My Hank Aaron run
 

I've been collecting Aaron cards since the 1980's. A few years ago I started getting them graded. I've used both PSA and SGC, so I can't really do a registry set, but that's okay since most are low to mid grade. I've always been more interested in getting an example of the card rather than getting the best example. I've also included the checklists which have Aaron's basic card on them, and some related Braves logo, etc. cards. My son is going to inherit the cards, so I've started scanning them in for a list what I have. I thought the scans would also make a good thread. So here they are, loosely arranged by year.

1955
 

1955 Hank Aaron cards

1956
 

Some cards from 1956

1957
 

Some from 1957. The Bill and Bob postcard is multi-year, but it fit in here. This will be all for today. I'll post some more next week.

Aaron
 

Great cards Robert. Here are a couple more odd ball Hanks

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Beautiful collection. This may be a stupid question, but why the two rookies? Is one a variation? I have a number of duplicates in my collection but always curious as to how others approach a player collection.

Nice collection!

I think Swift Meats really shouldn't have been the company to do those put togethers.

Aaron
 

That is one nice collection of Aaron cards. For some reason I'm drawn to the odd-ball type of cards like the Spic and Span, Johnston Cookies, and the Bill and Bob postcard (never seen this one before...).

Thanks so much for sharing Robert!

I purchased both of them a long time ago and I don't have a lot of money tied up in either one. I never could decide which one to get rid of - one has a higher grade, but the other one looks better. So I just decided to keep them both.

1958
 

Got finished early, so I decided to finish out the 50's. I know that there is a problem with the Hires with tab - the tab separated and slipped under the card after the card was graded.

Great Aarons Robert. I am a fellow Aaron collector and my cards are in similar condition to yours. I have completed the Topps regular issue run, including multi player/leader/all-star cards. I don't have many of the regional or oddball items that you have so I am definitely envious of these pieces. I really like the 1955 Doubleheader. That and the 1964 Topps Stand up are my next goals. Congrats on your great collection!


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Nice collection. If you decide to keep only one I would definitely keep the 2.5. Much better eye appeal.

1959
 

Sorry about the scans of the Armour coins. My scanner does not like PSA's coin slab. Also, the first Fencebusters card is a white back.

Sweet collection of Hank! Thanks for sharing.

1960
 

A few more from '60. The Braves logo tattoo is not really an Aaron, but I thought it looked pretty good and still fits in.

1961
 

The 1961 Post Cereal graded A is the hand cut from box version. The 1961 Post Cereal graded 20 FAIR is the perforated, factory sheet version.

Very nice. Keep on posting them.

Thanks for the reply. I don't blame you at all as they are both beautiful cards!

Nice collection! I especially like your Home Run Derby card - it sure looks much nicer than "Poor."

1962
 

Quite a few from 1962. The SGC Post Canadian is the perforated one; the PSA one is the hand cut from box version. I added back scans of the Exhibits - I don't know why SGC wouldn't add "black stat back" to the label. The first Salada coin is the 180 back version. The second one is the 200 back version.

1963
 

Some from 1963. The SGC Peel-off is the instruction back version. The Exhibit is the red stat back version.

1964
 

I have a few Topps Venezuelan in 1964. Also, an interesting card is the unperforated Stand-up. There are no factory perforations on the card.

1965
 

A few from 1965

1966
 

A few variations in 1966. One checklist has "R. Sox Rookies", the other has "Red Sox Rookies". One team card has a dot between Place and National, the other does not.

1967
 

#214 on the second checklist is "Dick Kelley"

Especially with the Johnston rookie card originating in Milwaukee and being far tougher than the '54 Topps!

Great cards,

Larry

1968
 

1968 was a good year for cards, although somewhat expensive. There were four Topps versions. There were also two versions of each checklist (although I'm not sure about the Venezuelan). I just got back four other checklists back from PSA (not scanned), but they were all MISLABELED. Looks like someone's quality control was a little off. I am waiting for a response back from PSA. There is also my only BVG graded card - a checklist proof from Topps Archives. The last scan is of the backs of the four regular 1968 Aaron's - OPC, Topps, Milton Bradley, and Venezuelan.

