1947 BOND BREAD and its "imposters"....show us your cards ?

[butchie_t]

More likely than not, yes. Still a nice pick up.

Regards.

B. T.

[Exhibitman]

Acquired over the weekend:



It was hidden inside the magazine bag that held a Ruben Gomez picture. I didn't bother to open the bag before I got home because the Gomez was a cheap item in a mixed lot of stuff. Imagine my surprise when I found Stan the Man underneath it.

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Acquired over the weekend:



It was hidden inside the magazine bag that held a Ruben Gomez picture. I didn't bother to open the bag before I got home because the Gomez was a cheap item in a mixed lot of stuff. Imagine my surprise when I found Stan the Man underneath it.

Very nice bonus insert!

Congrats.

[abctoo]

The question about the type of corners the 1948 Bond Bread cards were issued with must consider not only the Bond Bread cards, but other cards issued about the same time with the same pictures. Though its true that the Bond Bread cards issued in Bond Bread packages overall had rounded corners, at least 4 - 6 other sets with its pictures and a variety of corners are available.

Those sets include the Festburg sheets which could be cut into two different sets, one with rounded corners and the other with square corners. Also existing are the sets of Sport Cards issued in cardboard packages with WSNY printed on back and the subsequent cardboard pack issues with WSNY obliterated. We know that these Sport Cards come with both rounded corners and square corners. One or both of the sets could have been issued with rounded corners and square corners.

The grading services provide little guidance and are notorious for misidentifying these type of cards. Many of the corner variations discussed in prior posts come from limited areas of circulation and do not represent the wide variety of corner variations that existed across the broader base in which they were issued.

It's obvious that many corner varieties exists. These corner variations are not dissimilar to the corners of the 1949-50 Comic Traders aka Comic Stars non-sports issues.

Below are two of the less than 5 known "The Monster" cards from Comic Trader's Li'l Abner series. Even with so few known, the corners significantly differ. Also below are some "Ooola" cards from the same series, all with a variety of corner rounding. I hope their reference is helpful. Mike

[Exhibitman]

Not really but they are very colorful.

[abctoo]

Here's a few better examples of cut corners from Comic Traders.

[Leon]

Good info. THANKS for sharing...

Originally Posted by abctoo

Here's a few better examples of cut corners from Comic Traders.

[pherbener]

Just got several Bond Breads back from SGC plus got my Jackie reholdered. I had a Rizzuto that had corners that seemed off that was returned ungraded. I'll post a picture of it when I find it!

[jessejames]

I haven’t been on net54 for a little while but referenced this thread a ton back in 2019/2022 when reading up on the history of Bond Bread and the many somewhat controversial variations. A few things…

I was the winner of the Elgee sheet from Leland’s back in 2021, and I’ve kept it intact as I bought it (sorry to whoever requested the Cerdan). From catching up on the updates to this thread after 2020, it doesn’t appear that much mystery still exists around this set, but happy to provide pics at some point if members find useful.

I also had a similar experience as a member who posted on this thread more recently in regards to taking a flyer on a raw Jackie with rounded edges listed as a BB on eBay. Once I received it in hand it was obvious that it was a reproduction due to the thinness and texture of the paperstock in comparison to some other raw rounded corner BB commons I had in hand (and which I subsequently submitted to SGC and which received numerical grades).

I also finally finished my rounded corner SGC graded BB set last summer which ended a really fun set build that took me about 5 years to complete (Rex Barney had escaped me for a couple years). Since the recent updates from Mike, which introduced the possibility that back color and rounded corners may not be enough evidence to prove the card in question was actually distributed with bread, who knows if my set is actually all BB or rounded corner SSS. I have a hard time reconciling this, as Ted seems to as well, as I believed the rounded corners were so they did not puncture the bread bag packaging. If we know the SSS versions were distributed via 4 boxes then why would they expend the effort to round the corners? Doesn’t make any sense to me either, but obviously doesn’t prove anything.

I’ll continue to work towards the 13 Jackie miniseries, which will take awhile, but love these cards and personally enjoy the bit of mystery that still surrounds them!

[butchie_t]

I would be just fine knowing if the Festburg cards from my post just above this one even come close to being BB cards (maybe variants of). And if they are period to that time and not the repros that are out there.

I think they are but thinking does not make it true.

Good luck with your quest. A rather awesome one for sure.

Butch

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by pherbener

Just got several Bond Breads back from SGC plus got my Jackie reholdered. I had a Rizzuto that had corners that seemed off that was returned ungraded. I'll post a picture of it when I find it!

WOW!!! This is huge, SGC is grading them again?

Very nice group of cards there.

Butch.