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Card # 269
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R319-Helmar
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Pepper Martin
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Portrait
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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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$ 62.88
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20
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10
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6
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January 24, 2017
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About the Player
A short bio from the Boston Garter Game of the Century card back: After St. Louis outfielder Pepper Martin demolished Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics in the 1931 World Series, American League ball fans never wanted to see his mug again. But they will when the Cardinals’ one-man wrecking crew, who batted .500 on 12 hits with a HR, 4 doubles, 5 RBI, and 5 stolen bases iin that Series, plays in the mid-season Game of the Century. Martin slumped last year because of a broken finger and a badly infected insect bite, but he is back in form this season playing again like a man possessed. He has switched from the outfield to third base and will start in the big game ahead of the great Pie Traynor.
About the Series
The Helmar R-319 series was originally 180 cards. Then we expanded it to 240. Then 308. Right now it’s 385 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, St. Louis Cardinals |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 6 |   | VANCE, Dazzy | Wind-up | $ 63.55 |
| 17 |   | BOTTOMLEY, Jim | Swinging | $ 46.01 |
| 18 |   | DEAN, Dizzy; Dean, Daffy; | Dugout | $ 202.50 |
| 19 |   | FRISCH, Frank | Batting Stance | $ 47.00 |
| 40 |   | HAFEY, Chick | Bat Over Shoulder | $ 72.50 |
| 51 |   | MUSIAL, Stan | Swinging | $ 110.27 |
| 135 |   | HAFEY, Chick; BOTTOMLEY, Jim; | Dugout | $ 44.00 |
| 146 |   | MUSIAL, Stan | Batting Stance | $ 111.49 |
| 152 |   | DEAN, Dizzy; Dean, Daffy; | Holding Baseball | $ 67.00 |
| 163 |   | Dean, Daffy | Portrait | $ 55.51 |
| 165 |   | HORNSBY, Rogers | Swinging | $ 100.00 |
| 197 |   | HAINES, Jesse | Standing | $ 47.51 |
| 210 |   | MEDWICK, Joe | Portrait | $ 96.00 |
| 242 |   | HORNSBY, Rogers | Swinging | $ 59.99 |
| 269 |   | Martin, Pepper | Portrait | $ 62.88 |
| 270 |   | SLAUGHTER, Enos | Portrait | $ 76.00 |
| 312 |   | Collins, Ripper | Leg high | $ 218.30 |
| 316 |   | DEAN, Dizzy | Arm outstretched | $ 95.55 |
| 318 |   | MUSIAL, Stan | Chest Up | $ 168.05 |
| 319 |   | Johnson, Si | Jacket | $ 259.00 |
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