1949 bowman display box REA mystery solved

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Eric72

The REA listing shows, among other things, this image. Was the "5-Star" logo used in 1949?

According to Sports Collectors Daily:

"...interesting feature of card backs, one not seen on any other sports issue, is the red “Bowman 5-Star Picture Card Collectors Club” in the upper right-hand corner..."

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...-trend-setter/

This would seem to indicate the box on REA was from 1950. Of course, that was just me looking on the Internet for 5 minutes. The experts at REA and elsewhere almost certainly know something I don't. I'd love to hear the evidence which points to the box being from 1949.

[Casey2296]

The picture on the right shows the 1950 year on the bottom box, is that black ink or blue around the year?

[Lorewalker]

Box on the right also says Full Color. 1949s while color are not really full color especially compared to the 1950 Bowmans, which the box on the left is clearly from 1950.

[sflayank]

the 2 1950 dated boxes also say 1950 in the description on the bottom of the box...so i have to believe REA is right ..theres doesnt say 1950 anywhere
so must be 1949

[nolemmings]

Mile High sold what appears to be an identical box and listed it as 1950 even though the box had no 1950 identification.
http://www.milehighcardco.com/1950_b...-lot59411.aspx

Also, to Eric's point, I note that the 1950 Bowman cards have the distinctive five-star logo on the reverse, unlike those from 1949. This would seem to indicate that the REA box is from 1950, but these issues are way outside of my wheelhouse. Why they would have separate boxes, one stating the year and one not, I do not know.

[sflayank]

Mile high 1949
2 1950 dated variations say 1950 in the description on bottom box
The Mike high and this rea do not say that

[nolemmings]

Larry I get what you are saying-- you conclude that because one box says 1950 and the other does not, then it is beyond dispute that they must be from different years. It would seem others disagree-- at least Mile High. And you offer no explanation on why the distinctive five-star logo, which is on the back of the 1950 cards with the "Collectors Club" reference, appears on the REA and Mile High boxes, yet is not mentioned on the 1949 cards. Not definitive, especially since the logo was used by Bowman on non-sports cards from 1949, but surely curious, don't you think?

PS. Incidentally, REA itself previously offered what appears to be the same style box--no year stated-- as a 1950 issue: https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=44396

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by sflayank

the 2 1950 dated boxes also say 1950 in the description on the bottom of the box...so i have to believe REA is right ..theres doesnt say 1950 anywhere
so must be 1949

Larry, I must have missed that in the description. Could you post a scan or link to a box that says "Mr retailer your new 1950 bowman cards etc" on the bottom?

[sflayank]

Here..bottom of box

[tedzan]

For whatever it's worth, here is a 1951 BOWMAN wax-pack box (for comparison's sake).

Of course this box is 3-dimensional. I scanned it in 2-dimensional form so that all sides of it are visible.




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