Sunday, April 27, 2014

Strive For '65: Hammerin' Hank In DA House!

Once again I scored a homer, well at least some extra bases, on a high profile player for my Strive For '65 set build. I can now add "Hammerin" Hank Aaron (still the true Home Run King to many a fan) to my list of super players from '65 that I got for much less than expected or what some would say is average. Past "steals toward the set" include Yogi Berra and Harmon "Killer" Killebrew. There are still a few other big names out there that I hope to get for much less such as Mickey Mantle and fellow Yankee Roger Maris.

Hank here I got from Ebay for a bit more than Yogi and Harmon combined before the shipping (after shipping the duo is a little more). Like a few other must haves for this set I sniped this one. I bid my highest of $20 ($20.75?) with 8 minutes to go, and won it for $17 w/ the Free Shipping. It was fortunate that I did aim for a bit higher because at first I was only going to go as high as $15 since within a day to go it had 6 bids at about $6.50. This roll of the dice came up lucky for me not all rolls are that nice. I could have easily spent over $20 for Mr. Aaron's '65 card. In fact I was watching one or two in pretty decent condition at $25 BIN.

1965 Topps Baseball 170 Hank Aaron Braves
(Front and Back)

This brings the total up to 163/599 and gives page 19 two cards out of nine. Oh I also got some Unmarked Checklists 2nd - 5th Series cards 104, 189,  273, 361 for $11.45 Free Shipping. I already had 3 of them but a couple of them were marked. So the total is now 164/599.

9 comments:

  1. Great card.. congrats on the good deal!

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  2. Very nice! I couldn't help but look at those awesome Aaron stats. One thing that stood out was his HR drop off in 1964. Only 24, down from 44 in 1963 albeit playing in 16 less games. I wonder if there was a particular reason why.

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  3. Do you already have Pete Rose? I have one in EXcellent condition (off center and a dinged corner).

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    1. John,
      No I do not have Rose yet. He will be a great addition as I'm sure he is one of the more expensive/sought after players.

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  4. pretty nice blog, following :)

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  5. That Aaron is something else! Very cool!

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  6. Hammerin Hank, nothing wrong there!!

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