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Reflections on 1949 BOWMAN's (25 HOFers, many Rookies)...show-N-tell us of your cards
Hey Tony
Neat "sheet"......but, Porterfield, Shea, and Sanford are missing from your Yankees Pitcher's display ? TED Z T206 Reference . |
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The big 3
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Ive completed a couple of 49 bowman sets and the hardest cards for me have been 162 Roe, 175 Appling, 189 Wooten, 194 Branca, 211 Ferriss, and 238 Lemon HOF RC. I also do find the 145 to 181 relatively scarce as well. Also the PNOB versions of the 12 double prints are also hard to find. With all of the copies of these cards out there, do you really think that the Stirnweiss family collecting of the card could have the impact of making it scarce? There had to be millions of these printed. But how many could be in circulation / existence now? I wonder... Tony |
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Reflections on 1949 BOWMAN's (25 HOFers, many Rookies)...show-N-tell us of your cards
It's sort of disappointing that this 1949 BOWMAN thread has not received more responses. It's a classic BB card set of 252 cards. The largest color set since the 1933 GOUDEY set.
OH WELL ! Let's see if we can generate some more interest by including the mysterious 1949 BOWMAN Pacific Coast League (PCL) set of 36 cards. Bowman expanded their market to the west coast by introducing the PCL cards. Judging by their design and their colors, my guess is that these 36 cards were printed and issued during the Summer of 1949. In the 1970's and early 1980's, the general consensus in the hobby was that these cards were only issued as sheets, of which the cards were hand-cut. This myth was dismissed in the late 1980's by several finds. Displayed here is the PCL waxpack wrapper. .. ...... extremely rare 1949 PCL wrapper .................................................. ................... regular 5-cent 1949 wrapper . Since the early 1980's, in the process of acquiring all 36 cards Factory-cut, I have completed 3.4 sets of these PCL cards. Here is page #1 (of 3 pages) in my 1949 BOWMAN album. . ... Factory-cut .. .. .. ... .. Hand-cut Stay tuned for more 1949 PCL stuff....which includes my first "big deal" with Alan "Mr Mint" Rosen....and, my PCL find. And, if you have some of these very "rare gems", don't be shy, share them with us. TED Z T206 Reference . Last edited by tedzan; 12-02-2019 at 07:48 PM. Reason: Added information. |
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1st series back colors
Can you comment on the light and dark backs of the first series (1-73 minus #4)? Are the dark backs rarer? When I put my set together without paying attention to the backs, I ended up with 44 light backs and 28 dark backs so it appears that the dark backs are harder to find. Do you know if that is really true?
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Reflections on 1949 BOWMAN's (25 HOFers, many Rookies)...show-N-tell us of your cards
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BOWMAN printed and issued their 1st series (72 cards) with White backs. These cards were very plentiful in the Spring of 1949, especially in the Northeast. The Gray backs followed (circa May-June 1949), and it's my understanding that these cards were distributed in the South. And, the Mid West. Apparently, the Gray backs were printed in lower quantities than the White backs. TED Z T206 Reference . |
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Thanks for the confirmation. I am currently trying to find the backs that I don't have in my set, and so far, the white backs have definitely been easier to get. |
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