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Gilbert MainesI was mainly kidding, Brad, about that "don't collect .." stuff. But thank you for the clarification.
And no, not all w- cards are hand cut, nor are all of them crudely drawn. It appears that Burdick used the w- designation as a junk box that contained cards which he was not sure how to designate, in addition to genuine strip cards.
Actually, I like the crudely drawn and often crudely cut strip cards of the twenties. They are to me a part of baseball card Americana which is unrivaled by any other issue group. And the variations in production are matched by the different cutting choices and skill levels of the original owners. Beautiful? No.
Seeking these in high grade seems to me to defeat one of the reasons to accumulate these crude cards, but like Hal says CWYWC.