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Card # 70
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R319-Helmar
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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John McGRAW (HOF)
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Portrait
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New York Giants
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 36.00
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13
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7
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5
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August 25, 2015
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About the Player
A short bio from the Boston Garter Game of the Century card back: Leading the National League “all star” contingent in Arch Ward’s Game of the Century will be former NY Giants manager John J. McGraw. There could be no one better or more deserving. After a stellar career as a player for Ned Hanlon’s famous Baltimore Orioles, McGraw managed the Giants and ruled with an iron hand from the end of the 1902 season until he retired halfway through last season. During those 30 years McGraw’s men finished first or second 21 times and won 10 NL pennants and 3 World Championships. Under McGraw the Giants landed in the win column an amazing 2,840 times. Insisting that he has no plans to manage again after the NL-AL exhibition game, the 60-year-old is looking forward to a long, well-earned, and happy retirement.
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, New York Giants |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 10 |   | OTT, Mel | Swinging | $ 58.00 |
| 11 |   | O'Doul, Francis "Lefty" | Bat Over Shoulder | $ 156.00 |
| 21 |   | BRESNAHAN, Roger | Catching | $ 49.00 |
| 48 |   | MAYS, Willie | Portrait | $ 235.85 |
| 70 |   | McGRAW, John | Portrait | $ 36.00 |
| 89 |   | Thorpe, Jim | Portrait | $ 231.00 |
| 95 |   | MATHEWSON, Christy | Portrait | $ 355.00 |
| 131 |   | HUBBELL, Carl | Portrait | $ 89.00 |
| 137 |   | OTT, Mel | Full body awaiting pitch | $ 101.00 |
| 170 |   | Merkle, Fred | Bat Over Shoulder | $ 56.57 |
| 177 |   | MATHEWSON, Christy | Blue Background | $ 277.88 |
| 178 |   | YOUNGS, Ross "Pep" | Swinging | $ 62.76 |
| 182 |   | TERRY, Bill | Kneeling | $ 119.77 |
| 206 |   | MATHEWSON, Christy | Standing | $ 202.50 |
| 211 |   | MIZE, Johnny | Swinging | $ 114.05 |
| 235 |   | Maglie, Sal "The Barber" | Portrait | $ 56.00 |
| 246 |   | LINDSTROM, Fred | Swinging | $ 155.50 |
| 257 |   | Williams, Davey | Portrait | $ 40.59 |
| 260 |   | JACKSON, Travis | Portrait | $ 48.76 |
| 309 |   | Thorpe, Jim | Looking left | $ 224.50 |
| 375 |   | OTT, Mel | Portrait | $ 251.73 |
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