1955 Bowman Mickey Mantle #202

Centering isn’t great but the auto boosts the eye appeal and general rarity factor back into the low A range for me.

Thoughtful of Mick to sign this is one in just the right spot. Double bonus for leaving space for his face. Borders are strong for a notoriously tough card. Has to be one of the finer signed examples out there.

One of the better looking signed 55B Micks. I know all the ones that have surfaced over the years and this card is a real pain in the $^% to find signed with any eye appeal. The real estate leaves few "stages" for the signature to shine on. Centering is the main flaw for me.

The main issues are the L/R centering and surface damage near the top border. Image and auto are nice.

It is an Auto Mantle Card so it is in desirable. Usually the card and the autograph should compliment and enhance each other. Sadly this is not the case for this card. Overall it is ok but limited by each other. The condition of the card from chips and nicks on the edge/borders, to it being off centered, to the damage above the auto to the surface makes the card by itself unappealling. The autograph is not ideally placed and it is light and not as clean and legible as I would like to see on it. To have the autograph card is special so enjoy it but for me this would be only a place holder if i could not wait to have one