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Card # 88
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This Great Game 1960s
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Jim BUNNING
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Hands on hips
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Philadelphia Phillies
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 53.00
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4
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4
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3
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July 3, 2024
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About the Player
A short bio from the Helmar “This Great Game” card back: The tall, thin righthander from Kentucky has one of the best records in All-Star Game competition, allowing just four hits and two runs in twelve innings against the best hitters in the other league. Bunning grew up rooting for the Cincinnati Reds, and his favorite players were pitchers Paul Derringer and Bucky Walters. One of the best strikeout pitchers in the league, Bunning utilizes a sidearm delivery and throws know fewer than five different pitches from several angles.
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, Philadelphia Phillies |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 86 |   | Callison, Johnny | Two bats on shoulder | $ 22.00 |
| 87 |   | Taylor, Tony | Bat on shoulder, purple buildings | $ 16.00 |
| 88 |   | BUNNING, Jim | Hands on hips | $ 53.00 |
| 89 |   | JENKINS, Fergie | Kneeling | $ 35.00 |
| 90 |   | BUNNING, Jim | Glove, hand at chest | $ 18.00 |
| 121 |   | Allen, Dick | Clear glasses, bat off shoulder | $ 45.44 |
| 190 |   | Mauch, Gene | Hitting grounder | $ 9.99 |
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