As crazy as it will seem to some, it is my belief that some of the kids that collected the strip cards back when they were issued... some of those kids would throw a card away once that person left the major leagues. Kids would collect current, active players. With the Williams card, some kids would toss the card because he was no longer playing, some tossed him out of disgust with the Blacksox mess.
I think the main pressure on the value of the card today, compared to common W514s, is because modern collectors seek out and pay a premium for the Blacksox players who were banned. Only to a much lesser extent would it be that there are slightly fewer of the card.
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