1969
 

More variations in 1969. There is another version of the 1969 Photostamp with a different back that I don't have. The difference on the checklists is in the cropping of the player; the one on the right shows a small part of his collar, the one on the left does not. There are also two versions of the Nabisco Team Flakes and two sizes of the Kahn's.

1970
 

Cards from 1970

1971
 

A few hand cut cards and some more checklist variations.

Super cool. I love the 1962 postcard with his brother. Great color.

This collection really shows how non-mainstream cards liven up a collection. I'd say my favorites of the whole run are the spic and spans, Johnston cookies, home run derby, Atlantic/transograms, and nabisco

Funny how this aspect, originating in Milwaukee, didn't dawn on me until you mentioned it. Shows you how sharp I am. Definitely adds a cool dynamic to the card.

BTW, great collection! Thanks for sharing.

1972
 

Cards from 1972

1973
 

A few 1973 cards.

1974
 

Now, for 1974. There are a lot of cards from this year, almost like something really historic happened. I'm going to split the scans up between two posts.

1974 continued
 

One of my favorite postcard sets and some tallboy size cards.

What a tremendous collection! My favorite is the 64 Topps Venezuelan 63 HR Leaders. 4 HOFers on any vintage card is awesome, but when it's a Venie? Unreal!!

The Daily News is a tough one. Keep them coming love the thread

Love the 1974 OPC Aaron specials... Never seen those before. Didn't see the 1973 Topps pin up... Do you need that one ? The 1973 comic is awesome !

Absolutely awesome! Great collection and thank you for sharing, was great to look through!

Thanks. Here is a picture of the '70 Dayton Daily News before grading and an even tougher circa 1980 Dayton Daily News. Neither SGC or PSA will grade the 1980 one, though.

There is a story behind the '73 Pin up. Years ago, I bought the comic from a seller that had both the pin up and comic for sale. I knew my then wife (now ex-wife) would be less than thrilled if I bought both, so I just bought the comic and figured I would pick up the pin up later. I haven't seen one in a price range I wanted since then ( a sad FYI: at the time, both were less than $200). I am still looking for a low to mid grade one.

RobertC,
As another Aaron collector (with my father), I really question the 1980 date on your second Dayton Daily News. I await some "better proof", like to see the card in the actual newspaper or something. Let me explain:

1. I realize that this was printed as a commemorative card, with "one card every 100 years", but why not have Aaron's FINAL STATS listed (not even his 755HRs) listed in 1980 when his career ended in 1976?
2. If you look at the stats, these correspond to the end of the 1975 season, and at that time Aaron contemplated retirement, so MAYBE the card was produced at the end of that season to commemorate his legacy (as he had still broken the HR record, and over 3700 hits).
3. I have seen 1980 listed by several people as the print year of this DDN, but after 5 different inquiries to those experts, not one has been able to give me a DATE or even a MONTH when this was printed in 1980. I have scoured several months of the DDN in both early 1980 and late 1975/early 1976 with no luck.

Would love to hear from you on your thoughts or knowledge on the card
Thanks
Dave

Scan Request
 

RobertC,
It is always nice to see cards that I am still searching for (like the 1968 Plaks and the 1973 Comics, as well as Al's beautiful Aaron standup), but quite a surprise after collecting Aaron for over 10 years to see a variation that I did not know existed.

The 1962 Salada coin Aaron with the 180 player back I have never seen. I quickly looked on eBay and saw several other players (low # coins) with the 180-player back variation. Is your Aaron back to same as those (displaying a completely different pattern), or is the variation only a change in the # itself?
Thanks
Dave

Dave,

The only evidence(?) I have for the date is that I purchased it in a lot of cards and it was in an envelope marked "1980". I agree that there is no evidence to the date. I read somewhere that it could have been printed on the 100'th anniversary of the Dayton Daily News, and that another player's card was printed on the next day to commemorate their next 100 years, but I never followed it up. I like the card and should have done more research, but I never got around to it. I really would like to get the full story on it.

