put away, but mine's signed!" Like he thought maybe I'd forgotten. Damn, I miss that man, but he did have some great stuff! He always took care of his memorabilia. For my birthday, back in the 1980's, we were at a comic convention and as a gift he bought me an Uncanny X-Men #1 (1968). I wanted it badly and he said, "Fine, for your birthday!" It cost him $200. We got home, I gently read it, then he took it, placed it back in its plastic sleeve and put it in his closet. I didn't see that comic again until around 2008, when he had it appraised for $8000. He showed it to me and then put it right back in the closet. He took care of his stuff (though it was mine, I'm in no hurry to pull that comic out of its resting place).

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Permalink Reply by James on June 30, 2019 at 11:47pm

Sounds like your father was a wise man when it came to the proper care of his and your collectibles.  Gosh, that poster must be massive at 27x40.  I have a Prince signed poster that’s about 24x36, and it’s pretty damn large.  Yet your Mantle, Maris poster is even bigger!  

As for the Uncanny X-Men...that turned out to be a pretty good $200 investment!  As a kid, I never got into the comic books like many kids (and adults) did.  And when I first learned that some of them could be worth a lot of money, I was kind of shocked.  I was always into sports cards, particularly baseball cards, and I knew they could be worth money...and it made sense to me!  Lol.  

When I was about 10 or 11 in the mid-70s, one of my aunts had a very large box of old baseball cards in her basement, mostly from the 1950s. She said I could have them if I wanted them or else she was probably just going to throw them away!!  So I said...heck yeah I wanted them.

And there were some really good ones in there.  Get this.  I remember for sure having 4 Hank Aaron rookie cards and about 4 Aaron second year cards.  I know there were some Mantle’s in there too, and some Maris cards as well.  There were a lot of star players.  There might have even been a 1952 Topps Mantle rookie, as in a card that now could be worth millions, but I can’t remember.  I actually hope there weren’t any though because I did something really foolish with them.

So when I was about 12, there was a card show in KC (where I’m from).  I had been desperately wanting a moped.  So my parents suggested maybe trying to sell some of those cards at the show.  Well, I took a stack of about 100 or 150 of them to the show.  Mind you this is about 1976.  A dealer looks through them and offers me $10.  And I said no way.  We went back and forth, and I finally accepted $90!  Now that $90 would be probably about $400 today.  It also gave me enough to be able to buy a moped.  But those Aarons alone today would be worth several thousand as they were in very good shape.  And God forbid...I hate to think if I potentially had a million dollar Mantle in there!! 

But that stack today in all seriousness would, I think, easily be worth close to $20,000 today!  Perhaps even more if they would receive high grades.  Oh well, I loved my moped!

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Permalink Reply by Daniel S. on July 1, 2019 at 10:25am

Prior to the mid 80’s, 27” x 41” was the standard one sheet movie poster size.  In the mid 80’s, this changed to 27” x 40”.  The three sheet movie posters are the huge ones at 41” x 81”.  The 81” being 3 x 27”.  This one is a typical and average size movie poster and generally more desirable by most collectors because it is easier to display. Its a nice piece with a solid mantle signature.  I was surprised that the seller likely netted less than $500 at the 2017 Heritage auction but suspect that shipping charges may have factored into the bidders decision.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 1, 2019 at 10:53am

Many lower-priced lots are part of larger consignments. That could be the case here.

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Permalink Reply by Randy K on July 1, 2019 at 4:03pm

Wow! Well that's the story with most and their vintage cards. My father used to tell me about all the Mantles and Maris' he had as a kid. They were the star players so what do young kids with them? They stick them on the spokes of their bikes. But that's why they're so valuable today, kids back then wore those cards out so that there are very few today in good condition.

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Permalink Reply by James on June 30, 2019 at 7:36pm

+1

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Permalink Reply by Randy K on July 1, 2019 at 12:14pm

Oops, I mentioned earlier that mine was a 27" x 40" One-Sheet, which is wrong. As Daniel pointed out, newer one-sheets are that size, mine is 27" x 41." I've been dealing with these newer ones recently and I got that size on my brain! For nearly twenty years, I exclusively only sold vintage posters and now, for the past 5 years or so, I've started dealing in the newer ones too as I'm getting tons of requests for them so now I have one more size to deal with! What Daniel didn't mention is that there are also half-sheets, inserts, quads, grandes, bus shelters, etc... So many different poster sizes used to be issued for each movie it was outrageous!

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