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Cy Young returns to the T3 series in a second Cleveland portrait, this time shown in a more relaxed throwing pose and wearing a sweater over his uniform. His body is turned across the field, glove hanging at his side as he completes the motion and looks back toward the play. The gray sweater, white trousers, vivid blue stockings, and pale cap stand against a broad green field and a striking rose-and-violet sky, giving the card a softer and more atmospheric character than his earlier T3 appearance.
The original artwork was painted by Natalia Valiukavich in watercolor. She uses muted gray and cream washes to give the sweater a soft, substantial surface, contrasting it with the crisper whites of the trousers and the saturated blue of the stockings and trim. The glove and shoes are handled in darker browns, while the face is modeled with warmer reds and ochres. The background is reduced to broad bands of green, violet, and rose, creating an unusual twilight effect that gives the card a distinctive mood within the series.
Cy Young remains the benchmark against which pitching longevity and durability are measured. Over a major-league career that stretched from 1890 through 1911, he won 511 games, completed 749, and worked more than 7,300 innings—records that remain among the most unreachable in baseball. Young also pitched three no-hitters, including a perfect game in 1904, and helped Boston win the first modern World Series in 1903. His name has been permanently attached to pitching excellence since 1956, when baseball established the Cy Young Award in his honor.
Numbered #37, this is Young’s second appearance in the T3 checklist, following card #2. The two cards give player collectors an especially appealing pair: one emphasizes Young in a more conventional pitching presentation, while this later card offers a different pose, costume, and atmosphere. For Cleveland collectors, the pair also helps establish Young as one of the recurring cornerstone subjects within the team grouping. (Helmar Brewing Co.)
Produced in Helmar’s distinctive handcrafted tradition, the card combines original watercolor artwork, one of baseball’s foundational pitchers, and a deliberately vintage presentation inspired by the grand-format tobacco cards that gave the T3 series its visual starting point.
Original watercolor artwork by Natalia Valiukavich.
- Description: Sweater, throwing
- Team: Cleveland Indians
- Population (# Sold): 17
- First Date Sold: 2020-02-11
- Latest Date Sold: 2025-04-30
- Card Status: Retired
- # Sold in past year: N/A
- Highest Auction: $ 74.00
- Average Auction Result: $ 36.51
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