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05-16-2011, 10:36 PM
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It's an interesting question. While putting together this set back in the '80's, I came upon several cards that were dark, despite appearing to be near mint in all other respects. Most of them seemed to be in the first two series (#s 1-72). Could be mistaken, but I think I recall reading something in an old hobby publication claiming that these darker specimens came off the Bowman press run like that. Not sure why, but maybe a pressworker put in an inferior stock sheet, which would have been caught pretty quickly, but a decision was made to just release the cards anyway rather than toss them out.
Not doubting your word or memory Volod, but I don't recall ever hearing about diff stock on '52 Bowman & I've been following the set for a long time. Of course, I certainly could have missed something along the way.
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05-16-2011, 11:35 PM
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Louis, I can recall seeing these in the 1970s when I started collecting Bowmans. My guess is that Bowman used a different batch of paper for a print run. There's always a few on eBay and the prices are usually lower than otherwise because they appear to be soiled or faded. But I think it's just the way they were printed. Here's a comparison ... the Eddie Yost doesn't have the same gloss on the surface as the Cal Abrams and the paper is a different shade ...
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05-17-2011, 11:33 PM
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Right, the difference is definitely apparent, and the dark shading doesn't seem to be related to the card's general condition, i.e., dark card just as likely to be mint in all other respects as the much whiter specimens. Again, it seems to be the low-numbered series, as looking through my set, I find several numbered 1-72, but none after that. Also don't find any such darkened cards in my 1951 set, so perhaps it was just a foul-up in the pressroom that year. Just speculation on my part, Fred.
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