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Originally Posted by Vegas Cards
Still thinking about Hank. Love the smile.
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My collecting days in my youth were short. And, some 40 plus years later, I only have distinct memories of two cards that I absolutely know I owned. One is this Aaron Home Run King card and the other is, oddly enough, the 1974 Traded Fernando Gonzalez. If I had to chose one card to be buried with me it would be that Home Run King card.
I have been reading Howard Bryant's wonderful biography of Henry Aaron "The Last Hero" and I resolved to one day own a signed version of that card.
My favorite signed card, ironically enough given the tacit rivalry with Aaron is this:
