A Question about w502 backs....

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Posted By: <b>Brian McQueen</b><p><br />I was curious about the backs that this issue can be found with. Does anyone know how many backs total there are and what they all are? I read on Old Cardboard.com that three of the more common ones were the blank backs, the "one bagger" backs and the "one bagger - hold what you got" back. I have one that reads "homerun". Is this card in particular anything that's more difficult than any of the others?<br /><br />Thanks in advance,<br />Brian<br />redmaccie@hotmail.com

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Posted By: <b>Al C.risafulli</b><p>Brian:<br /><br />I started - and abandoned - a project about two years ago where I was trying to catalog all the different backs. There are more back variations in this set than most people think.<br /><br />The blank backs are the most common - about half all the W502s I found had blank backs. Initially, I was of the belief that the blank backs were not even W502s but part of some other set, but I've come around to think that, in the game you're supposed to play with these cards, the blank backs are outs.<br /><br />I'm going on memory here, but if I recall, of the printed backs, there are one baggers (most common), one bagger "hold what you got", two baggers, two baggers with prize redemptions (I think), three baggers, three baggers with prize redemptions, home runs, and home runs with prize redemptions.<br /><br />My gut tells me that the way I listed them above is probably the order of scarcity.<br /><br />THEN, the backs can all be found with the printing running from the bottom of the card to the top, and also from the top to the bottom.<br /><br />That's seventeen back variations, for anyone counting.<br /><br />On top of that, I believe that there may be different prize redemptions.<br /><br />You could spend a lifetime trying to collect this set. As much as I love solving the puzzles, these are scarce enough that I felt there was no way I was ever going to get answers to all the questions I had. So I sold most of mine and started collecting Henry Johnson Confectioners instead. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />-Al

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Posted By: <b>Brian McQueen</b><p><br />Very nice response, thanks Al for the detailed explaination. I suppose in the few that I've had, I've seen mostly "blanks" as well. The "homerun" back on a Peckinpaugh that I have came as somewhat of a surprise though as that was a variation I hadn't seen previously. Thanks again!

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Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>nice post by Al...I have nothing to add, just a few scans...and oh...if someone has a Two Bagger Lazzeri, I need it for the cycle!<br /><br />Brian, is your Home Run back the same as mine or different?<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/kingyao/1920s/websize/192817W502MaysSGC70TwoBaggerReturntoStorekeeperBac k.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/kingyao/1920s/websize/192828W502SpeakerSGC84ThreeBaggerBack_1.jpg"> <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/kingyao/1920s/websize/192829W502LazzeriSGC80HomeRunBack.jpg"><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>egbeachley</b><p><a href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/thread/1163513891/last-1201290297/W502+Back+Mystery" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/thread/1163513891/last-1201290297/W502+Back+Mystery</a>