Mickey Mantle ORIGINAL Hartland Mold (circa 1959) with FINAL SHOT!

Description: Mickey Mantle ORIGINAL Hartland Mold (circa 1959) with FINAL SHOT! OK Mantle fans. Here is a truly one-of-a-kind piece of collectible history. This is the ORIGINAL mold used by Hartland Collectibles, circa 1959 to early 1960’s, to create Mickey Mantle Hartland statues. The mold consists of two sections, each weighing approx. 200-250 lbs. Each half is approx. 21.5” wide by 18.5” tall and approx. 3” thick of steel. There is approx. ¼” layer of copper covering the face of the mold. The level of detail is amazing. This mold, along with other original Hartland baseball molds were kept in storage until July of 2001. At that time, they took the Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Hank Aaron molds, cleaned them and assembled them for one last set of castings. They cast 25 “Final Shots” of each of those three molds. Each casting was numbered accordingly. Included with this historic mold will be the FINAL (#25 of 25) cast ever made from this Mickey Mantle mold. Also, included is a Certificate of Authenticity from Hartland certifying that this is the FINAL cast from that mold. I purchased this mold directly from Hartland Collectibles in December of 2001 and have owned it for the past 21 years. When I purchased it, they had plans to cut the mold down and make an attractive desk piece out of it. That original artist rendering is also included in this auction. I opted to keep the mold intact for historical purposes. This piece truly belongs in a museum. I had worked with the Mantle family for many years trying to establish such a Mantle museum, but we were never able to make it happen. Considering the massive weight of this mold, I am estimating a shipping cost of $1,000. If the actual shipping cost turns out to be less, I will refund the excess.

Price: 19995 USD

Location: Beaumont, Texas

End Time: 2023-09-27T20:52:32.000Z

Shipping Cost: 1000 USD