Originally Posted by darkhorse9 (Post 2346143)

This set is my current obsession. I've completed the first four series except for the Jackie. Working on series 5 and have about a third of them so far.

Frustrating to hear this might be the toughest series to complete. I like working sets by series. Finish one before moving on yo the next.

My reasonable expectation is that I will finish the set within the next year minus the big five (Jackie, Satchel, Snider, Ashburn, Doby) and then figure out a way to accumulate funds to knock those off. That may take many more years.

Originally Posted by Bram99 (Post 2352395)

So where are you at right now? Interesting to hear from someone else who collects this set..
Tony

Originally Posted by tedzan (Post 1936712)

My BOWMAN PCL find...…
I received a call from a guy back in the late 1980's who grew up in the Philadelphia area. Jim wanted to sell me his BOWMAN and TOPPS
collections. He collected Sportscards as a kid in the late 1940's and early 1950's.


I was especially interested in his 1949 BOWMAN cards since I was starting a 2nd set. Jim had 150+ 1949 BOWMAN's. When he started to
describe them to me, I was in for quite a surprise for they included six PCL cards. He recalled these PCL cards were intermixed with the
regular BOWMAN cards in 5-cent packs. Jim recalls being confused, since the PCL cards were in the same packs as cards whose numbers
were in the 100's.
Incidentally, the cards in his entire collection were in amazing condition. Needless to say, the PCL cards were upgrades into my PCL set.


Here is the first page (of 3 pages) from my 1949 BOWMAN album. which includes the PCL set.


……....… Lee Anthony ……………….……….…… George Metkovich ………..………...…...….. Ralph Hodgin
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…….. "Sheriff" Gassaway ………………..…...…..… Tony Freitas …..……...………..……. Gordon Maltzberger


……..… Ken Holcombe ………………..…………..…… Don Ross ……...……..…….…...…...… "Inky" Coscarart
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…...….. "Jeep" Handley …………………….....…… Herman Besse ……….....…..…………...…. John Lazor



TED Z

T206 Reference
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Originally Posted by JasonL (Post 2464178)

Hi Ted,
Great story and nice cards!
I was wondering - is there a generally accepted opinion on how many of the 1949 Bowman PCL cards exist today?
Thanks!
Jason

Originally Posted by brianp-beme (Post 2464238)

We lost Ted and his wonderful wealth of knowledge at the end of last year (or it might have been the beginning of this year).

Perhaps someone else on here has an idea about this topic?


Brian

Originally Posted by jingram058 (Post 2464322)

Things really haven't been the same. He was a veritable fountain of knowledge, and he was nice about it.

Originally Posted by Leon (Post 2464324)

+1 I miss Ted. He was a good guy.
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Originally Posted by Casey2296 (Post 2464372)

+2 I miss Ted.

Originally Posted by brianp-beme (Post 2464238)

We lost Ted and his wonderful wealth of knowledge at the end of last year (or it might have been the beginning of this year).

Perhaps someone else on here has an idea about this topic?


Brian

Originally Posted by JasonL (Post 2465070)

Oh! My gosh, I am sorry to hear that, and certainly didn't mean to sound insensitive. I have been a member here for maybe about 20 years, but my attention has been very spotty over the last several years. Ted was fantastic to "listen to" for a long time!

Thanks for the reply on his behalf.
Jason