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Card # 484
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R319-Helmar
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Rogers HORNSBY, Hack WILSON
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Together
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Chicago Cubs
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 51.92
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11
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9
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5
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September 13, 2022
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About the Player
The short bio from the Helmar-R319 card back: Mgr. Joe McCarthy was bitter over the team’s 1928 finish of fourth place and declared that he would have none more of it. Change was in the air, he said, and he’s proved to be a man of his word. In the offseason Joe picked up the best hitter in the world to add to the roster. That man is Rogers Hornsby, he of the magic bat and seven batting titles. He joins fan favorite Hack Wilson in the outfield this coming season. Hack has led the National League in homers for the past three seasons and is practically chewing on his bat in anticipation of the ‘29 season. He feels that new teammate Rogers is just the man to put the team over the top!
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, Chicago Cubs |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 30 |   | Camilli, Dolph | Dugout | $ 79.78 |
| 41 |   | BANKS, Ernie | Portrait | $ 180.05 |
| 46 |   | CHANCE, Frank | Portrait | $ 127.50 |
| 50 |   | BROWN, Mordecai | Waist up, white uniform | $ 148.00 |
| 59 |   | EVERS, Johnny | Portrait | $ 75.01 |
| 60 |   | WILSON, Hack | Bat Over Shoulder | $ 145.27 |
| 105 |   | TINKER, Joe | Standing | $ 54.54 |
| 141 |   | HARTNETT, Gabby | Bat Over Shoulder | $ 90.00 |
| 181 |   | Grimm, Charlie | Portrait | $ 56.88 |
| 231 |   | Nicholson, Bill | Dugout | $ 76.00 |
| 272 |   | Vaughn, Hippo | Windup | $ 86.00 |
| 276 |   | Root, Charlie | Windup | $ 72.78 |
| 295 |   | Phelps, Ernest "Blimp" | Batting follow through | $ 77.56 |
| 324 |   | Stephenson, Riggs | Turned left | $ 65.55 |
| 414 |   | Leonard, Emil "Dutch" | Showing ball | $ 50.97 |
| 431 |   | Jurges, Billy | Batting follow through | $ 24.06 |
| 433 |   | Douthit, Taylor | Chest up portrait | $ 21.50 |
| 459 |   | Friberg, Bernie | Hand on hip | $ 70.66 |
| 484 |   | HORNSBY, Rogers; WILSON, Hack; | Together | $ 51.92 |
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