Ever Wonder Where All Those Uncut 1948-49 Bowman Sheets Came From?

[toppcat]

Well wonder no more. From the Sept. 1978 issue of The Trader Speaks:

[Zach Wheat]

Cool stuff. I have never heard of that before. Ted Zwill be interested for sure.

Z Wheat

[tedzan]

Baseball......2nd press run sheet (includes cards #37-48)






Basketball......Hi# series (#37 - 72)


.................................................. .................................................. ......... Mikan


1949 uncut sheets will follow in the next posts here.


TED Z
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[tedzan]

Dave

Thanks for posting Bill White's article.

I met Bill in 1981 at the famous Willow Grove Show in Pennsylvania. A great friend; and, one of the finest guys in this great hobby.

Here is a picture of the 1st series sheet of the 1948 Bowman FB set. I once had all the 3 sheets printed for this set of 108 cards.






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[tedzan]

Original 3rd Series color error sheet missing Green or Orange background colors on 17 cards (those whose backgrounds are Slate colored).




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[hcv123]

Do you have any later test issue or food issue sheets with Clemente? If so, could you post photo(s)? Thanks.

-Howard

[tedzan]

4th series (cards #109 - 144)





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[tedzan]

Originally Posted by hcv123

Do you have any later test issue or food issue sheets with Clemente? If so, could you post photo(s)? Thanks.

-Howard

Howard

I will post my uncut sheet depicting Roberto Clemente later today.

TED Z

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by hcv123

Do you have any later test issue or food issue sheets with Clemente? If so, could you post photo(s)? Thanks.

-Howard

This partial scan is from a complete sheet of the East Hills (Pittsburgh) 25-card set. The sheet size is 16 1/4 " wide by 21 1/2 " long. My scanner isn't large enough to show the entire sheet.








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[tedzan]

36-card sheet......5th sheet of 7 in this set (cards #145 - 180)







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[tedzan]

Two 8-card panels from the 1st series (cards #1 -72) sheet.









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[steve_a]

Ted, any idea on the whereabouts of Lews 48 leaf sheet referenced in your OC article on the set? Id love to see a high res scan. Here's hoping an sp sheet appears some day

[tedzan]

The 1949 LEAF (1st series) sheet that Lew had, I last saw it back in 1988 at the Atlantic City National.

I have not seen another one since. The whereabouts of that particular sheet is unknown.



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[tedzan]

This 1st series sheet comprises of the LARGE card version of this 1952 issue. I acquired it at a shopping mall in Media, PA
in 1982. I have searched for another such sheet for 33 years; and, have not found one. I'd say it's unique in the hobby.








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[999Tony]

Wow that sheet is amazing — worth a bump every 10 years!

[Eric72]

Just one of the many, many reasons Ted was an absolute treasure. Threads such as this one are tremendous.