1949 bowman display box REA mystery solved

[glynparson]

Originally Posted by sflayank

This is not complicated
3 boxes.(1)..1950 on top and the front of bottom insert half and on bottom of box in description
(2) No 1950 on top...1950 on front of bottom insert half of box and in description on bottom on box
And (3) no 1950 anywhere on box which should make this the 1949 box

Please explain how they owned zero 1949 bowmans then but owned hundreds of 1950 bowmans. This was an original collection put together in years of issue not a collection curated over time. Why do you think it’s impossible that some boxes didn’t have year on them? After all we know of multiple series so why assume boxes were identical. The fact they owned zero 1949 bowmans but literally hundreds of 1950 which were kept in said box makes me think you are wrong here. I understand that’s rare as you are often dead on accurate but I think in this rare case you are incorrect.

[sflayank]

Not 100% ...but bowman making 3 different boxes same year?...possible..just seems unlikely because of the description on bottom of box telling dealers about the new 1950 cards...why would they have a box that doesn't say that?
I guess we will never know for sure

[glynparson]

Yeah I guess he could have gotten from the local store or something and candy shop owner just stuck the new packs in the old box on the shelf. I suppose there are reasons. It could have happened that they got a 1949 box. One of those I guess we we’ll never be 100% on