ugly pre-war card set w560

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Posted By: dennis

i cannot see anyone liking this set http://www.mastronet.com/index.cfm?action=DisplayContent&ContentName=Lot%20Information&LotIndex=39765&CurrentRow=1 its the worst

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Posted By: brian p

Trust me, sadly there are worse looking vintage cards out there--the W516's have always been one of my least rump-ugly favorites.

Brian

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Posted By: Gary B.

The W560 set, after getting a few of them, has grown on me SLIGHTLY. I agree that it's far from the most attractive pre-war set, but at least it's got a photo of the player on it (albeit small) as opposed to just a crude drawing. I don't think W516's are so bad, but W515's can be pretty ugly. I have some W515's and they can be some pretty ugly cards, but that being said, I think all pre-war cards are beautiful...

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Posted By: Julie

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Posted By: Gary B.

I was thinking of W512's that were truly ugly, but W515's are a close second. Still, pre-war and vintage = beautiful to me.

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Posted By: jay behrens

There is still nothing uglier than a MP&Co card. These things are just horrific and they have been commanding insane prices on eBay lately.

Jay

I saw weird stuff in that place last night. Weird, strange, sick, twisted, eerie, godless, evil stuff. And I want in.

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Posted By: brian p

I have mentioned this before, but it bears repeating--the W515's actually have some cool comic book-like renderings of the players. Quite a few of them remind me of various Batman villians.

Brian

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Posted By: john/z28jd

One reason people buy them is they are a cheap way to get cards of players certain people cant afford.Theres 19 hall of famers in the set out of 48 cards so that right there is a good reason to collect them.

I assume theres people who play alot of cards too,and collect baseball cards,so this set would really appeal to them

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Posted By: warshawlaw

Probably a henchman

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Does anyone know how are the prices for these drawn twenties strip cards compared to the photo twenties strip cards? I think they are kinda quaint.

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Posted By: Gary B.

"Does anyone know how are the prices for these drawn twenties strip cards compared to the photo twenties strip cards? I think they are kinda quaint."

All I know is I depend on the old cardboard site to find out (at least) what the value of your average common card is for any given strip card series, and I watch ebay to guage the range that the star/HOF players sell for. I guess the prices determined are all market driven, but very often I can't see any rhyme or reason why one issue is more valuable then another. It may have to do with how available they are, whether its a photo or drawing, but often I'm surprised. I do know that almost any strip card that's in a holder with a high grade commands significantly more money than anything else in the strip card world, and that (as it would stand to reason) Ruth, Cobb and Gherig are more expensive then any other player (oh yeah, throw Buck Weaver in there too), but then you can also get Hornsby, Speaker and any other major hall of famer for that's not one of those players for next to nothing. It's quite puzzling to me.

BTW, I thought the drawing cards were kind of quaint too until I got some. Now I think they're kind of ugly. Don't get me wrong, I still like them, but they can't hold a candle to the photo issues IMHO.

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Thanks Gary. Do you have any drawn strip cards which you may consider a trade for?

Gil

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Posted By: jamie

the w514 set may not be pretty either but it has the unique distinction of containing 7 of the "8 men out" from the 1919 chicago black sox team. not too shabby

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Posted By: Gary B.

I don't have any, but the W516's seem nicer than both - they look like colorized drawings based on a photo - much more attractive than a pure crudely drawn drawing.

Gil, MAYBE - e-mail me and we'll discuss it.

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Gary: In addition to the old cardboard site (which is a good resource), the old baseball cards site maintains a "virtual library" which shows the individual cards in each drawn strip card set. Actually - and many other sets. I am not sure this library is complete, but for the sets included, it certainly appears to be. They also show uncut sheets for many sets.