Let’s rehash the Bond Bread controversy.

[Johnphotoman]

No the blank backs are not rarer, in my opinion. The 1947-49 cards we call "Bond Bread" had blank backs. And may 1947-49 cards had printing on the backs, I will look up the distinction later and explain the difference between the two, I'll have to check my notes, I cannot answer off the top of my head. I can say the one with printing on the backs, has never been given the title of Bond Bread. They are both great cards to have. John.

[Johnphotoman]

I gave this thread the name - “Let’s rehash the Bond Bread controversy.” For a good reason, to point out everything labeled as Bond Bread should not be given that distinction for reasons specified in this thread. And in the original thread by Ted Zanidakis - I believe too many people look down on the other cards. The title of the Ted Z thread (the Bond Bread controversy (1947 BOND BREAD and its "imposters"....show us your cards?) I hope I have that right. Leaves us with a lot to think about.

I believe a lot of good information came out of the thread, but in my opinion too many people think all other cards from 1947 are “importers” that are labeled as Bond Bread, they go as far as to say they are not from 1947-49, but some unknown time of print. And try to say all squared cards are reprints, we now know this is not the case. Yes, all cards we call Bond Bread should not be given that distinction. But just because they are squared does not mean they where not printed in 1947-49.

In this very thread I have given the misconception about the 1980 Festberg find. They are not reprints, just leftover cards printed from 1947-49. I have said the quality was not as good, I do want to take that back after looking at cards for sale that I believe are from that find, I was wrong, the printed cards are as good as the originals.

But we can still tell the Festberg cards from the others; The details are in the back of the cards. We can tell they are from the 1980 by the back of the cards. It tells us what kind of paper stock was used, and this is how we can tell them apart from other cards that were printed in 1947-49.

I want to say this does not mean they are inferior cards in any way. But should be considered or labeled as 1947-49 Festberg find: Yes these cards were sold in the 1980-90 and until till today, but they are not reprint or fakes or cards from some unknown year, just because they were not sold in 1947-49.

The reason I said the Festberg cards printing was not as good as the original 1947 cards, I was going by what others have said. But now that I have seen what I believe to be from the original Festberg cards - I will say you can only tell them by the stock - paper they were printed on, by looking at the back. Think about these cards as cars, they are all 1947-49 cars, but just different models. The cards may be on different stock, ie, models-but are still 1947-49 cards, different stock does not mean they where printed in different years.

I know there are people who bought 1947-49 baseball cards called Bond Bread from David Festberg (1980 Festberg cards). It would be great to have some of those cards posted here. John