1949 Bowman Duke Snider Rookie

[steve B]

First thing that struck me seeing how short that card is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C58ttB2-Qg

[Leon]

+1....just spoke to someone who collected them out of packs. He says left border should be a little rough factory cut and that top....well, most of the top

Around half of the high grade ones on ebay look to be trimmed. (smooth left border)

Originally Posted by steve B

First thing that struck me seeing how short that card is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C58ttB2-Qg

[Exhibitman]

Snider was hurt by playing in the same town as two of the ATGs at the same time and position, plus a Dodgers team that was both historic and loaded with talent. I mean, anyone short of Aaron, Williams or Musial is going to fall short of Willie and Mickey. He was also not the most charismatic or outgoing guy and was plagued with self-doubts, which the writers picked up on (read The Boys of Summer; has some interesting reflections on Snider).

That '57 is beautiful.

[Anish]

Better question: in what world is he up there with Mantle and Mays? His numbers are identical to those of Mike Piazza and he certainly doesn’t have the panache of the players you mentioned.

[tedzan]

Hi samosa4u

I cannot tell for sure, but it appears that your Snider rookie card has a "sharp" left border ?

If so, then this card was tampered with. Every 1949 BOWMAN Snider has a "rough cut" on
its left border since it was situated at the leftmost end of its printed 36-card sheet (see the
simulated sheet shown below).

Here is an example of what I am describing...…..
…………………. V….rough cut border







TED Z

T206 Reference
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[KCRfan1]

Ted, please give us some insight to why the position of the card on the sheet lends itself to a rough cut.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

Ted, please give us some insight to why the position of the card on the sheet lends itself to a rough cut.

Hi Lou

Bowman cards were printed by Zabel Bros. Printers (in Philly). They employed 38" track (4-color process) printing presses to produce their small size (1948 - 1952) BB and FB cards.
Each press run produced a 72-card sheet. Two 36-card formats were printed (inverted with respect to each other) on a 38-inch wide cardboard sheet (see sheet scan below).

The first cut of the 72-card sheet was done to separate the two 36-card arrangements. This first cut was a "rough" cut relative to the subsequent "sharp" cuts of the individual cards.

This first cut resulted in the cards in the middle of this sheet [Pieretti, Snider, Russell, and Mize (name on front)] having a rough left border.






TED Z

T206 Reference
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