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Originally Posted by Yoda
Ted, wasn't there also a theory that the reason for the paucity of Plank's T206 card was that the actual printing plate broke and another was never made? John
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Hi John
The "broken plate" theory is a myth.
I'm sure you will recall that the same claim was made regarding the 1954 Bowman Ted Williams (#66) card back in the 1970's and 1980's.
This claim was dis-spelled when a former Bowman employee came into Bob Bartosz's shop (in NJ in 1985) with all the printing plates used
to print the 1954 Bowman set. Including duplicate printing plates which had the Ted Williams image on them.
Anyone who is knowledgeable on printing practices will tell us that printers produce multiple plates of given images.
Take care my friend,
TED Z
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