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03-15-2009, 10:06 AM
Posted By: <b>Shawn Chambers</b><p>Hey guys,<br><br>Did a brief glance around the net and searched through some back archives on Net54, but no real luck...<br><br>Trying to determine why exactly Al Corwin is featured twice in the 1953 Bowman set. A friend of mine noticed this and was wondering why a minor player would merit two cards.<br><br>Was one of the numbers possibly reserved for another player and the "deal" fell through?<br><br>Just wondering if anyone has any insights.<br><br>Shawn
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03-18-2009, 09:10 AM
Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>The #126 card of Al Corwin (in the tough series) has his birth month misspelled...."Recember".<br><br>His 2nd card (#149) has it corrected...."December". This trivial difference certainly doesn't warrant<br>a redo by Bowman.<br><br>So, it's a real mystery why there are two different pictures of Corwin in this set ?<br><br>Any one else have any thoughts on this ? ?<br><br><br><br>TED Z<br><br>
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03-18-2009, 11:29 AM
Posted By: <b>Bob Lemke</b><p>I've wondered about this for a long time, as well.<br><br>I can envision two scenarios . . . <br><br>Player on card #126 was not Corwin, so they corrected it on #149.<br> or<br>They thought player on card #149 was somebody other than Corwin, realized it WAS Corwin at the last minute and used the corrected back.<br><br>I am not a good photo-matcher, so I never tried to ascertain whether Corwin was on #126, #149 or both.
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03-18-2009, 08:45 PM
Posted By: <b>Shawn Chambers</b><p>I don't own either card of Corwin's, but just looking at them in the Slocum Baseball book I believe both pics are of Corwin.<br><br>For some reason, I thought this would be a quick and easy answer on the web, but really hasn't worked out that way! <br><br>Thanks for the suggestions,<br><br>Shawn
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03-22-2009, 03:31 PM
Posted By: <b>Anthony N.</b><p>There were 4 cards that were produced and then not issued, the poses changing on 3 of them, but 1 was a Dodgers In Action card (a play at home plate, IIRC)<br>They were offered in SCP's auction around 2001-2002. I wonder if this card was switched out for one of the Corwins, with Bowman not realizing in their haste he was already in there.<br>I'll try and dig up the catalog tonite and see what the numbers were for those 4 cards- I know one was Slaughter.
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03-24-2009, 12:42 AM
Posted By: <b>Anthony N.</b><p>Found the 4 '53 proofs in question. They were offered in the November '01 SCP auction, lots 258-261.<br>All 4 were blank backed proofs, and graded authentic by PSA. The 4 consisted of<br>Slaughter- exact same pose as his card number 81<br>Fain- no Fain in the color series, so this could've been in place of one of the Corwins, as could<br>Dodgers in Action- this consists of a player sliding into home, the catcher diving over him, and the umpire calling him safe. From the small scan it looks like the player sliding is a Dodger, possibly Reese or Furillo.<br>Spahn- different image than the card that would end up being issued for him, this one pictures him in mid windup from the thighs up.<br>I seem to recall these went for about $1200-1400 each at the time.
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03-24-2009, 02:36 PM
Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>All the info on the backs of these two cards is identical with the exception on their #s. Card on<br> left is #126 and his Birth month is misspelled "Recember".<br><br>The card on right (#149) has this error corrected on it...."December".<br><br> <br><br><img src="http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt113/zanted86/alcorwin126b149b.jpg" alt="[linked image]"><br><br><br>TED Z<br><br>
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03-24-2009, 05:43 PM
Posted By: <b>JDRUM</b><p>Mr. Corwin certainly thought they were both him:<br><img src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/hrbaker/AUTOS/alcorwin.jpg" alt="[linked image]">