June Pickups

[rats60]

Originally Posted by jbl79

Thanks for the nice comments everyone! Really regretted selling my Leaf Musial PSA 7 about a year ago. With rookie cards of his contemporaries such as Williams, Mantle, Mays, Aaron, and Clemente going for such strong prices...I've always felt Stan and his cards have been undervalued for the longest time considering his place in baseball history. It's nice to see Musial's Bowman and Leaf rookies, especially in "7's" and "8's" going for such strong prices the past few months. I'm glad I could add this mid-grade gem to my collection without breaking the bank.

Btw...nice pickups as usual guys!

When did people start calling the 1949 Leaf Musial his rookie card? Isn't it a second year card? I thought that his 1948 Bowman was his rookie card, at least until someone starts claiming some obscure regional is his true rookie.

[MetsBaseball1973]

I guess somewhere along the line, since SGC puts "ROOKIE" on the flip.

Yes, many of us are aware the Leafs, for a long time, were labeled 1948. Collectors and the hobby at large later have come to believe they were 1949.

Some are clearly still in the habit of referring to the 1948-49 Leaf as his rookie.

The real question is: do people really sit around reading internet message boards, waiting to make posts like that?