1967 Topps Disc
 

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Thanks for imparting both your knowledge and that 67 Topps disc. Another "killer" item from your amazing collection.
Dave

RobertC,
Same story here. Will keep looking for conformation some where
Dave

1975
 

In 1975 we have Topps, OPC, and Topps Mini versions. Although Aaron was traded to the Brewers on November 2, 1974, he still appears in the 1975 Braves team card (back row, second from right).

Thanks Al. I don't have a '67 Disc, and your punchout is in way better shape than mine.

Aaron
 

I have just done his Topps and Bowman stuff, not your breadth. I do not collect him per se except as part of sets. I have a handful of the 68 Discs, but no Aaron. Maybe Larry S has one.

Your have a great run of stuff. You could have done a year of Hank, like the year of Brock thread :)

Really cool to see all this. I collect Aaron as well but never strayed too far beyond the Topps regular issues.

Am curious if you collect his bobbleheads or any other non-card stuff. A favorite I just got is the Braves unissued certificate for Aaron tying the HR record.

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I've got a lot of Aaron stuff, too. You'd be surprised how much you can accumulate if you just stick to one player only. I didn't realize how much I had until I redecorated my home office - until then it was all kept in plastic tubs in storage. Please ignore Yoda and Donald Duck.

OMG!! Just amazing! Thanks for posting this other stuff. Happy to see you have the Eau Claire Bears bobble. That one was one of my tougher finds. And do I see you avoided the SAM 500 HR bobble? Part of me thinks I need it to complete my set, but part of me thinks it looks so unlike Hank that it would ruin my display.

Ah never mind on the SAM...there he is poking out from behind! :-)

1976
 

Not as many regular size cards in '76, but a lot of tallboy sized ones. I just showed the front of the MSA blank back; I showed the backs of the rest. All of the fronts are the same except for the Crane Potato Chips one. Also, I do have a regular Crane disc, but it is back at PSA getting a new label (it was incorrectly labeled when I first got it back). I probably have 10+ more Carousel Snack Bars discs, but I just picked out one for grading.

I hid him in the back. I did see a Catman Aaron bobblehead on ebay that I liked, but it was priced higher than I wanted to spend.

Do you also go for his magazine covers? Two of my favorites are here...http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10...26e9968d9c.jpg

Yeah, I stay away from the Catmans, however cute, for three reasons.

1. expensive
2. unlicensed
3. heard they break easily in the mail

I never got into covers much, but i do have a lot of wire photos in storage. I tried to keep up with all the modern Topps cards, but after Topps started putting out new cards, color variations, new game used cards, and multiple limited cards(1 of 100, 1 of 10, 1 of 5, etc.), I just gave up on the modern stuff.

1977 +
 

A few of the post 1976 cards that I like. On the 1977 Brewers Team card, Aaron is top row, fifth from left.

missed cards
 

Here are two oversized cards I missed and some raw cards that I am waiting on a PSA or SGC sale to get graded. Raw cards, left to right, are: 1962-65 Jay Publishing Type 2 - Batting/Close up; 1958 Jay Publishing Type 1 - Batting; 1964 Hasbro Challenge the Yankees, 1965 Hasbro Challenge the Yankees; 1967 Dexter Press; 1972 Topps Cloth Sticker; 1960 MacGregor Staff; 1967 Topps Pin Up, 1967 OPC Pinup; and 1974 Topps Puzzle (one of my favorite poses).

Always liked the Diamond Jubilee cards. Can't wait to add the Yaz. And those photos of your office decorations are incredible!

Sorry I missed this earlier, but I had five grandkids over getting dressed up for Halloween and it was crazy. The backs are two different patterns. This is a bigger scan of the backs. Wish it was clearer, but my scanner does not like PSA's coin slab. The one on the right is the 180 version. I got lucky on this one. When I found out about the two variations, I checked and I already had the 180 back. Finding a 200 back was easy.

