1949 Bowman - variation?

canjond · #1 05-07-2009, 10:36 AM

I'm sure Ted Z or someone else will chime in soon. However, to me, that does not look like a variation per se. Rather, the ink may have been running low during the printing which caused the "color freak."

Griffins · #2 05-07-2009, 11:18 AM

Ted's vcbc article on the '49 set details the gray background variations.

scooter729 · #3 05-07-2009, 11:45 AM

Thanks Anthony - I'll see if I can find a copy of that article then!

Drew6 · #4 05-09-2009, 04:01 PM

Anthony, did you ever find the article on the grey back 1949's? I have been wondering about the back differences for awhile. I would love to read more about it. Great thread and great board.

Drew

tedzan · #5 05-09-2009, 08:59 PM

Just wandered over here and saw this....one of my favorite subjects. I'm showing here a small sample
of the various color printing errors that can be found in the early Bowman sportscards sets.
The 1949 Zoldak you depicted is one of 17 cards in the 3rd series that can be found missing its pastel
background color. I refer to these color errors a SLATES. Shown below is my 3rd series uncut sheet
depicting these SLATE cards.

I wrote an article about all the possible SLATE cards that can be found in the 49B set (1997 issue of
VCBC). Most of the SLATE cards are found in the tough Hi# series (#145-240).

I'll welcome any and all questions you can throw at me regarding these cards.

[linked image]

TED Z

slantycouch · #6 05-11-2009, 04:09 PM

As usual, great info Ted. Thanks for sharing!

scooter729 · #7 05-12-2009, 02:55 PM

Thanks Ted, great info!

Couple of questions to follow up...

How scarce are these slate background cards as compared to the regular cards?

Is there much of a premium for these variations?

Thanks!
Scott

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