good place to buy strip cards?

[baberuthfan]

besides ebay--anyone know of a good place to buy 1920's baseball strip cards? looking in particular
1920 w 519
1921 w551

thanks

 

[casmith12]

besides ebay--anyone know of a good place to buy 1920's baseball strip cards? looking in particular
1920 w 519
1921 w551

thanks

I have not found a vintage card website that sells cards that I like, but I would try local card shows or card shops. I know in Georgia at a few card shows there is usually a guy who sells the older vintage cards and I want to say I've seen a few of those in his booth.
Hope this helps!

 

[fkw]

W551's are one of the top 2-3 most common of all baseball related strip cards, they can be found easily, eBay will be the best place, not worth looking elsewhere unless you want to pay more. Be careful of reprints the W551s have been heavily reprinted, most of the reprints will have a blue ink caption and be far too red and blue overall in the image area. The authentic cards will have a black ink caption and are on a brittle thin stock unlike the reprints.

The W519... what set are you looking for? There are 3 different,
W519-1 aka "W519 no numbers" are not too scarce, but far from common, you will see them on eBay from time to time. All have a blue background with NO card number, and there are no reprints but there may be some homemade fakes. 10 card set.

W519-2-1 aka "W519 numbered type 1" are about the same scarcity as the W519-1. They are also not reprinted. With there black ink card number they look very similar to the W521 cards.... only difference is the W521 cards have the images reversed. 20 card set.

W519-2-2 aka "W519 numbered type 2" is the RAREST of ALL STRIP CARD SETS! They are not reprinted. the difference is the cards have a BLUE ink number and the numbers are different compared to the W519-2-1 cards. Of the 10 card set, 2 cards have still not been "discovered"/checklisted, #15 and #18... one will be a Cravath (seen but card number was cut off)

This is the only W519-2-2 on eBay right now... (my prices are better ::facepalm:: )
http://cgi.ebay.com/1920-W519-2-Rube-Marquard-HOF-SUPER-RARE-Strip-Card-SGC-/230634562683

couple cards I have...

1920 W519-2-2 Ruth

1920 W519-2-2 Frisch (Rookie card)

 

[383astro]

You gonna sell that Frisch?

 

[fkw]

Yes both cards are FS, $950 Ruth, $160 Frisch...

(email is ... [email protected])


If you are just looking for a rookie card of Frisch, you will pay far less for a W519-1, or W519-2-1.

Here is a W519-1 no number
http://cgi.ebay.com/1920-W519-Unnumbered-Frank-Frisch-HOF-PSA-/110699776876


If you want the rarest Frisch rookie then the one I have is the one.. It is 100+X rarer than the other 2 and the other 2 are actually scarce overall.

PS.In 30+ years of collecting this is the only W519-2-2 Frisch Ive seen, while Ive seen about 6-8 of the Ruths (I believe there was a Ruth on eBay recently)

 

[hofmichael]

W551's are one of the top 2-3 most common of all baseball related strip cards, they can be found easily, eBay will be the best place, not worth looking elsewhere unless you want to pay more. Be careful of reprints the W551s have been heavily reprinted, most of the reprints will have a blue ink caption and be far too red and blue overall in the image area. The authentic cards will have a black ink caption and are on a brittle thin stock unlike the reprints.

The W519... what set are you looking for? There are 3 different,
W519-1 aka "W519 no numbers" are not too scarce, but far from common, you will see them on eBay from time to time. All have a blue background with NO card number, and there are no reprints but there may be some homemade fakes. 10 card set.

W519-2-1 aka "W519 numbered type 1" are about the same scarcity as the W519-1. They are also not reprinted. With there black ink card number they look very similar to the W521 cards.... only difference is the W521 cards have the images reversed. 20 card set.

W519-2-2 aka "W519 numbered type 2" is the RAREST of ALL STRIP CARD SETS! They are not reprinted. the difference is the cards have a BLUE ink number and the numbers are different compared to the W519-2-1 cards. Of the 10 card set, 2 cards have still not been "discovered"/checklisted, #15 and #18... one will be a Cravath (seen but card number was cut off)

This is the only W519-2-2 on eBay right now... (my prices are better ::facepalm:: )
http://cgi.ebay.com/1920-W519-2-Rube-Marquard-HOF-SUPER-RARE-Strip-Card-SGC-/230634562683

couple cards I have...

