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Card # 49
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R319-Helmar
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Babe RUTH (HOF)
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Portrait
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Boston Braves
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 510.00
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16
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25
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9
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June 30, 2015
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About the Player
Ruth is no kid anymore but he still socks the horsehide like nobody else. Just ask Charlie Root of the Cubs, made the goat of last year’s Series by the finger-pointing Babe. Ruth played only 133 games last year but still hit 41 homers and batted .341. The fans will be disappointed if the great Bambino fails to make a good show against the NL “all-stars.” Ruth wants to manage when he’s all through, and the big game will give him a chance to learn from the winningest field boss of all time, Mr. Mack. At the start of this season Babe had 652 roundtrippers, twice as many as the next closest batsman.
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, Boston Braves |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 49 |   | RUTH, Babe | Portrait | $ 510.00 |
| 138 |   | MARANVILLE, Rabbit | Portrait | $ 76.00 |
| 262 |   | Nehf, Art | Portrait | $ 54.35 |
| 266 |   | SPAHN, Warren | Portrait | $ 97.10 |
| 325 |   | Fitzsimmons, Fred | Foot on step | $ 80.88 |
| 334 |   | Sain, Johnny | Portrait | $ 171.99 |
| 453 |   | Gowdy, Hank | Wearing practice uniform | $ 127.50 |
| 458 |   | Berger, Wally | Yellow sky | $ 86.00 |
| 478 |   | McKECHNIE, Bill | Pilgrim hat logo on sleeve | $ 52.99 |
| 494 |   | RUTH, Babe; Berger, Wally; Lee, Hal; | All bats down | $ 86.00 |
| 504 |   | Holmes, Tommy | Holding bat up, near chest | $ 63.22 |
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