(LOT 1128)
1923 W515-1 Set with PSA-Graded Babe Ruth Cards
RARE SET!!! The 1923 W515-1 "Strip Set" originate from six strips of 10 cards each, with each individual card measuring 1-3/8" x 2-1/4". The caricature images come from original photographs from Underwood & Underwood news photography service as indicated by the "©U&U" at bottom left. Presented here is a complete set of individually hand-cut cards with the two Ruth issues graded by PSA as #3 Babe Ruth PSA 5 & #47 Babe Ruth PSA 7. Current pricing for the Ruth cards alone has reached nearly $10,000 in recent sales. Other notable players appear as follows with #s: 10 Ty Cobb (VG, light pencil on back), 15 Frank Baker (EX), 24 Stengel (EX), 28 Speaker (VG-EX), 34 Jennings (EX), 36 Huggins (EX), 38 Walter Johnson (VG), 45 McGraw (VG-EX, ink on back), 49 Alexander (FR), 50 Maranville (missing corner), 55 Hornsby (EX-MT), 56 Zack Wheat (EX) and 58 Collins (EX-MT). As a disclaimer: The grades are without regard to the cut of the strip card. 10% of the set is noticeably undersized, with the remainder of the set being consistent with the stars listed.

MIN BID $3,500
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