1923 W515 Strip Card Set
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Fast Facts
Year(s) Issued: 1923Set Designation: W515Number Cards: 60 (with 2 variations)Card Size: 1-1/2″ x 2-1/2″ (W515-2) or 1-3/8″ x 2-1/4″ (W515-1)Common Card Value (Good Condition): $20Scarcity Rating: (1 to 10, 10 scarcest): 4
W515 Strip Card Set
Keys For Collectors
- There are two variations to the set; W515-1 and W515-2
- The W515-2 Set is also known as the ‘The Little Wonder Picture Series”
- The W515-2 cards are a bit tougher to locate and often sell for a slight premium
- The set features two cards of Babe Ruth along with HOFers Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby
- There is a closely related German Baseball Transfers stamp set which uses several of the drawings for the set.
- As with other early strip cards, these likely won’t get a numerical graded from PSA or SGC unless some part of the dotted borders are intact
W515 Summary
This could be my favorite strip card set. Some will laugh at the ugly images, but to me the bright colors and cartoon images make this set a landmark vintage set. The set used to be quite affordable but demand for playing day Ruth and Cobb cards have led to an increase in value in recent years. Note there are two variations (W515-1 and W515-2) and the only difference is that the issuer printed ‘The Little Wonder Picture Series’ across the uncut strips of the W515-2 set on production. Here’s an example of an uncut strip from the W515-2 series with the printing across the top:
A uncut W515-2 strip, with ‘The Little Wonder Picture Series’ across the top.
W515 – Fakes Are Plentiful
The W515’s are commonly faked and thus collectors need to be aware of the variations. Here’s one I pulled off Etsy (which is a notable place for the fakes to be sold, often as ‘vintage antiqued’ cards. This is some sort of art form I guess, but just shielding a great way for scammers to get their hands on some good looking reprints.
For the untrained eye, this card might look pretty real to most, but the paper is way too light in color, and of course the edges way to crisp and clean. But of course an ‘antiquer’ could take this card and do some work on it (usually soaking in tea or other liquids) to give it an aged look. Those are very easy to spot and look like little spider webs all over the card.
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1923 W515 -1 Baseball Strip Card #49 Grover Alexander Chicago Cubs CGC
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Rogers Hornsby 1923 W515-1 #55 Strip Card
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1923 W515 #38 WALTER JOHNSON HAND CUT STRIP CARD CGC AU
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1923 W515-1 Harry Heilman Strip Card SGC 4 With Great Centering!
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JACK DEMPSEY 1923 W515 Hand Cut Strip Card #1 PSA AUTHENTIC BOXING HOF
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1923 W515-1 WALTER JOHNSON Strip Card Washington #38 PSA 2 Good Condition
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1923 W515-1 Boxing Strip Trading Card #1 Jack Dempsey, Very Rare!
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1923 W515-1 Baseball 8 Card Strip Frank Baker Dick Sisler Frank Frisch HOFers
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1923 W515-1 Strip Card Red Faber #60 SGC Authentic
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1923 W515 HARRY GREB Boxing Strip Card RARE All Time Great HOF
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1923 W515-1 Clarence Walker Philadelphia Phillies Hand Cut Strip Card PSA 8 NMMT
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1923 Unique Jim Johnston W515-1 #41 hand cut strip card - stamped back Authentic
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1923 Little Wonder Picture Series Strip Cards - W515-1 Ty Cobb #10 HOF
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1923 W515 Frank Snyder SGC 30 Strip Card Vintage Baseball Giants Low Pop Count
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1923 W515-1 #9 Bob Shawkey New York Yankees Hand Cut Strip Card PSA 7 NM
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1923 W515-1 Complete Strip w/Speaker, Stengel, Ross Young, Crease Free BEAUTY
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RARE 1923 W515-1 W515 #9 Tommy GIBBONS HOF- PSA A Hand Cut Strip - VG/EX
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1923 W515-2 Frank Frisch Hand Cut Strip Card PSA Authentic
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1923 W 515-1 Wilbert Robinson Brooklyn dodgers Strip Card #52 bxm2
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