where are these?

[FrankWakefield]

I agree with Rhett. These are pieces cut from a notebook cover, they aren't "W" anything... I've just read through Mr. Burdick's description at the beginning of his sections on the early and recent album cards and strip cards, the "W"'s. This isn't any more of a card than those photos we see cut from an old Spalding Guide or Record, then self authenticated by some huckster.

So PSA and SGC have these incorrectly labeled as "W"'s. These things aren't cards.

[glynparson]

Mr Wakefield I agree 100%.
as for the person that bought the notebook to cut it up, good buy if people want the material and are willing to pay more for it that way go for it. If people dont like that you are cutting it up so long after issue maybe they should've bought it. ^The difference between the one with the grade and the one without is simple the cut line is visible all the way around on the numerically graded one it is not on the A. This is always the case with W "cards" though I agree these aren't cards. You sometimes see w cards with grades and no cut lines these shouldn't have recieved grades, except W517's that appeared on the ends of the strips will only have cut lines on one side.

[ctownboy]

That's right, go ahead and cut them up.

Then, when SGC and/or PSA realize these are just cut outs from a notebook and stop grading them and the price for individual cards drops while the complete notebooks keep their value or increase (because there are fewer available), who is the idiot then?

David

[FrankWakefield]

Everyone holding slabs would be, I'd think...


But a fellow who converted a notebook cover to a bunch of slabs and then sold them for vastly more than the notebook cover cost, that fellow holding that cash would be a sharp flipper.

[dstudeba]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

But a fellow who converted a notebook cover to a bunch of slabs and then sold them for vastly more than the notebook cover cost, that fellow holding that cash would be a sharp flipper.

Exactly like the card companies that buy bats and uniforms of players and cut them up into little pieces.

[glchen]

All, I have sold the notebook to a longtime board member who is not sure what he is going to do with it until he gets it in hand but hopes to be able to keep it intact.

[fkw]

Baseball Cards were printed on notebooks, just like they were printed on candy boxes.

And the kids knew what to do with them, they cut them out and collected them just like their candy box relatives...


1913 W-Unc. Base Ball Series
(20 different players known in this series, all with E95 and E96 poses)

[glynparson]

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That's right, go ahead and cut them up. 

Then, when SGC and/or PSA realize these are just cut outs from a notebook and stop grading them and the price for individual cards drops while the complete notebooks keep their value or increase (because there are fewer available), who is the idiot then?

I gaurantee the SGC guys already know their cut off notebooks.

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

So PSA and SGC have these incorrectly labeled as "W"'s. These things aren't cards.

I agree with Frank but they are nice poses and different. When these first came out I was skeptical. If the cost drops and the grading gods disapprove, I would not mind owning a few.