A high grade Hank Aaron rookie card exploded on eBay Monday night.
Most would have laughed if you'd told them in 1954 that a skinny kid from Mobile, AL would break Babe Ruth's home run record.
He was making his first appearance on a Topps baseball card--just a talented young player who made a minor splash playing for the Eau Claire Bears and earned a call up to the other side of Wisconsin. But Hank Aaron turned Milwaukee upside down, then chased the Babe and cemented his Hall credentials when the club moved to Atlanta.
Monday night, evidence of Aaron's enduring popularity--and the incredible thirst for high grade vintage rookie cards-- surfaced again. A 1954 Topps Aaron rookie card graded SGC 96 (mint),
The card generated 39 bids before the auction closed about 11 PM eastern time.
The price for an SGC mint card does appear to be a record-setter. The highest price recorded in the last three years for an SGC graded mint Aaron RC had been $20,805 (Mile High February 2008 auction).
However, a PSA 9 (mint) Aaron rookie sold for $28,969 in an August 2006 Mastro Auctions sale.
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 1974 TOPPS BASEBALL 2 HANK AARON SPECIAL 1954 57 PSA 7 NM $3.25 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 10h 59m |
 1954 topps 128 HANK AARON psa 45 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 763 no creases nice gloss $865.00 Time Remaining: 13h 30m |
 1954 Topps HANK AARON Rookie Braves HOF 128 RC PSA 15 $429.99 Time Remaining: 1d 6h 44m Buy It Now for only: $429.99 |
 1954 Topps Baseball Hank Henry Aaron Rookie Card PSA 4 $699.99 Time Remaining: 1d 12h 20m |
 2000 Topps Chrome Refractor 1 1954 Reprint Hank Aaron Braves PSA 9 MINT $3.90 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 15h 55m |
 1954 Topps Hank Aaron Signed Rookie Card Early 50s Vintage Auto Braves RC PSA $2,995.00 Time Remaining: 2d 4h 13m Buy It Now for only: $2,995.00 |
 1954 Topps Baseball Hank Henry Aaron Rookie Card PSA 3 $549.99 Time Remaining: 2d 6h 10m |
 1954 Topps Henry Hank Aaron RC 128 PSA 6 EX MT $1,050.00 (21 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 13h 54m |
 1954 TOPPS HENRY HANK AARON ROOKIE PSA 3 VG 128 $535.00 Time Remaining: 2d 14h 35m |
