1949 Bowman Set a Favorite

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Posted By: barrysloate

Great to see the new forum has been launched!

When I first got into the hobby in 1982, the first "early" set I gravitated to was the 1949 Bowman set. I loved the color schemes, crude photos, variations, and just the overall look of the set. At that time, Ted Z. and his friend Ralph Triplette had written a great article on the mysteries of the set, pretty much laying out the 7 series by sheets and explaining those mysterious 12 that were reprinted with NOF and Print backs. I even went after the odd color variations, such as the slate backs.

It brings back great memories, and it was the beginning of my lifelong friendship with Ted Z. Anybody else love the set?

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Posted By: Anonymous

I love the little square Bowman cards, especially 49 and 50. Maybe Ted will post some of his slate backgrounds here.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

OK guys....I'll start posting some of my unsual 1949 Bowmans....let's start with these.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

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Posted By: Paul S

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Posted By: Paul S

We can't edit our posts yet, so along with my above post, (Robbie and Red) yes, I love the set. However, it took me a long time to feel that way. I got them when I was in my teens, when I only "appreciated" it and the players. I guess it just didn't have that pizazz that might turn a younger kid on...colors, size, etc. In a way that's good because the 49s therefore did not suffer the handling abuse many of my others did.

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Posted By: Anthony

I just started the '49 set about a year ago, and am getting close, but am stuck on some of the variations- how tough are they? Not the slate ones but the script, name, etc variations.
Here's a '49 sheet I picked up. I had one of these when I was a kid in the '70's, and thought it was unique. Sold it back then when I sold my collection, but when I got back in about 7 years ago found they aren't that tough, at least not the series I had that was double printed on the back. Missed on a few and then finally won this one

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Posted By: Paul S

Anthony,
Well, your specific 49s may not be "tough", but they are a first for me. I'm just astounded with all the sheets being shown right off the bat. Terrific.

Paul S

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

The 12 variations are equal in "toughness" to the 2nd series of Hi#s (namely cards #181 - 240).
This is true since they were printed on the very last sheet to fill it out to 36 cards. You see, there are actually 252 cards
for a complete 1949 set.
Have you read my 1949 Bowman article in the 1983 Spring issue of Krause's BaseBall Cards Magazine ?

I have extras of all 12 variations in nice condition if you are interested.

TED Z