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Card # 49
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This Great Game 1960s
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Hank AARON (HOF)
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Glove at waist
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Atlanta Braves
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 179.00
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3
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18
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6
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January 31, 2024
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About the Player
A short bio from the Helmar “This Great Game” card back: When the Braves signed young Henry out of the negro leagues, they toyed with the notion of making him a switch-hitter. One day while batting lefty, Aaron let the bat slip from his hands and nearly clocked Joe Adcock in the skull. That ended the experiment. Aaron needn’t hit from the other side, he’s a dangerous man from the right side of the plate. According to one NL hurler, throwing a fastball past Aaron is like “trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.”
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, Atlanta Braves |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 27 |   | NIEKRO, Phil | Set position | $ 29.00 |
| 49 |   | AARON, Hank | Glove at waist | $ 179.00 |
| 50 |   | Alou, Felipe | One hand showing | $ 53.00 |
| 51 |   | MATHEWS, Eddie | Gripping two hands on bat | $ 56.00 |
| 97 |   | Woodward, Woody | Batting helmet, bat cocked | $ 26.00 |
| 98 |   | Upshaw, Cecil | Set postion, fence behind | $ 26.00 |
| 99 |   | TORRE, Joe | Side view of batting stance | $ 26.00 |
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