What Are Strip Cards? Where Did They Come From??

[orator1]

Originally Posted by Leon

Brandon- I PM'd you some stuff. You do what I asked and I will answer your questions after that. Yes, you had it correct. I was being a bit of a smart a**. You might go on those other sites and do as you please but we are going to have some civility here. As I said, if you don't want to collect vintage, that is fine. You do need to learn the ways of the forum if you are going to post. To do that you need to do as Jaybird suggested. Also, please heed my request on the sig line links. Sorry if I offended you. thanks much

Are these tabacco cards? No
Where did strip cards come from? Stores
Are these more rare the t206's? some are some aren't
Why are they paper backs? because the fronts are paper too

The poster wrote: "Hey, i am not really educated on the 1919-21 strip cards.....Any help would be a lot of help.....Im here to make friends and deals. I am kinda new to vintage and brand new to this site. So i dont know all the stuff on here."

Wow Leon. I'm going to stick up for the new guy who was nothing but polite.
Your responses are uncharacteristically rude and condescending.
It's also ironic that you respond with "we are going to have some civility here" when the poster was completely civil and you were the uncivil and rude poster.

As moderator of this board I would have expected more from you than being a self described smart a** to a new poster who doesn't yet know all the board's etiquette.

You should have just politely informed this new poster the way jaybird or Frank did.

I'm only posting because I don't like seeing someone treated that way when they ask an innocent question...this poster didn't deserve it. And also because I'm not sure anyone else is going to call out the forum owner on bad behavior.

Paul C.

[fkw]

You have a few different types in your photos,

W514............. ie Cobb #43
W516-1 ............ie Hooper #27
W519-1 (tough) ........ie Gleason
W522 (tough) .........ie Mathewson #39

PS everything is rarer than T206, they are the most common PreWar cards.
And the term is "blank back", not "paper back" ...thats a book

[Leon]

Paul C. - I told the guy I was sorry and had already said I PM'd him. What else would you like me to do?

[FrankWakefield]

Here's an uncut strip of cards.... Abe Attell in the middle.

[fkw]

Here are some more sheets/strips


1923 W515


1928 W565


1919 W552

[FrankWakefield]

Nice stuff, FKW.

[orator1]

Originally Posted by Leon

Paul C. - I told the guy I was sorry and had already said I PM'd him. What else would you like me to do?

Nothing else to do Leon.
He accepted your apology and "moved on".

[blackmamba]

Thanks everone for the help and information on these cards instead of smart aleck comments! I really apreciate it! If anybody has info and not smart aleck comments i would like to hear some more on these cards! Let's move on now. No more argueing, we are all adults on here.

Again Thank you!

Best Regards, Brandon

[martyogelvie]

If nothing else, we got to see some COOL strip cards.. love 'em

Leon, are you sure you were teatin' Brandon like you treat most Okies!?!?!

[usernamealreadytaken]

Leon made his peace (though questionable if he should have) and moved on and now you post some backhanded comment?

(edited to add: What is with the phrase "smart aleck(s)?")

BTW, I hate strip cards...

[FrankWakefield]

When I first started collecting old stuff, that is cards not contemporaneous with me keeping track of baseball as a kid, I too hated strip cards.

But after a few years of collecting, it seemed that some players, if you wanted a card of them, options were limited, and sometimes a strip card or an Exhibit card was the only reasonable choice. Then, after I got a few, I got to where I liked them. They kinda grow on you. Maybe a few of the folks who collect strip cards liked them from day one. But I think for many of us they are an acquired appreciation.

Here are ten strip cards. How about you guys take a stab at identifying them... with some limitations. So that 10 of the board can participate, identify one card only, not a bunch of them. And if you identify a card, maybe mention whether you have any of that issue yourself, and if so which one you most like. Doing this might rerail this thread back onto strip cards. Thanks. Across the top, 1 - 4, middle row 5 - 8, bottom row 9 & 10.