1936/37 Goudey wide pens/premiums - Feller

[Prof_Plum]

Thanks for the education. Much appreciated. Still doesn't make much sense (to me) why PSA would list Feller (& Doeer) with a 1936 Goudey separately when he doesn't show up until 1937.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I think that the grading companies originally went with all of the cards from that series as 1936, then realized their error and started grading the ones going forward as 1937, this having a split pop report.

[tjb1952tjb]

I found this confusing also. Bobby Doerr was a Boston Red Sox rookie in 1937, but his Goudey Wide Pen Premium has been labeled "1936". I assumed that PSA just lumped all of the R314's as 1936, as that was the first year of issue. Bobby Doerr was playing for the PCL San Diego Padres in 1936. My Doerr true rookie card...........

[ls7plus]

I always thought it was interesting, though, that the R314 DiMag portrait (rather than the card he shares with Joe McCarthy) depicts him in a San Francisco Seals rather than a New York Yankees uniform, if it was truly issued in 1937, rather than '36. One would think that a lot of pics of Joe D in a Yankees uniform would have been available by '37, and preferred. On the other hand, the same picture was used as the basis for the 1938 Goudey DiMaggio, so who knows?

Best,

Larry