New evidence of T206 expanded 350/460 series cards

[tedzan]

Your story........
"I still have hopes that someone will rip the walls out of a 1912 built house someday and find a few dozen sheets
acting as insulation. That happened with some movie posters in PA years ago and they were worth a fortune."

reminded me of........
My experience back in 1985. Bob, owner of a BB card shop in Cherry Hill (NJ), called me with an exciting find. I im-
mediately left work for an extended "lunch hour" and drove to his shop. I was amazed to see 8 original 32-image
tin printing plates of the entire 1954 Bowman set. Actually, the 54B set comprises of 224 cards, so 7 of these com-
plete plates made up the set. And, there was an extra 32-image plate. On this extra plate of 32 images was the
famous (and scarce) #66 Ted Williams image.

So, there were 2 such plates in this original find with the #66 Ted Williams image. So much, for the myth back in
the early 1980's that this card's plate was "broken".

Bob acquired these 54B plates from a nearby neighbor who had moved into a home and found them attached to the
attic rafters in order to seal a leaking roof.



TED Z