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Card # 16
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Helmar This Great Game
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Ken Boyer
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Batting stance
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St. Louis Cardinals
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 53.89
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12
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6
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4
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September 13, 2022
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About the Player
A short bio from the Helmar “This Great Game” card back: You had to grab the food quick at the dinner table in the Boyer household: Ken is one of 14 children, the third oldest son. All seven of the Boyer boys played professional baseball, Ken and younger brother Clete are both third baseman. They became the first brothers to homer in the same World Series in Game Seven in 1964. Ken’s first major league hit was a home run at Wrigley Field against the arch-rival Cubs and he’s been nagging that team ever since.
About the Series
This series marks a step in a new direction for Helmar. For the first time we take a serious look at baseball in the 1950's and then, perhaps, the 1960's. The game found itself changing dramatically in this post WWII era, influenced by both the larger society and technological innovation. The color barrier may have been officially broken in 1947 but the acceptance of black players by the big league clubs came slowly, if surely. Reliable and inexpensive air transportation paved the way for geographic expansion. The game, which had been centered in the East and Midwest, found new opportunities along the West Coast.
The very center of the baseball world through the decade was New York City. New York teams competed in every World Series through the decade except for 1959. In many of those years both teams competing were from the city. Interestingly, New York also became the center of the art world at the same time. Migration after WWII brought many creatives to the Big Apple and movements such as abstract, modernism, surrealism and avant-garde.
Studying the era has inspired Helmar to use bold, often surreal colors in this series. We hope that you will join us as we explore this era of change.
Card size: 3' x 4'
Individually Numbered 1-20
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| Helmar This Great Game, St. Louis Cardinals |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 16 |   | Boyer, Ken | Batting stance | $ 53.89 |
| 24 |   | SCHOENDIST, Red | Portrait | $ 41.00 |
| 25 |   | SLAUGHTER, Enos | Hand on hip | $ 63.00 |
| 39 |   | Cooper, Walker | In crouch | $ 52.00 |
| 50 |   | MUSIAL, Stan | hand on hip | $ 105.50 |
| 69 |   | Garagiola, Joe | Gear; about to throw | $ 112.00 |
| 110 |   | Brecheen, Harry | knee up, wind-up | $ 79.50 |
| 113 |   | Haddix, Harvey | arms up | $ 86.55 |
| 114 |   | Moon, Wally | cocked bat | $ 76.55 |
| 128 |   | Rice, Del | Portrait | $ 67.00 |
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