My Hank Aaron run

[RobertC]

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.

[RobertC]

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

[DBesse27]

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!!

[David W]

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

[quitcrab]

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 !

[VintageBucs]

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

[RobertC]

Originally Posted by quitcrab

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 !

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.

[Harford20]

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

[RobertC]

Originally Posted by David W

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

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.