The Mickey Mantle Baseball Card Collector's Guide

The Complete Collector’s Guide to All 166 Mickey Mantle Baseball Cards produced from 1951 to 1969, featuring

• Actual-size images of each card, front and back 
• 2016 book value of every card 
• Extensive auction and private sale results—current through September 2016—for both top-quality and lower grade cards
• More than 420 illustrations, all full color except for black and white items
• The story behind the cards and the series in which they appear, for both commercially-issued Topps and Bowman, and also premium and specialty cards 
• A primer on baseball card collecting, with information about the best sites and publications to kick off your participation in the lucrative hobby or to take it to the next level
• An 80-page appendix of other Mantle memorabilia, including board games, posters, coins, pins, record albums, and more



Never before has so much about Mickey Mantle cards and the collector’s market for them been assembled into one resource.  Learn which cards are the hottest sellers, what might be next to trend up, the value of error and short-run issues.  The up-to-the-minute market activity for every card will make you an instant expert.


The Mickey Mantle Baseball Card Collector’s Guide is much more than a catalog of card ratings and values. The book includes design details, historical background, and insider information about both the most renowned Mantle cards and lesser-known items even avid fans of Mantle memorabilia may not be aware of.  


Whether you are an expert collector, just taking up the hobby, a big fan of Mickey Mantle, or are nostalgic for the days of powdery pink bubble gum, this book is a great research tool, a great read, and great fun.  


William Wilen has been collecting and researching Mickey Mantle baseball cards for nearly 60 years.  His collection has been fully appraised and deemed by experts one of the most complete and valuable in the world. It includes nearly every one of the coveted Topps and Bowman trading cards, as well as many of the premium cards and memorabilia pieces in the book. Bill’s knowledge of and love for Mantle cards and the collector’s market for them is second to none.