Bidspirit auction | Mickey Mantle 1954 Bowman Baseball

Mickey Mantle 1954 Bowman Baseball Card, Raw - The iconic 1954 Bowman card of Mickey Mantle in his New York Yankees uniform, number 65. The card bears Mantle's authentic signature in black ink across the yellow-green name strip at the bottom. The front shows the color photograph typical of early-1950s Bowman production, with Mantle smiling in his Yankees cap against a blue sky backdrop. The reverse includes full biographical text crediting Mantle as ”the most powerful switch hitter in baseball” and references his legendary 565-foot home run at Griffith Stadium, plus his complete 1953 batting and fielding statistics. The card shows honest wear consistent with age and handling—creased at one corner and with rounded corners overall, typical of cards from this era that survived active collection rather than vault storage. A foundational piece for any serious vintage baseball card collector and essential for those pursuing complete Bowman sets or the full Mantle checklist.