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Originally Posted by DanP
Hmmm.... good question. I'm not sure. I've never owned one. Here are my thoughts/concerns:
1. Are these really cards? Or are they paper inserts that were issued with the Sporting Life newspaper? I don't know. I'm sure the experts here know these answer.
2. They were issued from 1902-11. Assuming they are cards, for any that can be proven to have been produced before all other issues (i.e. E107, Fan Craze, T206, etc.) I would consider the W600 their RC. If it can't be proven they were produced earlier, I'll assume the E107, Fan Craze, T206 etc. as an acceptable RC.
I guess I'll have to do more research.
Thanks,
Dan
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They were premiums that were issued on four different cardboard mounts, so their dates of availability / distribution can be narrowed a bit based on that. You'll still be stuck with ranges, but proving that any was actually
issued before say the 1903 E107 set may be difficult. There were certainly some that were available before E107 based on advertising in the magazine for which player's redemptions were available as early as December 1902 (and perhaps earlier), but you had to send away for them and they were available for a number of years. There again, the mounts did change over time, so particular issues can be conclusive to predate Fan Craze and T206, for example, but it is up to the individual collector how they classify the availability vs. the distribution. Of course, you could certainly just make it easier and conclude that they aren't cards, but that'd be a shame, imo.
I'm certainly no expert with regard to W600s, though. Perhaps some of the folks who are more knowledgable about them will weigh in.
02-27-2011, 07:11 PM
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