SGC versus PSA slabs

Originally Posted by samosa4u

I thought his rookie was the 1948 Leaf.

His rookie is the 1947 Bond Bread Portrait with facsimile (pictured) or the cropped corner Bond Bread (see post #1 in the April pickup thread). Each pre-date the 1948 (actually ’49 Leaf) and 1949 Bowman by at least a year and a half and were not just distributed regionally as once believed.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

His rookie is the 1947 Bond Bread Portrait with facsimile (pictured) or the cropped corner Bond Bread (see post #1 in the April pickup thread). Each pre-date the 1948 (actually ’49 Leaf) and 1949 Bowman by at least a year and a half and were not just distributed regionally as once believed.

You are entitled to your opinion as to what a rookie card is. I will stick with the one that was the standard 35 years ago when I started collecting again and that I have known since, that only national issues are rookie cards. Looking at PSA's registry, I see that they agree with me. I see that for their rookie card collections you need either the 49 Bowman or Leaf card.

Originally Posted by rats60

You are entitled to your opinion as to what a rookie card is. I will stick with the one that was the standard 35 years ago when I started collecting again and that I have known since, that only national issues are rookie cards. Looking at PSA's registry, I see that they agree with me. I see that for their rookie card collections you need either the 49 Bowman or Leaf card.

PSA’s registry and their opine is irrelevant to me. The 1947 Bond Breads are baseball cards that have been proven to be distributed in over 13 metropolitan cities around the country and pre-date 1948/49 Leaf and 1949 Bowman by a year and a half. That said, I’ll stick with common sense when it comes to which card is his rookie card (although I own a Leaf and Bowman just for good measure)

[steve B]

Originally Posted by rats60

You are entitled to your opinion as to what a rookie card is. I will stick with the one that was the standard 35 years ago when I started collecting again and that I have known since, that only national issues are rookie cards. Looking at PSA's registry, I see that they agree with me. I see that for their rookie card collections you need either the 49 Bowman or Leaf card.

From my own rather cynical dictionary.

Rookie card - Archaic term used to describe a players "first card" with the condition that it be available in enough quantity that most dealers can readily get one for their inventory and thus exploit the rubes who only know what the guide tells them.