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Card # 146
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This Great Game 1960s
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Al KALINE (HOF)
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Belt up, batting follow through
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Detroit Tigers
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 86.00
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3
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11
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6
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July 24, 2024
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About the Player
A short bio from the Helmar “This Great Game” card back: 18-year old Mr. Kaline was wearing his prom suit at his parents’ kitchen table when he put his name on his first contract with the Detroit Tigers. Two years later, Al was a batting champion, the youngest in major league history. The winter before capturing the batting crown, Kaline heeded the advice of Ted Williams and squeezed a rubber ball to strengthen his wrists. Teddy Ballgame picks Al as “the most complete righthanded batter in the league,” and if anyone knows, it’s Williams.
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! 2.7" x 4.75", thick stock.
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| This Great Game 1960s, Detroit Tigers |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 22 |   | Brown, Gates | Knees up, looking at viewer | $ 44.00 |
| 23 |   | Brown, Gates | Belt up; looking away | $ 65.00 |
| 39 |   | Northrup, Jim | Leaning on knee | $ 57.50 |
| 40 |   | Wilson, Earl | Glove at belt | $ 71.00 |
| 69 |   | Horton, Willie | Cap tipped up; chest up | $ 41.00 |
| 70 |   | Lolich, Mickey | Arms crossed | $ 56.00 |
| 144 |   | McClain, Denny | Glasses, looking over shoulder | $ 59.00 |
| 145 |   | Freehan, Bill | Batting helmet, taped wrist, flags | $ 53.00 |
| 146 |   | KALINE, Al | Belt up, batting follow through | $ 86.00 |
| 147 |   | Lolich, Mickey | Close up, glove at chest | $ 77.00 |
| 148 |   | Cash, Norm | Head and shoulders | $ 80.00 |
| 149 |   | Face, Roy | Walking from mound | $ 41.00 |
| 150 |   | Price, Jim | Batting cap, stance, chest up | $ 50.00 |
| 151 |   | Wert, Don | Fielding grounder | $ 35.00 |
| 152 |   | Tracewski, Dick | Knees up, batting | $ 50.00 |
| 153 |   | Stanley, Mickey | Patch on sleeve, batting pose | $ 50.00 |
| 154 |   | Matchick, Tom | Batting stance | $ 44.00 |
| 155 |   | Freehan, Bill; Lolich, Mickey; | Talking together on mound | $ 53.00 |
| 177 |   | Mossi, Don | End of posed throw | $ 20.00 |
| 195 |   | Patterson, Daryl | Side view of set positon | $ 53.00 |
| 196 |   | Lary, Frank | Facing viewer, ball up in hand | $ 53.00 |
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