W601 Sporting Life "Show'em if you got'em"

[snider4prez]

The W601's are one of my favorite sets to collect not only becasue of there size but also becasue of how early they where printed, also how many great players they have. Here are a few of my favorites. I would love to see what you guys have. Thanks for looking.

[snider4prez]

A few more.

[Bicem]

Those look great!

Here are the postcards... LINK

[snider4prez]

Thanks Jeff. Your postcard set is GREAT! I have had that set for sometime as welll and it is very hard to peice together to say the least. I was luck to get mine as a complete set. I should get them graded too, they look amazing in the SGC holders. Did you buy them one by one or did you buy it complete? Nice site as well!

[Bicem]

Thanks! I started buying them one by one, then the great Steve Murray was nice enough to help me complete it. Pretty tough set to complete, but now with yours I know of at least 3 of them, probably a couple more tucked away in private collections. Did you buy your set through Lipset, I know he auctioned one off a few years ago.

[snider4prez]

No I did not buy mine from Lew. I got mine from a Ephemera show in the mid 80's. I paid $30 bucks each and $75 for the Detroit. The dealer had $50 each on them and $100 for the Detroit but I talked her down :-) Man those where the days! I know of the set Lew had, one in another collection, yours and mine. So that is a lot more than I thought complete. I wonder how many more there could be? Do you have any W601's full size?

[bcbgcbrcb]

Here's my Top 5...................

[Baseball Rarities]

I really enjoy all the Sporting Life issues: the W601 composites, postcards and the W600 cabinets.

Jeff, your postcard set is incredible. I cannot believe that you pieced it together - it really has a consistent look to it. What an accomplishment.

Why does SGC label them as 1906-07? I am pretty sure that the set was produced right after the 1906 World Series and immediately offered directly to their readers via ads in their newspaper.

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

I really enjoy all the Sporting Life issues: the W601 composites, postcards and the W600 cabinets.

Jeff, your postcard set is incredible. I cannot believe that you pieced it together - it really has a consistent look to it. What an accomplishment.

Why does SGC label them as 1906-07? I am pretty sure that the set was produced right after the 1906 World Series and immediately offered directly to their readers via ads in their newspaper.

Thanks! I think you're right about the 1906 date, Sporting Life labeled the two 1906 pennant winners (Cubs and White Sox) as "Champions for 1907" (while all other teams are simply labeled "1906") I think this must have confused SGC into thinking these were also made in 1907. Sporting Life simply meant that these two teams were the 1906 Champions and would still be so heading into the 1907 season.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by Bicem

Thanks! I think you're right about the 1906 date, Sporting Life labeled the two 1906 pennant winners (Cubs and White Sox) as "Champions for 1907" (while all other teams are simply labeled "1906") I think this must have confused SGC into thinking these were also made in 1907. Sporting Life simply meant that these two teams were the 1906 Champions and would still be so heading into the 1907 season.

Exactly. At that time, the Championship teams carried the "Champions" title with them throughout the next year. This can be seen in their W601 composites as well.

When you look at the subjects and their teams in the Postcard set, it is obvious that they were made at the end of the 1906 season - right after the World Series. For example, Rossman is shown with Cleveland - his 1906 team. He was traded to Detroit in December of 1906. The Sporting Life was pretty meticulous on updating all of their issues, so it is fairly safe to assume that the Postcard set was issued before this transaction took place.

[Bicem]

Nice catch Kevin, I'm writing an article on the postcard set, mind if I cite that example?

[svtPONY95]

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[Vintagecatcher]

Since Mr. Peabody must have used the wayback machine to restart this thread, here is my lone example purchased 6/4/2009.

This 1906 Providence W601 pictures Ira Thomas just prior to his call-up to the Major League.

Patrick

[sb1]

I have the mounted photograph "proof" used for the 1903 Athletic's. The only one of these I have ever seen...

Has "Champions of 1902" and the players name and position written on the back.

The only change prior to production was the reduction of Connie Mack's image in the circle, so perhaps there were different ones and they picked the other or reshot it with the text and new Mack image.