Frank Ward has the mini's listed under the year 1932 and states there is proof that the W517's were printed in ca. 1931. The O'Doul Brooklyn variation is the corrected version (which only proves it was updated later in the print run). From my limited experience the Brooklyn version is tougher then the Phillies version. Francis "Lefty" O'Doul played with the Phillies from 1929-1930 and then moved on to Brooklyn (after the 1930 season). The card depicts him in a New York Giants uniform (1928 season). Here are three of the mini's I own (as well as a regular size W517 for comparison). Apparently, these three cards were once own by Exhibitman (way back in 2004). If I ever get them slabbed, perhaps I should label them the "Scgaynor Frederick MD + Exhbitman 2004 National + 2009 Iggyman find".......is there a limit on the numbers of letters I can use on a slab?
Lovely Day...
Last edited by iggyman; 12-31-2009 at 08:35 PM.
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