How did this get graded/slabbed?

[GasHouseGang]

I guess that's possible, but it seems unlikely. Have you seen those baseball cards pulled directly from those boxes? I'm assuming they have square corners. I've seen the baseball cards in the boxes at shows, but haven't seen them removed. If the boxed baseball cards have round corners like the movie star cards, that would definitely upset our current belief that the round cornered cards were only available as Bond Bread cards.

[Exhibitman]

Yes, I have. The set was offered for sale in April 2006 with Mastro. The lot shows all four baseball boxes with a selection of the cards with round corners. Here is a link to the auction:

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...entoryid=57459

Any theory that the round cards were only with the bread loaves is not supported by the evidence.

[GasHouseGang]

Adam, thanks for posting that link. That's interesting. According to the nonsport posting, the movie star cards are dated as 1948. I would guess that most likely these sports cards came out in the same year. The movie star cards are called W.S. New York cards based on the label on the back of the package. Here's a scan of the back of the pack. It's too bad Bond Bread didn't put some type of label on the back so these two issues could be easily distinguished from each other.

[GasHouseGang]

Now someone has turned up one more piece to the puzzle of the boxed baseball players. We wondered what W.S. stood for on the back of the box. Well a similar box for a different set has surfaced. This box is from a non-sport W673 "Navy Ship" set and has a more distinct label. It appears W.S. stands for A.J. Wildman and Son. It certainly appears to be the same type of box. Check out the pictures.