THE Hank Aaron Thread

[71buc]

Cool story Aaron. My son's name is Aaron middle name Clemente. Thought I was raising a ball player. He apparently had other ideas and became a lawyer. Meh..what the heck...I love him any way.

[aldridgemj214]

Let’s try to resurrect this thread and share some Henry Aaron cards. Love this image. Sure there’s toning and it’s oversized (I prefer oversized issues), but it’s a great image from the WS and MVP season. Share whatever you want for Henry. I’ll try to post some of my favorites regularly to keep this thread closer to the top.

[bk400]

I posted this on another thread a few months ago, but will contribute it here as well. One of the cards I was looking to find for a very long time...It depicts Hank Aaron and Sadaharu Oh in Japan in November 1974, before an exhibition home run contest between the two men.

[aldridgemj214]

Wow. Thank you for sharing. Aaron and Oh share at least a couple of cards that I’m aware of. I don’t own either yet, but the hunt is part of the fun. I’ll share another one that I didn’t see in the thread yet, the 1955 Spic and Span Die-Cut.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by aldridgemj214

Wow. Thank you for sharing. Aaron and Oh share at least a couple of cards that I’m aware of. I don’t own either yet, but the hunt is part of the fun. I’ll share another one that I didn’t see in the thread yet, the 1955 Spic and Span Die-Cut.

That is pretty cool. I haven't seen that one before.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by bk400

I posted this on another thread a few months ago, but will contribute it here as well. One of the cards I was looking to find for a very long time...It depicts Hank Aaron and Sadaharu Oh in Japan in November 1974, before an exhibition home run contest between the two men.

That is a TOUGH card! Will share my most unique item, which is a snapshot taken in 1954 of a young Henry Aaron on his way to work.

If you’ve visited the Aaron exhibit at the Atlanta History Center, an enlargement greets you as you enter the section on Aaron’s Milwaukee Braves years.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

That is a TOUGH card! Will share my most unique item, which is a snapshot taken in 1954 of a young Henry Aaron on his way to work.

If you’ve visited the Aaron exhibit at the Atlanta History Center, an enlargement greets you as you enter the section on Aaron’s Milwaukee Braves years.

This has GOT to be one of the earliest photos of Aaron, no? Beautiful photo.

I saw a couple of Type 1s get auctioned off recently -- those were from 1952 or so, when he was getting on a train to go to a minor league team (Indianapolis Clowns?). I even put in a couple of bids -- which ended up like 5-10x below the hammer price, or something embarrassing like that.

[aldridgemj214]

Originally Posted by bk400

This has GOT to be one of the earliest photos of Aaron, no? Beautiful photo.

I saw a couple of Type 1s get auctioned off recently -- those were from 1952 or so, when he was getting on a train to go to a minor league team (Indianapolis Clowns?). I even put in a couple of bids -- which ended up like 5-10x below the hammer price, or something embarrassing like that.

That photo is great. Thanks for sharing. That Hake’s auction had some great items up for sale. I came up empty as well.

[Balticfox]

So which Hank Aaron card would you Aaron fans regard as the prettiest?

[aldridgemj214]

Prettiest? 1959 Bazookas for my money. One I don’t have that I think is right up there is the Bill & Bob postcard. Here are my Bazookas.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by aldridgemj214

Prettiest? 1959 Bazookas for my money.... Here are my Bazookas.

That's a good looking one alright!

But is there a reason why the top card wasn't given a number by PSA or is that kind of thing just a random vagary on PSA's part?

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

So which Hank Aaron card would you Aaron fans regard as the prettiest?

Of his mainstream cards, I am partial to the 1963 Topps. Will invite someone who actually owns one of those to post a photo...

[aldridgemj214]

Originally Posted by bk400

Of his mainstream cards, I am partial to the 1963 Topps. Will invite someone who actually owns one of those to post a photo...

Here you go. Started off buying our Aaron run in CSG/CGC. 1963 is a great card.

[mikemb]

Many years ago, a friend of mine was General Manager of a minor league team, the Virginia Generals. (A gold star if you have heard of them). Hank Aaron was there for a promotion and my friend got me this signed ball.

Mike

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[andypcl]

Hi Matt,

Glad I was able to post it. Cool thing about this one is that it's addressed to my dad as a 15 year-old in 1956. He has them all except Keely.

-Andy

[JollyElm]

These are two of my faves, because the qualifiers are mere technicalities...

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For the longest time, the 1973 card always bugged me due to this monster of a player being shown merely standing there in the blinding sun under an easy pop fly, but as time went on
(and when looked at along with other cards from the '73 set, like Rose, Stargell, Puente, Bench, Scott, and on and on) I've gotten a much fuller appreciation for it.

It's another photo that brings the viewer right into a game, reflecting a standard occurrence on the field. Since there were already plenty of Aaron portrait cards put out across his career, this one took a new direction.
Plus, he's oddly playing first base (with a first baseman's glove), which was strange in and of itself.

Now I say one and a half thumbs up!!

[aldridgemj214]

Originally Posted by andypcl

Hi Matt,

Glad I was able to post it. Cool thing about this one is that it's addressed to my dad as a 15 year-old in 1956. He has them all except Keely.

-Andy

That is incredible. I like picking up postcards with writing but never had any with a family connection like that. Those are priceless.