48 Bowman Set [Probstein]

[CobbSpikedMe]

Probstein sucks. (sorry, I couldn't resist Steve).

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Probstein sucks. (sorry, I couldn't resist Steve).

Ha. Knew someone couldn’t resist.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Ha. Knew someone couldn’t resist.

I'm just surprised it took 15 posts to get there!

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

I'm just surprised it took 15 posts to get there!

I'm so glad I showed restraint. (but he does deserve it!)

[tedzan]

My three favorite guys in this set......

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When I was a kid, our local Candy store never had these BOWMAN's. We rode our bikes to a pharmacy a mile away to buy them. I put down a Quarter
and purchased 25 cards. When I opened one of the 1-cent wax-packs and found Yogi, I was thrilled.

Regarding the topic here, that is a lot of $$$$ for this set. Including approx. $1600 for 48 pieces of plastic adds insult to injury.

In 2001, I sold my 2nd set (condition similar to my 3 samples shown here) for $400. Perhaps, I should have kept that set


Showing-off here some more goodies in my collection.

1948 Bowman 1-cent wrapper
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TED Z

T206 Reference
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[chadeast]

Originally Posted by tedzan

My three favorite guys in this set......

. .


When I was a kid, our local Candy store never had these BOWMAN's. We rode our bikes to a pharmacy a mile away to buy them. I put down a Quarter
and purchased 25 cards. When I opened one of the 1-cent wax-packs and found Yogi, I was thrilled.

Regarding the topic here, that is a lot of $$$$ for this set. Including approx. $1600 for 48 pieces of plastic adds insult to injury.

In 2001, I sold my 2nd set (condition similar to my 3 samples shown here) for $400. Perhaps, I should have kept that set


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Thanks Ted, your posts here are just wonderful! I really like the Musial too. He looks so young!

[Ricky]

Originally Posted by tedzan

My three favorite guys in this set......

. .


When I was a kid, our local Candy store never had these BOWMAN's. We rode our bikes to a pharmacy a mile away to buy them. I put down a Quarter
and purchased 25 cards. When I opened one of the 1-cent wax-packs and found Yogi, I was thrilled.

Regarding the topic here, that is a lot of $$$$ for this set. Including approx. $1600 for 48 pieces of plastic adds insult to injury.

In 2001, I sold my 2nd set (condition similar to my 3 samples shown here) for $400. Perhaps, I should have kept that set


Showing-off here some more goodies in my collection.

1948 Bowman 1-cent wrapper
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TED Z

T206 Reference
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Ted, your collection amazes me. The other card I really like in this set is Spahn.

[FrankWakefield]

"rode our bikes to a pharmacy a mile away" I love it, Ted.

I rode my bike along the road on which I lived on Saturday mornings, eyes on the ditches looking for Coke bottles. People would buy cold drinks on Friday nights and toss the bottles as they left town. I'd gather them Saturday's, then go home and hose them off so they weren't nasty or muddy. Coke bottles got 4 cents back; Pepsi and RC stuff brought a 3 cent deposit. Then I'd buy as many wax packs of Topps cards as I could afford.

Thank you to the baseball card gods for allowing us bicycles.

[tedzan]

Hi Frank

Great to hear from you.

In 1948 there were three of us avid BB dudes (ages 8 - 9). Joe, Johnny, and me with our Schwinn bikes. We rode
them all over our area. Our 1st adventurous trip was to the Newark Bears (International Lge.) Stadium to catch a
game. That trip was a 24-mile round-trip hike.

A couple of years later, the 3 of us upgraded our "wheels" to 3-speed English Racers. With these bikes we became
more adventurous, like peddling our buts to Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. This trip entailed a boat ride across the Hud-
son River on the Staten Island ferry over to Brooklyn. Our round-trip that day was 60 miles. We were smart not to
tell our parents, otherwise we would have been "grounded" for a week (or two).

We were quite fortunate to live in NJ (near NYC) back then (1947 - 1956). Needless to say, there's where most of
the exciting BB was happening.

Incidentally, in our neighborhood, Coke, Pepsi bottles returned got us 2-cents. Large soda bottles were 5-cents.


TED Z
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