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Speaking of the uncut sheet, if it is real, it confirms the wholesale changes that were made to update the cards. The only one that is a little bit of a head scratcher is the population of the Aberson sleeve variations.
In the image, it shows the 3 "accepted" variations: Aberson - Short Sleeve PSA/SGC Pop: 95/29 - 124 total Peterson - Dark Cap PSA/SGC Pop: 144/16 - 160 total Hermanski* - Full Name PSA/SGC Pop: 231/97 - 328 total The Variation populations on these: Aberson - Long Sleeve PSA/SGC Pop: 154/24 - 178 total Peterson - Red Cap PSA/SGC Pop: 86/24 - 110 total Hermansk* - Missing I PSA/SGC Pop: 97/4 - 101 total In theory the total number of Aberson short sleeve cards should be higher than the long sleeve, but from the looks of it, older grades did not delineate between the two versions for both grading houses. I put the * on Hermanski as it really falls into the category of "inking error" to me. If the numbers tell the story, there is a slightly smaller population of the second printing, but if you search the bigger cards, the variations seem to be much more rare than 30%. On a quick visual search of Heritage past sales, 156 Jackie Robinson's sold (not accounting for doubles) only 17 are from the second printing (no hat detail, color bar connecting background to name plate). That to me shows rarity in variation. The research continues. |
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Excuse me for correcting you.....but the Aberson (Short-Sleeve) version is the variation. The long sleeve-version was printed in the initial press runs. I recall having several Long-Sleeve versions in my collection when I recovered my 1949 LEAF cards in 1977. No Short-Sleeve Aberson's were in 100's of 1949 LEAF cards. Furthermore, no Peterson with the Red Cap in my original 1949 LEAF collection. TED Z T206 Reference . |
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I'm assuming you are referring to my photo of the 1st Series sheet I posted in Post #6 (earlier in this thread). If so, that 49-card sheet is a 2nd printing version. It was on display in the 1988 National Show in Atlantic City. If I recall correctly, the Kent Peterson card on this sheet has a Red Cap. And the Hermanski card is spelled correctly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^ Hermanski ^ TED Z T206 Reference . |
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Brian There ain't no "mystery"......these 1949 LEAF cards were available in our neighborhood in NJ as early as March 1949. Us kids went from collecting the LEAF Boxing cards right into the LEAF Baseball cards. And I was fortunate, my Mom and Aunt stored my entire Sportscard collection in our attic, while I was in the Air Force for 4 years. So, when I started collecting again in '77, my huge collection provided me a certain provenance to determine what was issued (and when). Furthermore, over the years I've compared notes with other old-timers (like me), and we agree. TED Z T206 Reference . |
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I found a scrapbook at a tag sale earlier this year with some 49 Leaf premiums inside of it. Soaked them out easy peasy. 5 minute bath and they floated right off the page.
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I'm heading to Chicago this spring to check out items from the Leaf estate, hopefully this will help to round out the story starting where they were produced in Chicago. I hope that I will be able to connect what I find there with your reporting and somewhere in between we can get a clearer picture of how they rolled off the presses and if it was the lackluster sales or a new art director that lead to the changes that were made. No mystery in your stories, those are solid, but there are still some things left to figure out about this set/brand. Thanks again for all the replies! |
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Just picked up my first Leaf Jackie Robinson after researching over a year. Looked at many past auctions. I also saw the 2nd plate version (no cap detail / color bright blue) far less than the 1st
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Congrats! That’s a big card!
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I haven't seen any odd trasnsitional versions, either because there weren't any or because the card is a straightforward portrait. |
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