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#1
11-13-2011, 02:45 PM
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1954 Bowman Help
I just bought what was shown as a 1954 Bowman Johnny Antonelli (#208) from COMC. I got the card yesterday and it is in fantastic shape. Too fantastic. It is perfectly centered, sharp corners and edges, and still glossy on the front.
It is the correct size for 1954 Bowman (2 1/2" x 3 3/4"), but it just seems way too nice for a card that is 57 years old. Does anyone know if there ever was a reprint of 1954 Bowman and, if so, how would I differentiate it from a legit 1954? Thanks. ------------------ Edit: Here are scans.  
Last edited by carlsonjok; 11-13-2011 at 02:55 PM. Reason: Add Photos 
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11-13-2011, 09:30 PM
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Yeah, that's horrible. Send it to me and I'll deal with it properly --
By checking it off and adding it to my collection  Looks good from that scan, there are still plenty of nice 50's cards out there. A higher res scan would show the really fine points of the printing, especially of the solid areas like the name panel on the front. Most reprints are rescreened and show the dot pattern. I had the same reaction around 1982 when I saw the first really NM Goudey I'd ever seen. That incredulous moment of "that can't be real can it? " It was, and I should have bought it. Steve B
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11-14-2011, 04:31 AM
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I took the same image and blew up a detail of it.
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11-14-2011, 10:49 AM
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Quote:
Last edited by carlsonjok; 11-14-2011 at 10:50 AM.
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11-14-2011, 06:12 PM
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That's a beautiful card. Don't get it graded.
Doug
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11-26-2011, 08:42 AM
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Not sure, but maybe some of the doubt this card inspires is from the re-dubbing done by Bowman on the original photo. Antonelli was traded to the Giants while the gum maker was proofing its 1954 press run, so it simply used a photo of him in a Braves uni, air-brushing the cap logo, and apparently either stuck his head on a Giants uni or imposed the uni below his head. I guess all that would lead to some question about the card's bona fides, but the photoshop did such a nice job, except for making the cap logo too small, it's nothing to complain about.
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