Lot # 133: 1909 W555 Kitty Bransfield - PSA EX 5

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $50.00

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Item was in Auction "Summer, 2015 Premier Auction",
which ran from 7/21/2015 4:00 AM to
8/9/2015 8:42 AM



Produced by the Jay S. Meyer company of Philadelphia PA in 1909 this issue was known for nearly 100 years as simply the "W555 Strip Card Set " with only theoretical guesses as to which sort of product these postage stamp-sized hand-cut cards were packaged with. Most felt that the cards were cut from boxes of candy their sepia images superimposed with a player and team name. With player images related to other candy cards of the era (according to the Standard Catalog the images utilize the players and poses featured in the E93 E94 E97 and E98 set) the cards have long been considered a candy issue. However recent discoveries of complete uncut boxes have revealed the Jay S. Meyer confectionery association. The cards four of which were printed on each of the small boxes could be cut off their box however the box itself folded into what resembled a small "pinhole camera" or toy camera. Perhaps the box was meant to be a toy camera which took the attached "pictures." Perhaps it was meant to be a viewer of some sort. The answer may be forever lost to history. This example depicts Kitty Bransfield and despite the grade of EX 5 by PSA does exhibit some dullness to the image likely due simply to the printing method used on these cards. A particularly high grade example of a very scarce issue. Population DataPSA Population: 1 total gradedSGC Population: 3 total graded 0 at this level 0 higher

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