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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

1st.....
Bill Heitman

The answer to your question.."Is an original 1949 Bowman a Vintage card ?"
depends on how old you are and if you consider card sets issued before the
Korean War...."PRE-WAR" vintage. Yes, I am being somewhat frivolous; but,
Bill makes some well-stated points.

Most in the hobby, who have known me for many years, regard me as an expert
(or a "guru") on the 1949 Bowman cards. Yet, far be it from me to initiate a
Thread on this Forum on the topic of the "1949 Bowmans".

2nd.....
Leon

However, I've posted Threads on some of my favorite "PRE-WAR" (that is WWI)
cards, such as N162 Goodwins, other 19th Century items, or T206 set Threads
and the response has been mediocre to non-interest. Yet, the banality of de-
bating whether a card is trimmed (although it has been graded) will generate
responses approaching the triple digit level !

But recently, I did post a Thread on the scarcity of the 1949 LEAF Paige
card and got a tremendous response (over 70 responses).

So. Leon I think you have to re-consider what is O/T and what topics are
acceptable. My guess is that there is a fine line to be drawn; however, in
any event you have the power to curtail them.
Finally, I might add that Barry Sloate's comments are also to the point.