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Clark Griffith appears in Helmar’s T3 series with the New York Americans in a quiet full-length fielding portrait. Griffith is shown walking across the infield with glove in hand, his expression turned toward the developing action rather than toward the viewer. The pale New York uniform, dark stockings, and boldly lettered shirt stand against a green field and a striking rose-and-violet sky, giving the image a restrained but memorable presence. The simplicity of the pose suits the large T3 format, allowing Griffith’s unmistakable early-baseball character to carry the composition.
The original artwork was painted by Natalia Valiukavich in watercolor. She models the uniform with pale cream, gray, and lavender washes, using darker accents in the cap, belt, stockings, shoes, and glove to give the figure structure. The face and hands are warmed with stronger reds and ochres, while the background is reduced to broad horizontal bands of field, distant structures, and sky. The pink and violet atmosphere is especially distinctive, giving the card a different visual character from the brighter blue-sky subjects elsewhere in the series.
Clark Griffith was one of baseball’s most remarkable long-term figures, succeeding as a pitcher, manager, executive, and owner over a career that spanned nearly seven decades. Nicknamed “The Old Fox,” he won 237 major-league games, including six consecutive 20-win seasons with Chicago in the 1890s. Griffith became an important figure in the establishment of the American League, managed the New York club during its earliest years, and later took control of the Washington Senators. Under his ownership, Washington won its only World Series championship in 1924. His extraordinary breadth of service to the game earned him election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946. (Society for American Baseball Research)
Numbered #29, the Griffith card gives the T3 checklist a subject whose importance extends well beyond his playing statistics. For New York collectors it represents one of the formative figures of the American League club, while broader baseball-history collectors may value Griffith for the unusual combination of player, manager, and owner represented by a single card. That breadth gives him a place in the series quite different from a conventional star pitcher or hitter. (Helmar Brewing Co.)
Produced in Helmar’s distinctive handcrafted tradition, the card combines original watercolor artwork, a foundational figure in early American League history, and a deliberately vintage presentation inspired by the grand-format baseball cards of the tobacco era.
Original watercolor artwork by Natalia Valiukavich.
- Description: Walking with mitt
- Team: New York Highlanders
- Population (# Sold): 24
- First Date Sold: 2020-03-31
- Latest Date Sold: 2025-03-12
- Card Status: Retired
- # Sold in past year: N/A
- Highest Auction: $ 36.57
- Average Auction Result: $ 19.42
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