Another New Set Added to My Website

In the recent flurry of sets added to my site, here's another one that is the first "strip card" set I've described there. I've mentioned strip cards in this blog, when I showed this card from my collection back in May:

This Babe Ruth card comes from the set classified as W512, and that set has now joined the others I've described in my website. You can read my take on it by clicking the link below:

1926 W512 set

I hope to add some more sets soon, and will keep my blog readers updated when they get added.

Q&A

Keith wondered:

Q:  "I see a lot of old cards referred to as "strip" cards.  Can you tell me exactly what that means?"


A:  Strip cards are crudely-done cards (that actually look a lot like "funny page" cartoons and are printed on similar-type paper).  The reason for for the name is that when they were first distributed, they often came as strips of 10 or 12 and were cut apart by their owners.

There are still full strips available in the hobby, but strip cards are usually found as single cards.  Due to their poor pictures and the fact that they are easily damaged, many collectors ignore them.  It's unfortunate, but thanks to that attitude, I picked up the W512 Babe Ruth card shown to the right for about $10 back in '92.



For more info on specific sets of strip cards, check out this page from the Old Cardboard website (just scroll down to the Strip Cards section):