1949 leaf

[steve B]

Always good to see some more 49 Leaf.

I've been meaning to ask Ted if he recalls whether the bright pink ones came out earlier or later than the more normal ones.

I've been trying to figure out if they had the nicer printing and went cheaper over time, or if it was bad at first and they gradually improved?

Steve B

[nolemmings]

Steve,

I would like a copy of your spreadsheet. I am at least momentarily interested in the Leaf set, although I do not collect it. I just created a virtual album of the cards from the recent near set offered by Heritage, if you'd like to take a look.
https://imageevent.com/imoverhere/scans/194849leaf

[Griffins]

A few from the set I used to own

[Griffins]

I"m missing scans on 6-8 more sets, I suspect there are variations on every card, due to printing inconsistencies.

[Griffins]

BTW, Ted's article in Old Cardboard 7-8 years ago is by far the best resource I've found for information on this set.

[tedzan]

Anthony

Thanks for the kudos regarding my 1949 LEAF (8-page) article in the OC (issue #9).

Originally Posted by steve B

Always good to see some more 49 Leaf.

I've been meaning to ask Ted if he recalls whether the bright pink ones came out earlier or later than the more normal ones.

I've been trying to figure out if they had the nicer printing and went cheaper over time, or if it was bad at first and they gradually improved?

Steve B

Steve

These cards were available in my neighborhood in early Spring of 1949. The 1st series were plentiful. Between 9 (or 10) kids my age we had over 1000 of these LEAF's.
We pooled our knowledge, and by comparing cards, we were able to figure out that 49 cards constituted a complete set (in this 1st series). LEAF skip-numbered these
cards, so there was no way that by yourself you could figure this out.

Now, to your question.....
with the exception of the Joe DiMaggio card, the colors were perfect on all the other cards we had. A few DiMaggio cards had a pale yellow background color, instead of
the normal green seen in my DiMag card pictured here.





Feel free to ask me any questions you may have regarding these 1949 LEAF's.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[steve B]

Thanks Ted, That gives me a bit of info about how they were when they were new. Stuff like that is hard to find on any set, let alone one from before I was born.

I have pics of DiMaggio like that one, as well as the yellowish back and with Pink for the name box and fleshtones. So far I can pick out three main groups, with a couple transitional ones and a couple that are hard to figure out.

"First" group - No idea if it was actually first - Normal ish colors, generally shaded hats and generally no lines dividing the bat or figure from the border

"Second" - Unshaded hats, and generally lines dividing the bat or figure from the border.

"third" - The same as second, except the M in the CMYK really is Magenta instead of the more usual red. Blue is also generally very dark. (On this one for DiMaggio his hat is solid blue) These can be tough to spot on some cards, especially Robinson and some other portraits.

[CW]

Those are the scans! Thanks, Anthony. Too cool.

BTW, I have seen the DiMaggio with 3 basic variations. Of course the green comes in many shades, but there's green, yellow, and also a "blue tint" version that Memory Lane auctioned off in the Summer of 2015. It was a PSA 3 and I really wanted to add it to the collection but it sold for $3025 and I wasn't ready to go that high.

If anyone here owns this card and wants to sell it please let me know.

I'm not sure if it could be considered a true "variation" but here it is:

https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/...e?itemid=35706

[tedzan]

Hi Steve B.

Here are some more of the LEAF color variations from my collection.

If you are interested, I have more of them which I can post ?



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TED Z

T206 Reference
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[steve B]

I'm always up for looking at more cards no matter what they are

[tedzan]

Here are some more of the LEAF color variations from my collection.


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More of these color variations will follow, when I get a chance to scan them.



TED Z

T206 Reference
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