Anyone, please identify this 1949 BOWMAN wrapper ?

[Volod]

Originally Posted by canjond

While I have no opinion or insight into the wrapper, I do agree that box pictured above is a 1949 Bowman and mislabeled as a 1950. I used to own a 1949 as well, and it was the same design and color scheme as the two posted above.

Mislabled, by whom? If the green-white-orange box was used for both years, then there's no evidence the wrapper color was directly related to the box color scheme. Lacking any dating on the box, there's no reason to suppose otherwise.

[sflayank]

green orange and white wrapper goes with green orange white box
red white and blue wrapper goes with red white and blue box
its a fact that theres a50 bowman dated red white and blue wrapper
for anyone to think they used both colors in both years is absurd
COMMON SENSE dictates otherwise....

[ALR-bishop]

Does "common" imply average or below "star" sense ?

As someone lacking any Bowman sense, this has been an interesting exchange

[sflayank]

al
common sense minor star sense or hof'er sense
having a little fun..here...from what ive been told about tedzan.....hes never lost an argument....im just guessing that MAYBE his memory of the color of a pack he bought 63 years ago....just MAY BE a little bit off
in any sense ill keep my green wrapper with my 49 set and my white wrapper with my 50 set and when they get sold thats how theyll sell

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by sflayank

al
im just guessing that MAYBE his memory of the color of a pack he bought 63 years ago....just MAY BE a little bit off

FYI....the 1949 pack that my RED-WHITE-BLUE wrapper came from was opened just 15 years ago. The 5 - 1949 Bowman cards from the 4th series in this pack
attest to it being a 1949 issued wrapper.

TED Z

[Cardboard Junkie]

Originally Posted by tedzan

FYI....the 1949 pack that my RED-WHITE-BLUE wrapper came from was opened just 15 years ago. The 5 - 1949 Bowman cards from the 4th series in this pack
attest to it being a 1949 issued wrapper.

TED Z

Aloha! Could be that someone resealed a 50 wrapper filling it with 49 cards? Just thinkin outloud. Seems right that colors of box and colors of wrappers go together. dave

[steve B]

Interesting stuff, and leading to more questions than I would have had at the start.

Is the green/orange wrapper much tougher than the red/blue one?

Is the green/orange tougher than the 48 wrapper?

Assuming the green orange white wrapper is much tougher to find I have to wonder why. It's not like 49s are harder to find than 50's or 48's and I can't come up with many reasons why one fairly common year would be saved less than the year before or after. I'd think if there was a big find of unopened 48's and 50's it would be fairly well known.

Maybe a mid year switch if the green/orange weren't selling as well as expected?

Steve B