A few years ago, I stumbled across a dealer at a show selling a stack of beater strip cards from the 1920s for $100. I bought them because I noticed there was a Ruth in the group. With a couple of other kinds included was about half of the 60-card W515-2 set from 1923. I figured that given my condition expectations I would just put the other half together in a few weeks and complete the set. Boy was I wrong!
This has been tremendously challenging. Nobody sells these things. And when they do come up for sale, it's usually their "easier" and smaller W515-1 counterpart. I prefer the larger "The Little Wonder Picture Series" cards. It's taken me a few years to acquire the rest.
This is really an amazing set, with so many cool HOFers, including two Ruths, Cobb, Johnson, Hornsby, Wheat, Alexander, McGraw, and others. Finally, with a little help from a board member who pointed me to Mark Macrae's catalog, I was just able to add "Bullet" Joe Bush to finish off my set.
It's been an amazing journey. What a strange diversion from T206 cards. Now what they heck do I do with this thing?!
