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Posted By: S Gross

Joe,

Welcome the wacky world of boxing strips ................

You're right on with your W529s and black and white W580s.
What you listed as: “1923 W580 Series Jack Dempsey, (2) Harry Greb, Johnny Dundee, (2) Mickey Walker, (2) Johnny Wilson” are W551.
The Pancho Villa is a W512, like the Ledoux.

The Ted Lewis and Billy Miske cards are W519/W521s, and are relatively scarce. Like the baseball counterparts W521s are reversals of W519s. However, with the lack of bats and gloves, it's hard to determine which is standard and which is reversed. Adam W. argues in his book that boxers in Orthodox pose are W519s and “Southpawed” pose as reversed W521.

Value (?), all but the W519/521, maybe $5-10; the W519/521 maybe $10-20. Dempsey, it depends on how many Dempsey guys are bidding (I'll email you an offer, later )

I never have even thought of re-cutting a strip card, the rough edges add to the sincerity of the card, and pays respect to that “little rascal” the cut (or ripped) them back in the '20's.

................ fun stuff, Scott