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Card # 53
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This Great Game 1960s
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Brooks ROBINSON (HOF)
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Looking up, emblem
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Baltimore Orioles
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 92.00
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6
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10
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4
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October 9, 2024
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About the Player
A short bio from the Helmar “This Great Game” card back: Watch Brooks Robinson play third base long enough and you’re bound to shake your head in disbelief. Many of the dazzling plays he pulls off at the hot corner seem to be optical illusions. Maybe it’s a case of imitation: Brooks grew up in Arkansas idolizing the great third baseman George Kell, another good old boy from that great state. Early in his career, Brooks fulfilled a dream by sharing a dugout with Kell, as teammates on the Orioles. Robinson is not content being just the best leatherman in the game at his position, he’s working his hands to the bone to improve his offensive game too. The sky’s the limit for “Mr. Oriole.”
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, Baltimore Orioles |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 28 |   | Etchebarren, Andy | At bat | $ 44.00 |
| 29 |   | Gentile, Jim | Reaching for throw | $ 44.00 |
| 52 |   | Powell, Boog | Batting pose, belt up | $ 59.00 |
| 53 |   | ROBINSON, Brooks | Looking up, emblem | $ 92.00 |
| 100 |   | Pappas, Milt | Pink/blue sky; uniform #32 prominent | $ 56.00 |
| 101 |   | Hendricks, Elrod | batting stance, no helmet. | $ 59.00 |
| 102 |   | Dalkowski, Steve | Leaning forward, arms folded | $ 65.00 |
| 103 |   | ROBINSON, Frank | Batting stance; batting glove, toward viewer | $ 173.00 |
| 104 |   | PALMER, JIM | Hands on hips, belt up | $ 107.00 |
| 105 |   | McNally, Dave | Leaning forward, light tower behind | $ 77.00 |
| 218 |   | APARICIO, Louis | Bunting, with helmet | $ 41.00 |
| 219 |   | Drabowski, Moe | top of wind up | $ 50.00 |
| 242 |   | Hansen, Ron | Fielding, bird on sleeve | $ 0.00 |
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