What a great collection Robert I read the comment about the pin up and comic You made the right choose buying the comic over the pin up. Scott

Room
 

I really enjoy viewing all of the cards you have posted; some great stuff. To me, even better than the cards, are all of the items you have displayed in your office/room. Really like the way you have your items displayed. Is that a lawyer/barrister bookcase? If so, would love to see a pic of the whole bookcase. I'd like to do something similar in my room which is currently in disarray, but it's a work in progress.

On the card front, do you also collect proof items of Hank cards? If so, would love to see.

I really like the publications that Jason posted; the Jet, w/the b&w Aaron is way cool. If you don't collect issues with Hank on the cover I'd recommend doing so. Personally it's fun trying to track down all of the unique publications with your player on the cover. I went a little overboard on this front and started purchasing publications w/articles of my favorite player...I wouldn't suggest being like me (even though most of the articles are a really good read!).

There are 2 different Red Barn backs. One with address on back and one without.

Mark,

The items are in some barrister bookcases that I got after they were pulled out of a very old courthouse. I have six of them in various types of wood. They were in different offices, but were all made to stack up with pins and slots on the tops and bottoms. The glass in them is really hard to photograph through, so I took pictures of each case separately, with the glass fronts open.

I have a few proof cards that I posted above. I don't actively look for them, but I do buy one every now and then if the price is right.

I never could get into magazine covers. A few years ago I bought a lot of Aaron wire photos, but stopped when I realized that they, like magazines, are hard to display. Its bad enough having the cards locked up in secure storage - that was the main reason for scanning the cards.

Thanks - another card to look for. Actually, after I decided to get the checklists with Aaron's basic cards on them, I discovered that it's fun to try and track down all the variations of certain cards.

Absolutely amazing Aaron collection. I really like how there is a mixture of PSA/SGC slabs in every grade imaginable. Signs of a true collector. Thank you for sharing!!!

This is my only Aaron a SGC graded 58 Blue Front with bright yellow in the logo. It is a only know variation and just as altered as all the other blue front 58 Aaron cards. I like the looks of the blue much better than the green background.

@RobertC - If you haven't seen them before, Pennzoni cases are great for displaying card runs. My case was made for 50 raw cards, but I think they also have styles for slabbed.
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Agree that the SGC 2.5 looks MUCH better than the SGC 3.

Great collection ! I'm an Aaron collector too and thoroughly enjoyed viewing your cards. Thanks for sharing !

Here are the 2 Red Barn backs. Note the absence of the Kenosha Wisc address in the one on the right.

Also, I see the Crane Potato Chips disc is square. What is that?

Thanks for the scan of the Red Barns. The Crane disc is a square proof. I sent a Crane regular disc and the square proof into PSA for grading; both came back with a "square proof" label. I actually got six cards back that were labeled totally wrong. They are back at PSA getting relabeled.

Incredible collection man!!! How do you decide which company to send out each card to???

Truthfully, whichever is having the best sale that month. My son knows that he is going to inherit them, but he doesn't have a lot of interest in them yet. I'm mainly getting them slabbed for him; if he does decide to sell them in the future, at least he will know what they are and a rough idea of value.

a few more Aaron pickups from Nov. & Dec.
 

I hadn't gotten around to posting these yet. I am really happy with the Mattel record - PSA doesn't grade them anymore. I hope to eventually find a graded single side version. I am also getting a few of the different print runs of the sportscaster cards - got a few more to get graded.

some slabbed autographs
 

I just purchased the cut. I bought the others years ago and finally sent them in to PSA/DNA.

I picked up a 1968 Kahn's complete set in which all of them have the complete panel wrapping. Here are the two Hank Aaron's. I'll probably sell all of the non-Cincinnati Reds panels at some point.


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Awesome collection! Well done!