Has anyone seen these new Helmar cards?

[Matt]

Are these hand painted originals, or prints?

[quinnsryche]

I talked briefly with the artist (nice guy by the way), he said he makes the cards one at a time on some sort of schedule, the cards will be produced in numbers not more than 6 per year (I think). They are actual cards that you can see on the Helmar site and he makes them look old. I don't know if he works for Helmar or not, but he also sells the original artwork on ebay for the cards. They sure look cool but damn, that's an awful lot of money for a "fantasy" card when you could get a pile of original Goudeys in that condition for the same price! To each his own.

[D. Bergin]

I don't think it's any stranger then Strasburg's selling for thousands. These are much neater to me. Not that I'll be driving up any of the bids, but I can understand why some player collectors may be bidding them up.

I'm just waiting for a chuckle the first time I see somebody "distressed" about the PSA or SGC grade they received on one of these cards.

[jimm]

I look at them more like a limited print you might buy today, just card size. Very nice art.

[E93]

Those are really cool looking!
JimB

[smtjoy]

Heres one that I purchased, just really liked the picture.

[toppcat]

There seems to be a devoted collector base for the Helmar cards. They have definitely been able to mimic the pre-war era in appearance.