1949 LEAF BB set re-visited....show us your cards

[tedzan]

No one ventured a guess, so here's the 49th card in this 2nd series display.


The Brothers DiMaggio

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2nd Series.....issued Summer 1949



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[tedzan]

OK, quite a number of mis-printed 1949 LEAF cards can be found....but, can anyone on this forum top this mis-print ?

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[tedzan]

There are some pretty nice looking Babe Ruth cards on display in this thread. Here are my two Ruth cards from my two sets.

The fine looking Ruth on the left...I paid only a penny for in the Spring of 1949. It is not unusual to find the Babe Ruth cards
from this set in pretty nice condition, because a lot of us kids did not "flip" them, nor stick them in our bicycle spokes (as we
did with many of the other LEAF cards in our youth).






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[bkspoilers]

Sweet 1 cent Ruth. Did you buy packs in the day as well?

[tedzan]

Here are the wrappers of the two competing Gum Co. in 1949. The Bowman wax packs were available for a Penny and a Nickel.
I remember only Penny wax packs of LEAF in my neighborhood.


..................... 1949 BOWMAN ............................................... 1949 LEAF .........................

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[tedzan]

1949 LEAF BB B/W photo of an uncut sheet of the 1st series cards.






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[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Ted, thanks for all the images. Sometimes I think the only way to appreciate the beauty of a set is to see many of the cards side by side. Especially a set with so many colors.

Side note, the inclusion of Ruth has puzzled me....as do the high prices for that card since it was not issued during his playing days. It makes that set even harder to put together for a collector on a budget!

[tedzan]

The long-sleeve card of Cliff Aberson appeared in the early issues of the 1949 LEAF cards. The short-sleeve version
appeared later in the game. My guess is that the short-sleeve Aberson cards are simply the result of printing flaw.





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[KCRfan1]

Ted -

You make reference to " short print " with some of the cards. Is this due to the cards being a " single print " in relation to the rest of the cards, or were all cards to be printed in the same amount, but due to layout of the cards on a sheet some were overlooked and not placed as often for printing.

[tedzan]

Hi Lou

The so-called "Short-Prints" is a term which the hobby years ago used to identify these cards. I prefer to refer to these 1949 LEAF cards as the "2nd series" cards
which were issued in the Summer of 1949. These 49 cards were limited in both production and distribution. Research indicates that this 2nd series of 1949 LEAF's
were marketed only in Eastern Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. While the 1st series of 49 cards were marketed in large numbers nationwide.
My understanding as to why this occurred was due to litigation problems between the BOWMAN GUM CO. and the LEAF GUM CO. in 1949.

All 49 cards in this 2nd series are displayed in this thread in Posts #22, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31.


1st Series.....issued March 1949






2nd Series.....issued Summer 1949






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[tedzan]

….or, show us your 1949 LEAF Premiums.

Note that SGC identifies the year of these Premiums as 1949. And, I think PSA does, also. Yet they incorrectly identify the 1949 BB cards. Trust me, guys...…
these Premiums were inserted in the 24-count Wax-Back boxes which the 1949 BB cards were packaged in. I would say, PSA and SGC are totally confused ! ?








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[Ken Morganti]

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Hope this works...
It's a beat up version of one of my favorites in my set.

[RedsFan1941]

again ... grading companies not alone on this nor were they the first. i know you know this.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Ken Morganti

Attachment 334676
Hope this works...
It's a beat up version of one of my favorites in my set.

Hi Ken

It's a very tough card, no matter it's condition. Thanks for posting it.


Here's the Hermansk in my set....not too much better.






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[Leon]

Sorry to bump on old thread but this caught my eye as I was rabbit holing something. How does a card get this rounded of corners and not have creases? Pretty nice centering too.

Great thread, btw.

Originally Posted by Ken Morganti

Attachment 334676
Hope this works...
It's a beat up version of one of my favorites in my set.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hi Lou



The so-called "Short-Prints" is a term which the hobby years ago used to identify these cards. I prefer to refer to these 1949 LEAF cards as the "2nd series" cards

which were issued in the Summer of 1949. These 49 cards were limited in both production and distribution. Research indicates that this 2nd series of 1949 LEAF's

were marketed only in Eastern Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. While the 1st series of 49 cards were marketed in large numbers nationwide.

My understanding as to why this occurred was due to litigation problems between the BOWMAN GUM CO. and the LEAF GUM CO. in 1949.



All 49 cards in this 2nd series are displayed in this thread in Posts #22, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31.





1st Series.....issued March 1949













2nd Series.....issued Summer 1949













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Ted mentions the Bowman/Leaf lawsuit. Here is a contemporary Boston Globe article on the suit filed by Boston ace Warren Spahn and five other players. May 5, 1949.

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[Rare Stuff]

1949 Leaf Premium Babe Ruth - Blue variation

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Ted mentions the Bowman/Leaf lawsuit. Here is a contemporary Boston Globe article on the suit filed by Boston ace Warren Spahn and five other players. May 5, 1949.

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Jason

Furthermore,
BOWMAN also sued LEAF over the use of BOWMAN's logo "BASEBALL BUBBLE GUM" on their waxpacks.



..................... 1949 BOWMAN ............................................... 1949 LEAF .........................

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[tedzan]

We have here a rare occurrence in Sportscards where a well-known Baseball player's Rookie card is actually his Football card.


1948 LEAF
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