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Posted By: Brad

The card looks like it's been through a few wars in it time, but I'll pay $67.09 for the Ruth!

1924 W-UNC Strip B/W


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Posted By: Nate

I was looking at that same card, but opted to try my luck with the next one that comes along.

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Posted By: jay behrens

The only thing I don't like about the card is the fact that his face obscured by the bat. We I get a card of a player, I want to be able to see his face, which is why I don't like Thorpe's Zeenut. Otherwise, a card that would right at home in my collection.

Jay

I like to sit outside, drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home, I would be arrested. So, I go to baseball games and fit right in.

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Posted By: John S

Nice pickup Brad. Nice picture of the classic swing!

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Posted By: steve f

Mice been munchin your Baby Ruth. very nice p/u and #1 to boot.

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Posted By: fkw

In case you didnt know, that Ruth is actually from a set called 1926 W511, Ruth is the only baseball player in it. It is mostly collected by nonsport or movie card collectors. One day the guides should fix it.

The W511 cards are found in Blue, Purple, B&W, Orange, and Red. And with or without numbers, Id estimate there are about 5 subsets, but they are so rare no one has complete checklists for them.

Examples

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Posted By: Brad

I'm looking in the 06 Standerd Catalog 15th,ed pg.523 and it states the card is from 1924 W-UNC Strips! is the book wrong?

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Posted By: cmoking

here's another one. cut too short L/R

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Posted By: steve f

cmoking, Is that black or dark blue ink?

-this is blue

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Posted By: fkw

The name W511 is from the old "American Card Catalog" (just like T206, D303, R319 etc.).

When the Ruth card was first listed as "1924 W-Unc." a few years back in the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards, they didnt know where it was from or if it was actually part of a set, or if the set was named already. Well it was..... it is W511. One day the Catalog will update the listing and put it in its true strip card set, and update the year to 1926 (With known movie star cards, there are movies named on the card that date it to exactly 1926).


Read more about the W511 set here

http://www.moviecard.com/zamerican/stripcards/w511.html

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Posted By: leon

I agree with you and am somewhat of a stickler for ACC type numbers too. With that being said, and I believe what you are saying, how can you tell from what the ACC says that these are what they are? My reprint says, verbatim:

Trading or Strip cards :
Numbered Colored Cards:

W511- Aviators-Movies-Western Photo's, Blue, 1 1/4 x 2 1/4, #55 seen, An... .03 (cents)11 Lindbergh, 12 Chamberlain, 13 Elder, 14 Byrd. 15 Lindbergh, Etc.



Are you seeing something somewhere else that helps identify them ? Also, above, where I wrote "Lindbergh" twice, that's the way it is in the book. best regards

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Posted By: warshawlaw

#3 Jack Dempsey (shows Dempsey and manager Jack Kearns) and #8 L(uis) A(ngel) Firpo. I'll post images shortly.

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Posted By: Troy Kirk

I maintain the Moviecard Website, thanks for the mention and link, Frank. I just added a bunch of new pictures of cards from that set to that checklist on my site, feel free to take a look. Also, if anyone wants to send me additional jpgs of cards from that set, I'll add them to the checklist.