[Johnphotoman]

While we are disgusting letters, and people who brought cards in the 1980 and 1990 from ads, Mfil5 posted in the original thread- post #140,141,143. The letter from The Sporting News letter, from the 1980s.

Quote: Mfil5 - “ Hello everyone, my uncle bought a set of these circa 1988 and we've been wondering for quite some time if these were the actual '47 card set. Alas we now realize that these are most likely not. My question is, are they worth anything and if so, what? Also did anyone else buy from the same people? I've attatched pics of the letter that came with the cards and of the cards themselves. Any info would be much appreciated.”

In post 143 Mfil5: “Thanks for the response, after doing some digging I found that the guy that my uncle bought them from, Stanley Apfelbaum, was a "controversial" coin dealer before being barred from that and then moved on to sports memorabilia sometime in the 80s. Did anyone else buy from Mr. Apfelbaum's Rookie Card Club in the late 80s? And if so does anyone know if they were legit? The whole story behind these cards is really interesting and I'm just trying to piece all of this together.”

I would say, the cards from The Sporting News are from the Festberg find by looking at the images. It appears that this guy Stanley Apfelbaum was pawning the BB cards off as the real deal. (BOND BREAD).

Why? I do not understand why? He should have sold them for what they were. I am guessing he thought the Festberg cards were some kind of reprint and tried to make a quick buck.

I did find it interesting in what Ted Z said: “Your cards on display in Posts #141, 142 & 143 exactly coincide with my list of the 24 cards in the 1980's find by David Festberg. Furthermore the backs of these cards appear to be "toned" (instead of bright white). Therefore, I would conclude that these cards
are not from the original 1949 issued set.” I just do not understand the “1949 issued set”. I have not seen any evidence for a 1949 issue.

“What are they worth ? If they get graded and the flip identifies them wrongly as "1947 Bond Bread"......it's anyone's guess ? ?” (Ted Z).

I would say to Mfil5, treasure what you have, you have a part of baseball history. Remember value is in the eye of the beholder. They are worth more as they are, they do not need to be graded and then flipped, or wrongly identified. John