Help ID-ing 2 Uncut Strips

[BradH]

Hi Paul -
I am certainly not a strip card expert, but I do happen to have the same baseball strip you have. It's from 1919. Mine is also 10 players, with the "pitcher" being misspelled (as it is on yours). I believe it also comes in a 12-card version. The player poses and the colors used on the 10-card strip are different than the ones on the 12-card strip.

I purchased mine a few years ago and put it in a frame in my office. Mine is in very nice condition and I think I paid around $75-80.

Hope that helps a little,
Brad

Edited to add: It was always puzzling to me that five of the six position players on this 10-card strip are left-handed (I'm not counting the pitcher, base runner or two batters). Especially the catcher and both shortstops (?). I'm guessing that the artist was not a baseball fan. Kind of like baseball artwork that you see sometimes where home plate is backwards.

[Paul S]

Hey thanks, Brad! That's more info than I thought I might get. I was having some trouble placing the uniforms close to a specific year...and that font! All the best, Paul

[Leon]

Neat story. Thanks for sharing. I think many of us have had a story like that and it's always great to find stuff we didn't know we have.

I have the other strip classified as W542. As Brad stated, nominal monetary value but can have great other value. (as I was reminded concerning Large Ass Herzog when he was MIA for a while)...About W542 Burdick said they were "Sports Drawings(10 seen) 1 1/2 x 2 5/8 anon. ... .04"

Originally Posted by Paul S

Hey thanks, Brad! That's more info than I thought I might get. I was having some trouble placing the uniforms close to a specific year...and that font! All the best, Paul

[BradH]

Here's a Net54 link from 2006 (with later discussion from 2011) regarding these cards. Some of the images have been removed or are not available, but it sounds as if the discussion was about the 12-card strip and maybe even a 15-card strip(?).

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=80354

It's interesting to note the speculation about who some of the cards are modeled after.