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Card # 19
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This Great Game 1960s
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Mickey MANTLE (HOF)
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Side posed batting stance. Smiling
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New York Yankees
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 236.00
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3
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14
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7
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January 17, 2024
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About the Player
A short bio from the Helmar “This Great Game” card back: The first time Mutt Mantle saw his son play a major league game was also the first time he ventured north of the Mason-Dixon Line. The elder Mantle was proud of Mick, whom he named after Mickey Cochrane, the legendary catcher who helped the A’s and Tigers to several pennants in the 1930s. Mutt and his dad took turns throwing to young Mickey, one from the left side, the other from the right, helping the young ballplayer develop into a fantastic switch-hitter. If Mickey fails to break all the switch-hitting records, it’ll only be because managers order their pitchers to let him trot to first base after four wide ones.
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, New York Yankees |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 19 |   | MANTLE, Mickey | Side posed batting stance. Smiling | $ 236.00 |
| 20 |   | Pepitone, Joe | Posed batting stance, belt up. | $ 50.00 |
| 92 |   | Murcer, Bobby | Batting pose, pink sky | $ 50.00 |
| 93 |   | Bouton, Jim | Mouth open | $ 50.00 |
| 94 |   | FORD, Whitey | Ball at knee | $ 36.00 |
| 95 |   | Richardson, Bobby | hands on knees | $ 35.00 |
| 96 |   | BERRA, Yogi | ful figure batting stance | $ 92.00 |
| 116 |   | Maris, Roger | Side view, batting stance, belt up. | $ 77.00 |
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