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09-03-2006, 09:44 AM
Posted By: <b>BobS</b><p>Well it's very slightly OT on the Bob S scale, anyway. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />I've got a '47 Williams Homoginized Bond Bread in a Mint Co. slab (a 9, and it looks it)<br /><br />Most of us know of the illegal reprinting of the square corner versions of this set, which I believe was in conjunction with slabbing by PRO grading <br /><br />(disclaimer ...I'm not publicly accusing or singling out PRO here, it's just what I seem to remember).<br /><br />I'm curious if anyone knows if Mint Co. (whoever they are...LOL) was associated with this fiasco, and also if any of the major graders will grade this set.(the square cards, ie.) <br /><br />thanks.<br /><br />Bob <br /><br />BTW, I took my lazy hat off and googled MINT Co., and yes indeed they are alive and well. Well, alive, anyway...oops, they're in FL, so that raises the FL "bucketshop" flag . At least it wasn't on the "Lauderdale Mile", but Brandon FL might be a suburb. LOL <br /><br />

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09-03-2006, 09:59 AM
Posted By: <b>Steve M.</b><p>that David Festberg was selling the square corners in the late 80's and early 90's. I never heard that they were "illegal" but had always thought they were a warehouse find. I've not been on the board long enough to know whether that was ever discussed and disproven.

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09-03-2006, 10:39 AM
Posted By: <b>Rob</b><p>I believe it was such a large find that there was a collector who ran regular ads in SCD where you could buy a near set for $99 (which included Robinson, Louis and Williams). There was a short article in Sports Illustrated about how there were about 1200 near sets which were found in mint condition. Kind of a shame that people seem to be under the impression the square cornered cards are fakes, but these cards are from 1947.

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09-03-2006, 11:20 AM
Posted By: <b>BobS</b><p>Yes, I was aware of the NY find. <br /> <br />But I was referring to the SCD investigation in 2003....btw,it was Gem grading, not Pro mentioned in that circumstance.<br /><br />The best I could find on the web is in the 6th paragraph down in the following link:<br /><br /><a href="http://net.fwpublications.com/newsletters/NewsletterArchive/eSCD/7_28_2005.htm" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://net.fwpublications.com/newsletters/NewsletterArchive/eSCD/7_28_2005.htm</a><br /><br />So, I guess my original question is still out there if anyone knows.<br /><br />Thanks, again,<br /><br /><br />Bob<br><br>returnaddress