Thinking of starting a W554 set

[Leon]

Nice, inexpensive set to collect. I am not familiar with black and white ones at all. Would love to see one. Also, some of these have neat stamps on the backs of them. regards

[fkw]

Leon your top one is almost B&W, and its the kind w/o the caption on bottom border too. love the back stamps, those are very tough

[lhardem]

Paul Griggs wrote a comprehensive article in Issue #18 of Old Cardbaord magazine, including a full set gallery, display of three different back variations and examples of other sets that use the W554 images. You can see an abstract of Paul's article at www.oldcardboard.com/misc/issue18/issue18.asp.

The W554 Gehrig pose is also found in the 1933 Goudey set. Unless I am mistaken, 13 of the 18 W554 players are now in the HOF.

Lyman

[paul]

Any explanation for this one? It's the size and stock of a W554.

[leftygrove10]

Frank: The 1929 R316 5x7's are different... They are glossy and are on a different stock... See below....

Here are the two 1930 W554 variations (sepia on left, black/white on right):


Here is the 1929 R316 5x7 (very hard to find):

[fkw]

Thanks Brad, nice to see all 3 of them together.

Maybe all the noncaption W554's are the B&W kind? looks like yours, Pauls and Leons are B&W to me.

[leftygrove10]

Frank:

You are correct. All of the non-caption W554's are black and white and all of the captioned cards are brown/sepia. Although I couldn't find a scan (I know I've made a comparison in the past), I believe that you can tell which variation it is by just looking at the back of the card. The backs are a slightly different color.