1949 Remar Bread set info

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Posted By: Bryan Long

Does this set come around often? I see a good amount of singles every now and then, but how hard is a full set? Would it have any value besides the Billy Martin card in it?
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Posted By: Anthony N.

They are very easy to obtain, I know a dealer that has huge stacks of each card in the set in near pristine condition. Email me if you want the info.
George Kelly is in the set, and Charlie Dressen. That is about it for star power.
The '46 and '47 sets are a bit tougher, the '50 set super easy. The '46 and '48 (might have the years off by one) team cards are brutally tough, and I haven't seen one offered in over 5 years.

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Posted By: bryan long

I picked up the 49 set and thought it would be fun to collect the earlier years as well. I have no interest in the 50 set. If you know of someone that has the other sets for sale I would be interested indeed.
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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Bryan, as has been mentioned the Remar cards aren't that tough to find. The 1946 is the toughest with the 1949 being the easiest in my experience. The related Sacramento Solons (Sunbeam Bread) sets are both quite a bit tougher than the Remar. A related set that is less available (but also not that tough) are the Smith's Clothing cards, they tend to sell for a bit more than Remar but aren't too bad.

The keys to the '49s are the cards of Billy Martin and HOFer George Kelly. However, there are cards of Negro Leaguers Alonzo Perry and Artie Wilson that tend to sell better than the average card in the set.

The 46 and 47 sets contain a card of Manager Casey Stengel that are going to be the most expensive (other than the Short Printed 1946 Billy Raimondi who is relatively tough to find). Other than these cards the rest are basically "common" although several of the players were far from common during their time.

They did not produce a set in 1948 (But Smith's did so that set tends to fill in the gap).

The 1949 set is explained above

The 1950 set is only slightly togher than the 1949 and has cards of Hall of Famers George Kelly and Billy Herman, along with another Artie Wilson card.

Hope this helps,
-Rhett

1947 Remar


1947 Smith's Clothing


1948 Smith's Clothing


1949 Remar