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Card # 57
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H813-4 Boston Garter-Helmar
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Jim Thorpe
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2.5' hand puzzle/game reverse
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New York Giants
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 108.51
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9
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9
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5
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January 31, 2024
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About the Player
The short bio from the Helmar-R319 card back: “Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world,” King Gustav told Jim Thorpe at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, after Jim won the pentathlon and decathlon. Jim is the grandson of the Chippewa warrior Black Hawk. Jim attended the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, where Football coach Glenn “Pop” Warner groomed him in football and other sports. Jim was selected as an All-American in football in ’11 and ’12. In ’13, Jim signed a three-year contract with the New York Giants for a princely sum of $6000 per year.
About the Series
The Helmar H813-4 Boston Garter series consists of 45 cards, and the design was inspired by one of the most beautiful baseball card sets of all time, the 1912 Boston Garters. The originals showed the sock garters; the Helmar versions instead show interesting scenes in the background or period detail such as a 1912-era telephone. Each card is large at 8.5' x 4.25' and gorgeous. Produced in 2014. In the fall of 2021 the series was extended with a round, 2.5' dexterity hand puzzle made to match each earlier card in the series. Each hand puzzle consitutes a game piece that includes three dice with outcomes detailed on the puzzle's backs. Two new players were introduced within the series extension, #47 (Lazzeri) and #81 (Cravath). Additionally, the last two puzzles feature John McGraw in multi-player illustrations. The back of #83 features a checklist.
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| H813-4 Boston Garter-Helmar, New York Giants |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 2 |   | BRESNAHAN, Roger | Portrait | $ 142.50 |
| 3 |   | MATHEWSON, Christy | Sitting | $ 350.00 |
| 37 |   | Thorpe, Jim | Portrait | $ 338.00 |
| 38 |   | MARQUARD, Rube | Portrait | $ 113.49 |
| 57 |   | Thorpe, Jim | 2.5' hand puzzle/game reverse | $ 108.51 |
| 62 |   | MARQUARD, Rube | 2.5' hand puzzle/game reverse | $ 33.52 |
| 82 |   | McGRAW, John | 2.5' hand puzzle/game reverse | $ 107.00 |
| 83 |   | McGRAW, John; MATHEWSON, Christy; McGINNITY, Joe 'Iron Man'; | 2.5' hand puzzle/game reverse | $ 134.50 |
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