Card # 71
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Helmar This Great Game
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Player |
Position |
Team |
Gilliam, Jim
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Leaning on bat
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
$ 124.50
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15
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5
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3
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August 28, 2024
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About the Player
From the "This Great Game" card back: There have been greater players, but has there ever been a more useful one than Junior Gilliam? The Pearl of Nashville played every position but catcher and shortstop in a career spent entirely in the flashy blue of the Dodgers. He was Rookie of the Year in 1953 when he played second base for the Bums, but later proved his versatility by plugging holes in the lineup where needed. Smokey Alston considered Jim one of his most valuable players, and Gilliam is one of only two men to play on four Dodger championship clubs.
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, Brooklyn Dodgers |
Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
3 | | Hodges, Gil | Standing | $ 60.99 |
6 | | REESE, Pee Wee | Full figure, two bats | $ 63.00 |
18 | | SNIDER, Duke | Sitting, smiling | $ 69.07 |
27 | | DRYSDALE, Don | Portrait, leaning on left elbow | $ 87.50 |
36 | | Black, Joe | Folded arms | $ 37.00 |
38 | | CAMPANELLA, Roy | Dugout | $ 86.00 |
71 | | Gilliam, Jim | Leaning on bat | $ 124.50 |
80 | | Amoros, Sandy | Batting cage | $ 69.50 |
81 | | Branca, Ralph | Full figure follow through | $ 97.50 |
82 | | Cox, Billy | Sitting in dugout | $ 97.50 |
83 | | Erskine, Carl | Portrait chest up | $ 72.50 |
84 | | Furillo, Carl | Batting stance at camera | $ 77.78 |
86 | | Loes, Billy | Portrait chest up | $ 86.55 |
88 | | Newcombe, Don | Hands on hips | $ 59.89 |
90 | | ROBINSON, Jackie | Bat horizontal at knees | $ 260.00 |
93 | | Neal, Charlie | looking up after swing | $ 59.89 |
97 | | Podres, Johnny | Set position | $ 108.05 |
99 | | Roseboro, Johnny | Catching position | $ 100.50 |
118 | | Roe, Preacher | Yellow pole | $ 80.00 |
124 | | Bridges, Rocky | blue buildings | $ 76.55 |
125 | | Hoak, Don | smiling | $ 90.75 |
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