1941 Goudey Baseball
 

Why are there so few superstars in this set?
thanks,john
"Happy Holidays"

1941 Goudey is an odd set, and it doesn't look that well planned out. It was the swan song for the company regarding its baseball sets. I do like that you can find the players in different colors. A quirky set for sure.

Play Ball and Double Play had all the good players I guess...

Isn't that swan song?

How did I do that?:confused:

But when they started production of the set they probably did not know it would be the swan song...

Uhhh ... and company takes the singular possessive.

Weird Set
 

...and there are some very notable omissions:

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s.../41GMusial.jpg

Peter- I'm going to put you on retainer as my personal editor...come to think of it, you're already working for me pro bono.

:)Barry, too much time on the board is dragging you down to where you think bad grammar is good grammar.

Funny thing is (and it's really not so funny to me) I proofread everything two or three times before I submit...and still miss things. And it bothers me when I don't see something obvious. Maybe I'm losing my mind??:eek:

With a Red Sox roster at the time including Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, Bobby Doerr, Joe Cronin and Dom DiMaggio, this set has as its only Red Sox representative...Emerson Dickman :confused:?

Cheers,
Blair

Goudey vs the Bowman Gum Co. (1939-1941)
 

Warren Bowman would sue anybody at the "drop of a dime".

The Bowman Gum Co. (BLONY Gum) produced the 1939, 1940, and 1941 Play Ball BB cards sets.
It was "the king" of the Bubble Gum market in those years with it's HORRORS of WAR set and its
BB sets, and is mostly likely the reason that Goudey didn't produce bubble gum BB cards in 1939
and 1940.

With the exception of Carl Hubbell & Mel Ott in the 1941 Goudey's issue, Bowman's Play Ball sets
had the rights to all the other major stars.


TED Z

Interesting to figure how Goudey arrived at the only Red Sox inclusion of Emerson in the set. At least you can collect the different colors :)

Ted-
Any theory as to why Ott and Hubbell could be in the Goudey set while under contract with Playball and Williams, Joe D, Foxx, et al could not?

It's not the most aesthetically pleasing set but it does have some nuances that makes it fun to collect- the 4 different colors with varying levels of scarcity plus the short prints make it challenging.

They must have employed 3 years old kids to cut these up too :)

Ive seen many bad "diamond cuts" (see Ott below).
http://centuryoldcards.com/images/1941r324-33.jpg
"diamond cut"

And even a few "Super Miscut" cards with the players name and card number at the top of the image (bottom border was cut on the black line).
http://centuryoldcards.com/images/1941r324-15.jpg
http://centuryoldcards.com/images/1941r324-11.jpg
http://centuryoldcards.com/images/1941r324-10.jpg
"SUPER miscut"

Anthony N.
 

Hubbell and Ott were Giants' stars, perhaps that was why ? Really, I don't know.

There is no-way that anyone can figure out this set. Yes, the 4 color variations are a challenge that I attempted once (after
finally acquiring Joe Sullivan to complete a set of Yellows). Then I had partial sets of the Blue, Green, and Red versions, when
I came to my senses and realized that collecting these cards borders on insanity. So, I sold them all.

Regards,

TED Z