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Card # 439
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T206-Helmar
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Mickey COCHRANE
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Hand on hip, foot on step
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Detroit Tigers
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 31.55
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21
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4
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3
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January 31, 2024
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About the Player
A short bio from the Helmar-R319 card back: This hard-driving backstop knows how to push his team to be their very best. With the Philadelphia Athletics he prodded them to three appearances in the World Series. Excellent fielder with a bullet throw to second base. Eight of nine seasons with Philly he batted .290 or better, his high mark being .357 in 1930. Won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1928, largely due to his intense play rather than his batting statistics that year. Started playing in 1923 with the Dover, Delaware, Senators. Batted .322 for them. Next season played with the Portland Beavers in the Pacific Coast League, batting .333. Those high averages were a sign of good things to come.
About the Series
The Helmar T206 series is one of our boldest and most important projects. Each card is the same size as the original American Tobacco 1909-1911 T206 cards, though the Helmar T206s are thicker and sturdier. Each Helmar T206 is made from an original, exclusive painting. Cuban stars, Babe Ruth with the Red Sox, Negro Leaguers, and Ty Cobb shaking hands with Honus Wagner are some of the most popular Helmar T206s.
We also spend a huge amount of time creating evocative, humorous, interesting backs. In creating these cards, we have a deep appreciation for the unknown artists who brought the original T206s to life.
Oddities: Card #26, Fred Clarke, has two versions. One has the painting cropped at about the knees. The second has a closer cropping of the head and chest. The fuller figure is much more rare. A similar situation exists for card #501, Tom Jones. The closer cropping is rarer and is found only with the Colgan's Chips logo in the bottom right corner.
A handful of test cards were made with proposed back designs that were never used. They are hand marked as such. The fronts featured either Walter Johnson or Rabbit Maranville.
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| T206-Helmar, Detroit Tigers |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 30 |   | COBB, Ty | Bat at knees | $ 316.00 |
| 37 |   | CRAWFORD, Sam | Standing | $ 168.50 |
| 171 |   | Summers, Ed | Portrait | $ 37.00 |
| 191 |   | HEILMANN, Harry | Swinging | $ 107.00 |
| 211 |   | HEILMANN, Harry | Chasing fly ball | $ 48.98 |
| 301 |   | CRAWFORD, Sam | Leaning into pitch | $ 42.00 |
| 341 |   | COBB, Ty | Sliding into third | $ 261.00 |
| 372 |   | Veach, Bobby | Knee up, looking left | $ 53.98 |
| 383 |   | McCosky, Barney | Portrait | $ 37.00 |
| 401 |   | Jones, Tom | Blue Cap, throwing | $ 43.00 |
| 404 |   | Donovan, Bill | At water cooler | $ 77.00 |
| 408 |   | Delahanty, Jim | Sitting in dugout | $ 52.00 |
| 433 |   | NEWHOUSER, Hal | Green background | $ 76.00 |
| 439 |   | COCHRANE, Mickey | Hand on hip, foot on step | $ 31.55 |
| 473 |   | Bush, Donie | White hat, bat out to bunt | $ 37.00 |
| 474 |   | Schaefer, Germany | Sitting on field | $ 100.00 |
| 475 |   | Veach, Bobby | Hard swing follow through | $ 81.00 |
| 476 |   | Oldham, Red | Knees up pitching follow through | $ 47.00 |
| 477 |   | Killian, Ed | In Bullpen | $ 68.00 |
| 478 |   | Clauss, Al | Blue brick | $ 124.72 |
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