1949 Leaf Theory

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by Pat R

I still think that you might eventually find that the 2 or 3 different variations were printed in different places.

A couple of ads that may not have been posted before.

Super interesting, I have never seen those, and didn't think there was much distribution west of the Mississippi. I think, and I am not 100% sure, Leaf packs only had 5 cards per pack with gum, but I could be wrong. Maybe these are ads for Bowman packs? They had an agreement with PCL players, meaning that they could have distributed on the West Coast, but I will have to dig further into it.

Thanks for posting!

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by yanks87

Super interesting, I have never seen those, and didn't think there was much distribution west of the Mississippi. I think, and I am not 100% sure, Leaf packs only had 5 cards per pack with gum, but I could be wrong. Maybe these are ads for Bowman packs? They had an agreement with PCL players, meaning that they could have distributed on the West Coast, but I will have to dig further into it.

Thanks for posting!

5 cards per pack, same name though, but if this ad is from May, it was either left over product, or it was Bowman as the injunction against Leaf by Bowman about the packaging of the cards hit around March 22nd of '49.

[brianp-beme]

A little tough to make out on the image, but does this box have a 1949 copyright date?

Brian

[Yoda]

I have to say that Larry Jansen's mustache is less than flattering. His wife should have demanded he shave it off.

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by Yoda

I have to say that Larry Jansen's mustache is less than flattering. His wife should have demanded he shave it off.

Favorite comment of the thread. Double standard for the Leaf set VS T206, everyone clamors for the Titus 'stache, no love for this one!

[JustinD]

This seems like a great time to remember when Huggins and Scott sold the Type 1 of the infamous Wagner card for 325 in a small lot because they never noted what it was.

Did anyone here get that deal or is hiding in someone's archives forever?

http://aug14.hugginsandscott.com/cgi...l?itemid=71105

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by JustinD

This seems like a great time to remember when Huggins and Scott sold the Type 1 of the infamous Wagner card for 325 in a small lot because they never noted what it was.

Did anyone here get that deal or is hiding in someone's archives forever?

http://aug14.hugginsandscott.com/cgi...l?itemid=71105

Honus Wagner, the poster child for tobacco……oh wait minute.

[Pat R]

Some of the information in this thread brings up a question of how many cards were in a pack were there 5 cards in the first series packs and 6 cards in the second series packs?

The Leaf box posted in this thread clearly says 5 cards per pack several sources say there are 6 cards in the second series packs in the Rosen find (FWIW in a video taped interview Al Rosen at first says there were 6 cards and then changes it to 9 cards in each pack).

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by yanks87

Super interesting, I have never seen those, and didn't think there was much distribution west of the Mississippi. I think, and I am not 100% sure, Leaf packs only had 5 cards per pack with gum, but I could be wrong. Maybe these are ads for Bowman packs? They had an agreement with PCL players, meaning that they could have distributed on the West Coast, but I will have to dig further into it.

Thanks for posting!

I would think the "All Star Bubble Gum' would exclude it from being Bowman especially considering that they had a suit against Leaf.


According to Ted (post #11) in this thread Leaf did come with 6 Baseball cards in a pack.
https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...highlight=Leaf

[G1911]

Bowman boxes look different and don't have the All-Star branding, which is on the back of the 1949 Leaf cards. Bowman's product was just Baseball Bubble Gum.

Not my items, pulled off the web.

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by G1911

Bowman boxes look different and don't have the All-Star branding, which is on the back of the 1949 Leaf cards. Bowman's product was just Baseball Bubble Gum.

Not my items, pulled off the web.

Nice pull! Chalk this one up to I have no idea!