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Post by bowlingshoeguy Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:23 am

I know the beauty is in the eye of the beholder but are any of the W-Series attractive and are nay of the technically cards?

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Post by BigGuy219 Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:45 am

I won't give a long philosophical answer, now will I choose to justify my answer with any reasoning or examples.

Merely I will be a troll and state, "Yes. They are all ugly."
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Post by pro9 Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:47 am

I think W600's and W601's are very attractive.

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Post by sabrjay Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:59 pm

I like w572s. Lots of interesting poses you don't see anywhere else.
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Post by fisherboy7 Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:12 pm

W503's are probably my favorites, but many argue that they weren't actually W-cards.

I like the W574's for their unusual square shape - some cool looking cards in that set. Also the W575-2's have some really nice portraits.

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Post by terjung Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:17 pm

pro9 wrote:I think W600's and W601's are very attractive.

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Post by 3-2-count Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:36 pm

terjung wrote:
pro9 wrote:I think W600's and W601's are very attractive.

+1

Ditto... righton
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Post by bowlingshoeguy Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:55 pm

I know I have have not seen all of them can we get scans of the mentioned and the ugly ones. What makes them a W designation?

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Post by sabrjay Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:57 pm

The W designation was originally supposed to be for cards that were cut from strips or sheets. That is not always case as with the w600 set. My guess is that Burdick meant write m900 but wrote it upside down
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Post by hrbaker Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:05 pm

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Post by cccc Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:06 am

yea i'd say those strip cards with the cut-out lines pretty ugly. why are w600s called W again? are other magazine premiums also classified as Ws?
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Post by pro9 Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:28 am

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Post by pro9 Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:31 am

W601

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Post by sabrjay Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:35 pm

cccc wrote:yea i'd say those strip cards with the cut-out lines pretty ugly. why are w600s called W again? are other magazine premiums also classified as Ws?

Burdick never gave any rationale beyond the basic criteria for the set designation. There are all sorts of odd designation like the Old Mill cabinets are H-something.
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Post by fisherboy7 Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:10 pm

Yeah, there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason behind the W designation for the Sporting Life cabinets. If the M110 cabinets are M's, the we should probably be calling them M600's, right?

And as Jay said, the "H" designation for the rare Old Mill Cabinets also makes no sense...
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Post by pariah1107 Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:08 am

I'm new to the forum but only collect w's. Why? They are relatively inexpensive, AND are ugly. Almost all have faces only a mother could love
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Post by smtjoy Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:42 pm

I have plenty of love for W461- Exhibits-

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Post by sabrjay Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:27 pm

I think ugliest card has to go to the r337 Babe Ruth. I swear that's a gorilla in a baseball uniform.
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Post by pariah1107 Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:49 pm

I should qualify my response, the especially ugly w's include: w512's, w513's, and some w514's. Some truly hideous 14's include Larry Doyles' no glove second baseman pose (is he playing cricket?), and Dode Paskerts' smile which singehandedly causes two downgrades because of his pearly whites dominating the cardboard. The 1926-28 12 & 13's look like a child drew them, but I'm assuming since they were still only a penny for four/five or ten they had to cut back on artists commissions.
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Post by sabrjay Fri Sep 17, 2010 4:16 pm

Welcome to the board and feel free to share your love of these ugly beauties any time.
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Post by bowlingshoeguy Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:42 pm

I didn't realize that Exhibits were W designations some of them are nice. Why the W600 & 601s are W's doesn't make sense but definately the nicest looking of the W's.

I want to see more scans of these ugly cards. slap face

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Post by pariah1107 Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:22 pm

Here are some examples;
I am usually very pleased with SGC's grading but on this Dode Paskert they blew it (WAY OVERGRADED). In comparison I offer this PSA;/Users/deweymee/Desktop/dode paskert scan.jpg
And though this w513 is a truly beautiful strip, in condition (the scan cut off the bottom), the drawings are truly amateurish./Users/deweymee/Desktop/w513 strip.jpg
Enjoy these ugly beauties
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Post by terjung Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:34 pm

Love that Johnson exhibit!
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