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Card # 33
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R319-Helmar
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Lou GEHRIG
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Portrait
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New York Yankees
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 338.00
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15
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18
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8
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August 9, 2016
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About the Player
A short bio from the Boston Garter Game of the Century card back: With Ruth slowing down, Gehrig is the marquee name in NY now. Last year he led the Yankees in home runs with 42 and runs batted in with 151. Laruppin’ Lou is a fan favorite around the league, and he almost doubled the votes received by Jimmie Foxx for the first base position. Not long after the Game of the Century is played, around mid-August, the brawny Gehrig will break the record for consecutive games played, now held by former Bos/NY ss Everett Scott. Blasted 4 homers in one game last summer. Lou also has a girl now, E. Twitchell of Chicago. They say it’s serious.
About the Series
The Helmar R-319 series was originally 180 cards. Then we expanded it to 240. Then 308. Right now it’s complete at 511 cards. The design is based on one of the greatest baseball card sets of all time, the 1933 Goudey set. The 1933 Goudey set has, famously, four Babe Ruths. We have many of the greatest players from Goudey set, and also Babe Didrikson, Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Martin Dihigo, many other Cuban and Japanese players, and Negro Leaguers. R-319s have a good amount of text on the reverse. When you’re reading the back of a Helmar R-319 we aim to transport you back in time to a moment in the player’s career. Fleetwood Walker and the color barrier coming down. The great Rube Foster’s breakdown. Swede Risberg being banned from baseball. Given the scope, the expense and the complexity for a small company or artist to put together such a big set of original art, no one else may ever attempt to create a set this ambitious.
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| R319-Helmar Big League, New York Yankees |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 1 |   | Bengough, Benny | Catching Stance | $ 42.00 |
| 33 |   | GEHRIG, Lou | Portrait | $ 338.00 |
| 36 |   | RUTH, Babe | Swinging | $ 360.00 |
| 38 |   | DICKEY, Bill | Catching Stance | $ 80.99 |
| 45 |   | GEHRIG, Lou | Swinging | $ 277.22 |
| 58 |   | MANTLE, Mickey | Batting Stance | $ 360.00 |
| 61 |   | Maris, Roger | Swinging | $ 133.50 |
| 109 |   | GEHRIG, Lou | Purple sky | $ 203.50 |
| 117 |   | MANTLE, Mickey | Portrait | $ 374.00 |
| 129 |   | MANTLE, Mickey | Pointing At Ball | $ 303.77 |
| 139 |   | Brown, Bobby | Portrait | $ 36.00 |
| 142 |   | MANTLE, Mickey; Maris, Roger; | Bat Over Shoulder | $ 152.50 |
| 164 |   | DiMAGGIO, Joe | Swinging | $ 122.50 |
| 167 |   | LAZZERI, Tony | Bat Over Shoulder | $ 49.48 |
| 169 |   | MANTLE, Mickey; BERRA, Yogi; | Bat Over Shoulder | $ 206.00 |
| 175 |   | RUTH, Babe | Bat Over Shoulder | $ 230.18 |
| 183 |   | COMBS, Earle | Portrait | $ 102.50 |
| 192 |   | DUROCHER, Leo | Portrait | $ 86.87 |
| 193 |   | BERRA, Yogi | Portrait | $ 122.50 |
| 233 |   | Zachary, Tom | Portrait | $ 35.88 |
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