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Card # 239
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This Great Game 1960s
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Harmon KILLEBREW (HOF)
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Close, leaning, bat
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Minnesota Twins
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 38.00
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2
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5
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3
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August 18, 2024
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About the Player
A short bio from the Helmar “This Great Game” card back: Strength is associated with football and other sports like boxing, but it’s an asset in baseball too. No one is stronger than the young power hitter in D.C., Harmon Killebrew, a bonus baby being groomed as the next super slugger. Some batters leave their own mark on their home runs, and Killer is one of them. His four-base hits soar high and deep, like a rainbow with a pot of runs at the end. The humble, husky kid from Idaho must have eaten his share of potatoes: he has shoulders as broad as the Potomac.
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, Minnesota Twins |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 45 |   | KAAT, Jim | Arms above head | $ 47.00 |
| 165 |   | Battey, Earl | Head turned to his right; chest protector | $ 14.00 |
| 205 |   | Allison, Bobby | Posed stance, cropped, looking to distance. | $ 50.00 |
| 206 |   | Versailles, Zoilo | Bunting, close up | $ 47.00 |
| 237 |   | Boswell, Dave | looking to his left | $ 10.00 |
| 238 |   | CAREW, Rod | Batting, smiling | $ 47.00 |
| 239 |   | KILLEBREW, Harmon | Close, leaning, bat | $ 38.00 |
| 240 |   | Nettles, Graig | Batting, close | $ 53.00 |
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