This Great Game 1960s #75 Roger Maris St. Louis Cardinals

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About the Player

A short bio from the Helmar “This Great Game” card back: Scouts don’t usually find gold in the hills of North Dakota, but Roger Maris has proved to be a valuable commodity so far in his big league career. Growing up in Fargo, Roger was a standout athlete in high school, not only in baseball. Once, in a big football game against a rival school, Maris returned four kickoffs for touchdowns, a national record that still stands. Maris was lured to the University of Oklahoma by a football scholarship, but quickly realized baseball was a better occupation and left college to pursue his professional career. The Indians signed him and within three years the lefthanded pull hitter helped Indianapolis to the Junior World Series title, on his way to the majors.

About the Series

Helmar continues to delight as the This Great Game franchise roars into the 1960’s! This can only be described as a startling, groundbreaking issue. This Great Game, the 1960’s takes no prisoners—every effort has been made to leave collectors in awe. This is no overstatement. Sanjay Verma, master of the gouache miniature, returns to create more of his special brand of magic with the player portraits. The front card design has been carefully crafted to have that familiar 1960’s feel—without being a stogy derivative of graphic roads thoroughly mined. Player selection is typically Helmar in that the nearly forgotten are celebrated alongside immortals. What is possible with card backs, normally designed as after-thoughts, have been completely reimagined in a way that makes them just as important as the fronts.  The formation of the backs recognizes that the 1960’s were of time of upset, re-thinking, revolt. In art we celebrated (or endured) Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, among many others. But what did we tack up on our walls? Black light posters—gaudy, bold and scandalous. This series isn’t just imaginative—it is visionary!

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This Great Game 1960s, St. Louis Cardinals
Card #	Thumbnail Pic	Player Name	Position	Top Auction Price
73		Johnson, Alex	Standing, knees up	$ 38.00
74		Shannon, Mike	Belt up, purple building	$ 11.50
75		Maris, Roger	Belt up, purple building in back	$ 36.00
76		Carlton, Steve	Chest up, top of wind-up	$ 51.00
122		GIBSON, BOB	Fielding pose	$ 89.00
123		Maxvill, Dal	Reverse: visiting Japan	$ 14.00
124		BROCK, Lou	Twisting, looking after batted ball	$ 59.00
125		Flood, Curt	Bat on shoulder; elbow and up, blue cap	$ 50.00
126		McCarver, Tim	Chest up; orange sky, brown fence	$ 38.00

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