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Card # 488
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R319-Helmar
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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BILL VEEK (HOF)
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Shirtsleeves
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Cleveland Indians
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 66.00
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11
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8
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5
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December 15, 2020
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About the Player
The short bio from the Helmar-R319 card back: Veeck lost his leg over the winter due to an old war injury, but he is still feeling the glow of his Cleveland ball club winning the World Series over Boston. Making AL MVP Boudreau his player-mgr. was the smartest thing Bill ever did. Signing Doby, the AL’s first negro, also paid big dividends to the fair-minded Veeck. Cleveland is now sitting fat and happy, after drawing a record 2.6 million fans to Municipal Stadium last year. Bill’s dad, William L. Veeck Sr., was once pres. of the Cubs.
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, Cleveland Indians |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 27 |   | COVELESKI, Stan | Wind-up | $ 57.00 |
| 43 |   | PAIGE, LeRoy "Satchel" | Portrait | $ 180.00 |
| 81 |   | Jackson, "Shoeless" Joe | Bat Over Shoulder | $ 401.00 |
| 84 |   | BOUDREAU, Lou | Kneeling | $ 67.66 |
| 110 |   | FELLER, Bob | Throwing | $ 106.66 |
| 130 |   | Chapman, Ray | Portrait | $ 92.93 |
| 154 |   | Robinson, Eddie | Portrait | $ 76.00 |
| 161 |   | Chapman, Ray | Swinging | $ 93.99 |
| 180 |   | LAJOIE, Larry "Nap" | Portrait | $ 124.00 |
| 208 |   | JOSS, Addie | Stretching | $ 195.05 |
| 267 |   | SEWELL, Joe | Reaching | $ 54.33 |
| 277 |   | Uhle, George | Portrait | $ 58.00 |
| 322 |   | Wood, Joe "Smokey Joe" | World Champion Uniform | $ 202.50 |
| 335 |   | Wambsganss, Bill | In Field | $ 137.92 |
| 339 |   | FLICK, Elmer | Portrait | $ 100.00 |
| 365 |   | FELLER, Bob | Portrait | $ 124.00 |
| 390 |   | Kamm, Willie | Chest up, striped uniform | $ 50.88 |
| 391 |   | Harder, Mel | Head & Shoulders, looking right | $ 56.98 |
| 392 |   | Fonseca, Lew | Head & Shoulders | $ 34.76 |
| 393 |   | Keltner, Ken | Yellow sky | $ 67.66 |
| 394 |   | Hudlin, Willis | Hands over head | $ 39.50 |
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