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1948-49 Leaf | 12 | 19.05% | |
1952 Topps | 30 | 47.62% | |
Both are great. Doesn't matter. | 21 | 33.33% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 63. You may not vote on this poll |
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Yes and Musial is 1948 Bowman, 1949 Leaf is a "2nd year" card. Paige, Robinson, Doby, Kell and Newhouser are the HOF rookies in the set. All but Newhouser are also in 1949 Bowman.
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I believe the market still considers Leaf as a rookie card, no?
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48 Leaf Ted William's a RC? I would assume no.
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LOL. No he was referring to Musial.
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That makes sense. I have considered the leaf Musial a RC and believe most of the hobby does as well.
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I voted for "doesn't matter" I like both sets for different reasons.
There are certainly fewer Leaf cards, so as someone already pointed out, not as many commons to buy. Now if you get into varieties, Leaf is loaded with them. probably 4-5 versions of each of the regular cards. I haven't checked for them in the SPs, but Leaf was pretty* sloppy, so one or two on each wouldn't be a surprise. Of course, the Topps then has 2 Mantles, 2 of all the low numbers, and a bunch more. Their sloppiness was just more subtle. *"Pretty " sloppy = they apparently had no quality control at all. And the guys making the art into plates must have been totally hammered. |
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Does the market still consider the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays cards rookies even though they had 1951 Bowman cards? I remember people calling 1987 Topps Mark Mcgwire and Jose Canseco cards rookies too.
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I rest my case. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Leaf-S...EAAOSwTGVbo~Sr https://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Leaf-S...cAAOSwEDtblJc6 https://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Leaf-4...ss!02465!US!-1 https://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-LEAF-G...0AAOSwlGxZmjar
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Well Peter, most people are absolutely WRONG.....if they "consider Leaf to be a 1948 or 48-49 issue." The 1949 LEAF BB cards are strictly a 1949 issue. I can write pages proving this fact here; however, I refer you (and any other doubters here) to my OLD CARDBOARD (Issue #9) article (8 pages) which provides a history of the 1949 LEAF BB set. Which of these 2 sets is easier ? While the 1952 TOPPS set comprises of 407 subjects (4 times as many cards as the 1949 LEAF), the TOPPS set is easier. The 2nd series (so-called Short Prints) of 49 subjects (including Paige) of the LEAF set are extremely difficult to find. And of course they are quite expensive ($400 - 500 for commons). 1st Series (issued Spring 1949) …………………………...………… 2nd Series (issued Summer 1949) . . Incidentally guys, The true 1st cards of Yogi Berra, Gil Hodges, Ralph Kiner, Stan Musial, Jackie Robinson, and Bobby Thomson were issued in the 1947 BOND BREAD set (48 cards). These are my very first BB cards, which I collected as a very young dude. TED Z T206 Reference . |
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Ted, to your knowledge how did people get it so wrong then? It's not like this is ancient history or anything. Who started designating them as 1948 and why didn't someone immediately correct it as whenever it happened, surely there were many people who knew better?
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Some cards show a copyright of 1948 and some show 1949. I just did a quick search on ebay and read backs of 5 or 6 cards (far short of the complete set) and they reference stats from the 1948 season. Which would imply these would actually be, as Ted suggests, a 1949 issue. Gonna go read the article he wrote so I can learn more.
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To do a full Leaf set would cover all the variations and the SP's. The latter will eat up your wallet if you can find them and find them in better grades. The '52T, including the high series are more common, pricey, yes, but more common to find than the Leaf SP's.
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Peter My recollection is that PSA (whenever they first started) started labeling these LEAF cards "1948" on their flips. I (and others old dudes like me) informed them that these LEAF cards were never issued in 1948. The response I got from PSA was their usual BS..... "that's your opinion, but we have ours and it's 1948". No amount of logic to convince them that it was strictly a 1949 issue was acceptable to them. Meanwhile, Jim Beckett corrected his Price Guide to reflect a 1949 issue. And, Bob Lemke's Standard Catalog of BB Cards also identified this LEAF set as a 1949 issue. Peter..... in each of the two series of this 98 subject set 67 % of the cards have a Copyright date of 1948, and the other 33 % are dated 1949. You're a lawyer, have you ever seen a Copyright date stamped in advance ? I don't think it is legal to stamp a 1949 Copyright on a product that was supposedly issued in 1948. Furthermore, certain bios of some of the subjects clearly tell us it was impossible for these cards to have been issued in 1948. One of the best examples of this is Lou Boudreau....A.L. 1948 MVP. Well, MVP awards were announced in mid-December 1948. Another example of this is shown here on the Satchell Paige card. Note the last sentence.... "Should sizzle into his old stride this year". Here is a LEAF printing detail that absolutely proves these cards were issued in 1949.....In 1948, the backs of Leaf's Boxing and Football sets were printed on WHITE cardboard stock. In 1949, LEAF switched to printing the backs of their BB and Football cards on GRAY cardboard stock. Duuuuh ! ! Are their any LEAF BB cards with WHITE backs ? ? Hey guys, I could go on, and on trying to convince you....but, it's bed time now. Have a Good Nite. . TED Z T206 Reference . |
#14
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"Both are great, doesn't matter."
Unfortunately, both of these sets even in lower grade are still way too expensive for me to make an honest effort at going after. Right now I'm focusing on '56 and '67 Topps.
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