W517 Ruth with Piercy's Confectionery stamp

[Leon]

I was walking around the National looking for nuggets of gold when I happened upon Larrie Dean's (hi Larrie) large set up. Larrie greeted me and showed me a card I had seen at the last National, which he knows I had an interest in. WE negotiated a little bit and I asked if it would be ok to have a few friends look at it before I bought it, just to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I took it to a few friends for a look and they thought as I did, that it was fine (there is very obvious trimming making it affordable for me :)). I went back and paid the man and added another back stamped card to the growing collection. I hadn't seen this one before so figured a thread with W517s was fine. If anyone has any they want to show this is the time to dust them off......

http://luckeycards.com/pw517ruthwithstamp.jpg

[GregMitch34]

Just reminds me that w517s seem like they are among most under-valued given look, players, tints, and great size...

[Boccabella]

Wow, Piercy's really carried it ALL. That is a true one stop shop.

No W517s in my collection but they were on the cover of The Trader Speaks in February 1978: http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/w517-baseball-set-offers-value/

[ZachS]

I asked if it would be ok to have a few friends look at it before I bought it, just to make sure I wasn't missing anything.



http://cdn.meme.li/instances/500x/53418331.jpg

[dbrown]

Was a little skeptical but there's this one trace of city directory backup:

http://books.google.com/books?id=XBdPAAAAYAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=piercy

[pencil1974]

Mine is not stamped (which is really cool Leon) but do love the look of these cards.

[Jay Wolt]

Leon, nice pickup, Congrats!
Brad, great to see your Ruth in such high grade!

[rhettyeakley]

Leon, very neat back stamp, one I had never seen before!

... for some reason I have a strong desire for some fresh roasted peanuts!

[Ladder7]

W517's rock. The Gehrig is a great image.