1929 W553 Strip Card Set

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Year(s) Issued: 1929
Set Designation: W553
Number Cards: 10
Card Size: 1-3/4" x 2-3/4"
Common Card Value (Good Condition): $300
Scarcity Rating: (1 to 10, 10 scarcest): 9

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W553 Strip Card Set

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This ten card strip card issue was released by Marble Gum Inc of Philadelphia in 1929.
The card fronts are either in black and white, or rarer blue or red tints and have a facsimile autograph for the player. The backs of the card are blank.
The images used on the cards are identical to the R316 Kashin Publications set and the W554 Strip Card Set
Of the ten cards in the set, nine are Hall Of Famers, including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Rogers Hornsby.
The baseball cards were issued via uncut strips however some non-sport pack discoveries from the set show that the non-sport (movie star) cards were issued in packs with a stick of gum .
The non-sports version of the set is known as the 'Marble Gum Film Stars' set.
The cards are hard to find; PSA has graded only 61 cards from the baseball set.

W553 - Lots Of Colors In This Confusing Strip/Gum Issue

Not much is known about Marble Gum, aside from the fact that it was based in Philadelphia. Thus, the W553 set has confused collectors for quite some time. The baseball set was once believed to have 15 cards, but some shrewd collectors determined that the extra five cards once believed to be a part of the W553 set were actually Leader Novelty issues.

Confusing the matter more, the W553 cards utilize the same images from the R316 Kashin Publications set and the W554 Strip Card set.

W553 Lou Gehrig

Kashin Lou Gehrig

W554 Lou Gehrig

And then the W553 has a variety of different hues, that make for many different variations in the set. Here are three examples of different colored W553 Gehrig cards.

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W553 Strip Card Set

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W553 - Lots Of Colors In This Confusing Strip/Gum Issue

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1929 W553 BABE RUTH Hand Cut SGC A RARE!! Marble Gum Inc. Philadelphia

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