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Card # 146
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R319-Helmar
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Stan MUSIAL (HOF)
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Batting Stance
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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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$ 111.49
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17
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14
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7
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November 16, 2022
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About the Player
A short bio from the Helmar “This Great Game” card back: When Musial arrived in camp for the first time with the Cardinals, he had a sore arm and couldn’t throw a strike to save his life. The most senior scout in the organization wanted to release the young pitcher, but Musial had one man in his corner: general manager Branch Rickey, the famed “Mahatma,” a master at evaluating ballplayers. Rickey watched Musial smack a home run in a spring game and immediately ordered his coaches to keep the Polish kid from Pennsylvania in uniform. “Don’t let him go,” Rickey said, “put him in the outfield and see if he can hit.” Oh how The Man can hit: emerging as the best hitter in the league, a perennial favorite to win the batting title. Nice catch, Mr. Rickey.
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.
Related Cards in the Series
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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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