1920 W519-2-2 Ruth

1920 W519-2-2 Frisch (Rookie card)

I will cosign Fkw.Awesome service,inventory and knowledge.

 

[baberuthfan]

thanks for the info--I am looking for the w519-1 no number version-solid blue ruth. i don't know if the blue if more rare then the red version or purple version though.
sent you a pm

W551's are one of the top 2-3 most common of all baseball related strip cards, they can be found easily, eBay will be the best place, not worth looking elsewhere unless you want to pay more. Be careful of reprints the W551s have been heavily reprinted, most of the reprints will have a blue ink caption and be far too red and blue overall in the image area. The authentic cards will have a black ink caption and are on a brittle thin stock unlike the reprints.

The W519... what set are you looking for? There are 3 different,
W519-1 aka "W519 no numbers" are not too scarce, but far from common, you will see them on eBay from time to time. All have a blue background with NO card number, and there are no reprints but there may be some homemade fakes. 10 card set.

W519-2-1 aka "W519 numbered type 1" are about the same scarcity as the W519-1. They are also not reprinted. With there black ink card number they look very similar to the W521 cards.... only difference is the W521 cards have the images reversed. 20 card set.

W519-2-2 aka "W519 numbered type 2" is the RAREST of ALL STRIP CARD SETS! They are not reprinted. the difference is the cards have a BLUE ink number and the numbers are different compared to the W519-2-1 cards. Of the 10 card set, 2 cards have still not been "discovered"/checklisted, #15 and #18... one will be a Cravath (seen but card number was cut off)

This is the only W519-2-2 on eBay right now... (my prices are better ::facepalm:: )
http://cgi.ebay.com/1920-W519-2-Rube-Marquard-HOF-SUPER-RARE-Strip-Card-SGC-/230634562683

couple cards I have...

1920 W519-2-2 Ruth

1920 W519-2-2 Frisch (Rookie card)

 

[Boylen33]

Maybe you can find some at "strip" clubs. :lol:

 

[fkw]

The W519-1 "no number" Ruth is ONLY found with a blue background like every card in the set (all 10 cards have a blue background)

The W519-2-1 card is found normally with a purple background (red and blue = purple), or sometimes found with a blue background (missing red ink), or a red background (missing blue ink), but the last 2 are really print defects.

 

[Zan]

I will cosign Fkw.Awesome service,inventory and knowledge.

I will cosign Frank as well. The most knowledgeable vintage guy I've met.

 

[383astro]

Yes both cards are FS, $950 Ruth, $160 Frisch...

(email is ... [email protected])


If you are just looking for a rookie card of Frisch, you will pay far less for a W519-1, or W519-2-1.

Here is a W519-1 no number
http://cgi.ebay.com/1920-W519-Unnumbered-Frank-Frisch-HOF-PSA-/110699776876


If you want the rarest Frisch rookie then the one I have is the one.. It is 100+X rarer than the other 2 and the other 2 are actually scarce overall.

PS.In 30+ years of collecting this is the only W519-2-2 Frisch Ive seen, while Ive seen about 6-8 of the Ruths (I believe there was a Ruth on eBay recently)

I have the W519-1, but I would like to have the W519-2-2 also. I cant drop anymore cash at the moment though. Im gonna get me a scanner so I can scan and share some of my collection. That is a sweet card though.

 

[Johnny B]

Might be worth popping over to Net54 if you haven't already. Probably some for sale over there (sorry if you've already done this and I missed it).

 

[baberuthfan]

is the ruth still fs????

Yes both cards are FS, $950 Ruth, $160 Frisch...

(email is ... [email protected])


If you are just looking for a rookie card of Frisch, you will pay far less for a W519-1, or W519-2-1.

Here is a W519-1 no number
http://cgi.ebay.com/1920-W519-Unnumbered-Frank-Frisch-HOF-PSA-/110699776876


If you want the rarest Frisch rookie then the one I have is the one.. It is 100+X rarer than the other 2 and the other 2 are actually scarce overall.

PS.In 30+ years of collecting this is the only W519-2-2 Frisch Ive seen, while Ive seen about 6-8 of the Ruths (I believe there was a Ruth on eBay recently)