Most significant or sought after postwar cards (besides Mantle)

Paul S · #1 02-27-2015, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by rats60

That is a 1949 Leaf. I own one. It is dated 1949 and describes his 1948 season where he hit .296 and drove in 85 runs. So, I'll ask again, what is a 1948 Leaf?

1948 Leaf is what they were called for a very long time, and some of the cards have a 1948 copyright on the back. However, the hobby, sometimes resistant to change, has since come to some general conclusion that in fact they were issued in 1949. Much of this due the fact that some old-time collectors remember buying them in packs in 1949 - Ted Z, for instance. When I scooped up a few in the Sixties they were definitely thought of, at least among the crowd I collected with in L.A., as 1948. My 2007 Standard Catalog lists them as 1949. I now call them 1949, but I sometimes catch myself thinking 1948; old habits die hard.

Hammerin'Hank · #2 02-27-2015, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul S

1948 Leaf is what they were called for a very long time, and some of the cards have a 1948 copyright on the back. However, the hobby, sometimes resistant to change, has since come to some general conclusion that in fact they were issued in 1949. Much of this due the fact that some old-time collectors remember buying them in packs in 1949 - Ted Z, for instance. When I scooped up a few in the Sixties they were definitely thought of, at least among the crowd I collected with in L.A., as 1948. My 2007 Standard Catalog lists them as 1949. I now call them 1949, but I sometimes catch myself thinking 1948; old habits die hard.

Thanks for the clarity. I see graded versions in holders listed as both 1948 and 1949 and assumed they were issued in 2 different years.

pawpawdiv9 · #3 02-27-2015, 04:55 PM

Here is 2 cards i have that are 48/49 LEAFS:
Those the copyright says 49 on them.
A fellow board member wrote a article on OldCardboard discussing this in lengthy detail: http://www.oldcardboard.com/ref/BBC-...ail.asp?id=796
And here is the NET 54 ARCHIVED THREAD: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...1948+1949+Leaf

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brewing · #4 02-27-2015, 05:58 PM

Everything points to them being 1949. I suppose it took years for people to understand the world is not flat, TPG be damned.

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