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Card # 31
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Helmar This Great Game
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Position |
Team |
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Hank AARON (HOF)
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Fingering bat
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Milwaukee Braves
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
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Last Sold |
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$ 202.50
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16
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14
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7
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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: 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
This series marks a step in a new direction for Helmar. For the first time we take a serious look at baseball in the 1950's and then, perhaps, the 1960's. The game found itself changing dramatically in this post WWII era, influenced by both the larger society and technological innovation. The color barrier may have been officially broken in 1947 but the acceptance of black players by the big league clubs came slowly, if surely. Reliable and inexpensive air transportation paved the way for geographic expansion. The game, which had been centered in the East and Midwest, found new opportunities along the West Coast.
The very center of the baseball world through the decade was New York City. New York teams competed in every World Series through the decade except for 1959. In many of those years both teams competing were from the city. Interestingly, New York also became the center of the art world at the same time. Migration after WWII brought many creatives to the Big Apple and movements such as abstract, modernism, surrealism and avant-garde.
Studying the era has inspired Helmar to use bold, often surreal colors in this series. We hope that you will join us as we explore this era of change.
Card size: 3" x 4"
Individually Numbered 1-20
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