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W501 Strip Cards Similar to E121, W575-1 Issues

May 29, 2018 By Anson Whaley

At first glance, the 1922 W501 strip cards look an awful lot like your run of the mill E121 American Caramel cards or the W575-1 strip cards. But while similar, this is an entirely different type of card.

1922 W501 Strip Card Basics

The W501 Strip Cards are another black and white issue found in the 1920s. Those were sort of sandwiched between the smaller, colored lithographic caramel and tobacco cards and the larger, colored gum cards of the 1930s. Believed to be issued in 1922, the W501 set utilizes the same pictures and players of cards found in the E121 and W575-1 sets. However, they are distinctly different from both.

As a brief aside, W575-1 and E121 are closely related. W575-1 cards used the same images/players found in E121 and the primary difference is that the W575-1 cards are blank-backed while E121 cards have an American Caramel ad on the back. Further muddying the water is that there are two different E121 sets – one from 1921 and one from 1922. W501 cards are also blank-backed and can sometimes be confused for W575-1 cards.

The most notable characteristic on many of the W501 cards is a printed “G–4-22” along with a card number at the top. The G–4-22 designation is off to the left while the card number is in the upper right corner. Whenever you see those, it’s a sign that the card is from the W501 set and not a more common W575-1 card.

The G–4-22 printing remains a mystery to this day as the exact reason for its appearance is not known. It has been speculated, however, that it could have indicated an April 22nd printing.

The set is power-packed like its W575-1 and E121 counterparts, featuring cards of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and many other Hall of Fame players. A total of 120 cards are in the release.

W575-1 Confusion

The G–4-22 designation is what makes it easy to identify these cards. However, it is worth noting that, while the G–4-22 print is on many of the cards, it is not always found.

That often leads to those cards being classified as standard blank-backed W575-1 issues but, as pointed out in this Net54 thread, some collectors consider these types of cards as a second W501 subset type. W501 cards generally have a grainier picture than regular W575-1 cards, which is one way to tell them apart without the G–4-22 print.

Shown here is a card of George Burns from the W575-1 set.

W501 Rarity and Prices

W501 cards are relatively rare and the ones with the G–4-22 designation, in particular, are harder to find than the E121s or W575-1s. To date, PSA and SGC have combined to grade only about 425 of them, which is fewer than both of the other sets.  Despite that, prices are relatively tame–at least for single cards.

In 2014, a Ruth graded SGC 35 sold for more than $4,200 at auction.  An SGC 70 Ty Cobb card from the set sold for just $1,440 in 2017.

Mid-grade commons from the set typically start around $50-$75 with Hall of Famers and stars worth significantly more.  

Complete sets are nearly impossible to find but have surfaced before. All 120 cards were presented in a Goodwin auction lot in 2012 and sold for nearly $8,000.

1922 W501 Checklist

1             Ed Rounnel (Rommel)

2             Urban Shocker

3             Dixie Davis

4             George Sisler

5             Bob Veach

6             Harry Heilman (Heilmann)

7a           Ira Falgstead (Name Incorrect)

7b           Ira Flagstead (Name Correct)

8             Ty Cobb

9             Oscar Vitt

10           Muddy Ruel

11           Derrill Pratt

12           Ed Gharrity

13           Joe Judge

14           Sam Rice

15           Clyde Milan

16           Joe Sewell

17           Walter Johnson

18           Jack McInnis

19           Tris Speaker

20           Jim Bagby

21           Stanley Coveleskie (Coveleski)

22           Bill Wambsganss

23           Walter Mails

24           Larry Gardner

25           Aaron Ward

26           Miller Huggins

27           Wally Schang

28           Tom Rogers

29           Carl Mays

30           Everett Scott

31           Robert Shawkey

32           Waite Hoyt

33           Mike McNally

34           Joe Bush

35           Bob Meusel

36           Elmer Miller

37           Dick Kerr

38           Eddie Collins

39           Kid Gleason

40           Johnny Mostil

41           Bib Falk (Bibb)

42           Clarence Hodge

43           Ray Schalk

44           Amos Strunk

45           Eddie Mulligan

46           Earl Sheely

47           Harry Hooper

48           Urban Faber

49           “Babe” Ruth

50           Ivy B. Wingo

51           Earle Neale

52           Jake Daubert

53           Ed Roush

54           Eppa J. Rixey

55           Elwood Martin

56           Bill Killifer (Killefer)

57           Charles Hollocher

58           Zeb Terry

59           G.C. Alexander (Arms Above Head)

60           Turner Barber

61           John Rawlings

62           Frank Frisch

63           Pat Shea

64           Dave Bancroft

65           Cecil Causey

66           Frank Snyder

67           Heinie Groh

68           Ross Young (Youngs)

69           Fred Toney

70           Arthur Nehf

71           Earl Smith

72           George Kelly

73           John J. McGraw

74           Phil Douglas

75           Bill Ryan

76           Jess Haines

77           Milt Stock

78           William Doak

79           George Toporcer

80           Wilbur Cooper

81           George Whitted

82           Chas Grimm

83           Rabbit Maranville

84           Babe Adams

85           Carson Bigbee

86           Max Carey

87           Whitey Glazner

88           George Gibson

89           Bill Southworth

90           Hank Gowdy

91           Walter Holke

92           Joe Oeschger

93           Pete Kilduff

94           Hy Myers

95           Otto Miller

96           Wilbert Robinson

97           Zach Wheat

98           Walter Ruether

99           Curtis Walker

100        Fred Williams

101        Dave Danforth

102        Ed Rounnel (Rommel)

103        Carl Mays

104        Frank Frisch

105        Lou DeVormer

106        Tom Griffith

107        Harry Harper

108a      John Lavan

108b      John J. McGraw

109        Elmer Smith

110        George Dauss

111        Alexander Gaston

112        John Graney

113        Emil Muesel

114        Rogers Hornsby

115        Leslie Nunamaker

116        Steve O’Neill

117        Max Flack

118        Bill Southworth

119        Arthur Nehf

120        Chick Fewster

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About Anson Whaley

Anson Whaley is a contributor to Sports Collectors Daily and has been an avid pre-war and vintage card collector for more than 20 years. He manages a pre-war sports card blog and database at www.prewarcards.com . You can email him at [email protected] or find him on Twitter @PreWarCards.

Filed Under: Old Baseball Card Sets, Sports Card News, Vintage Sports Card News Tagged With: 1920s, E121 American Caramel, pre-War baseball cards, strip cards, W501 Strip Cards, W575-1

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