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Fast Facts
Year(s) Issued: 1923
Set Designation: W515
Number 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): $20
Scarcity Rating: (1 to 10, 10 scarcest): 4
W515 Strip Card Set
Keys For Collectors
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 W515-2 Rare Uncut Strip Set w/ Walter Johnson (HOF), Miller Huggins (HOF)
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1923 W515-2 W515 Wally SCHANG Hand Cut Strip Yankees
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1923 W 515-1 Sisler/Bentley/O'Connell. Uncut strip card set. SGC A.
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1923 W515 Harry Greb Hand Cut Boxing Strip Card SGC 3.5 VG+ HOF EXTREMELY RARE!
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PSA 5 1923 W515 W515-2 # SAM JONES - PSA 5 New York YANKEES Hand-Cut Strip
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1923 W 515-2 Zach Wheat Brooklyn dodgers Strip Card bxm2
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1923 W515-1 Boxing Strip Trading Card #1 Jack Dempsey, Very Rare!
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1923 W515-1 #6 Babe Adams Pittsburgh Pirates Hand Cut Strip Card PSA 8 NMMT
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1923 W515-1 Dave Bancroft #4 SGC 7 New York Giants HOF
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V-46 1923 W515 baseball strip card #4 DAVE BANCROFT Shortstop N. Y. Giants N. L.
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1923 W515-1 #14 Frank Frisch New York Giants HOF Hand Cut Strip Card PSA 4 VG/EX
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1923 W515-1 Clarence Walker Philadelphia Phillies Hand Cut Strip Card PSA 8 NMMT
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1923 W515-1 #5 Ed Rommell Philadelphia Athletics Hand Cut Strip Card PSA 7 NM
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1923 W515-1 Jim Johnston *Stamped* 1/1 Strip Card - GMA Authentic
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V-45 1923 W515 baseball strip card #7 CLARENCE WALKER Outfielder Philadelphia's
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1923 W515-1 #9 Bob Shawkey New York Yankees Hand Cut Strip Card PSA 7 NM
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Rabbit Maranville HOF Pirates 1923 W515-1 Strip Card
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