W553 Question
 

Posted By: <b>David</b><p>This is my first post and I'll be the first to admit I'm no vintage expert so please forgive me if this is a stupid question. <br /><br />I recently picked up a W553 Al Simmons and can't find any reference to it amongst the W553 listings, though admittedly my reference sources are a few years old. I'm hoping to get a gauge of it's scarcity.<br /><br />Thanks in advance.<br /><br />David<br /><br />[img]<img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b293/Dalkiel23/beb37d25.jpg">[/img]

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>All W553's are scarce. I've been collecting them for about four years now, & have only 8 cards. I dont have access to my 2005 Standard Catalog right now, but I'm pretty sure Simmons is listed.

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Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>The checklist is now up to 15 different including the Simmons (HB $200). Back about 5-7 years ago the checklist only list a couple cards but it has grown by a couple a year ever since. They are fairly scarce.

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Posted By: <b>David</b><p>Much appreciated.<br /><br />Yeah that would make sense. The book I looked at was from 2002 and it only listed 3 or 4 cards.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />David<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Rhett Yeakley</b><p>The W553's are tougher than many people think. Just picked this one up recently, I love the color, makes for a very striking card.<br />-Rhett<br /><img src="http://www.starsofthediamond.com/w553gehrig.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>Rhett, very nice card. I rarely see the red color variation. Here's a "salmon" tint or magenta color. I think the red & magenta tints are more rare than the blue & greens, but I haven't seen enough of them to be sure.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e195/pgisme/img024.jpg">