1948 & 1949 BOWMAN printing trivia

[ALR-bishop]

Ted---you may be erudite and all, but William Hayes says dinosaurs never really existed

Great info. I finished the 48 and 49 Bowman sets just last year, including the variations you mention. I was born in 1950 and did not start collecting until 1957, and so grew up with Topps and finished out those sets before starting on Bowmans.

Have you seen George Vrechek's recent two part article in SCD on the print process for the 53 Topps sets ? It has several mysteries similar to those of the 49 Bowman set

[Volod]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Ted---you may be erudite and all, but William Hayes says dinosaurs never really existed

Great info. I finished the 48 and 49 Bowman sets just last year, including the variations you mention. I was born in 1950 and did not start collecting until 1957, and so grew up with Topps and finished out those sets before starting on Bowmans.

Have you seen George Vrechek's recent two part article in SCD on the print process for the 53 Topps sets ? It has several mysteries similar to those of the 49 Bowman set

Al - Do you think you could possibly scan and post a copy of the Vrechek article? My SCD subscription lapsed about twenty years ago. Or is it just a rehash of the Lipset and Zanadakis articles on the 1953 Topps set that were published in BBC mag about 30 years ago?

[ALR-bishop]

Steve, posted the articles in separate thread

[Volod]

Thanks, buddy, you're a good man.