1954 BOWMAN printing plates solve the Ted Williams mystery...Let's see your TW cards

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Glad to know I sorta had it right.

I worked in an ad agency that had an in house print shop, Maybe plates were different back in the day but you can't really "break" one now-a-days. and even if you did crease or otherwise ruin one you'd just make another.

[tedzan]

I acquired my 1954 BOWMAN card in 1983 at an Al Rosen/John Broggi monthly auction in NJ. I was pleasantly surprised that there were only 2 guys
bidding on it. I won it with a $150 bid. Not a bad price for this card back then. It should grade Vg-Ex ( or if I'm lucky, perhaps an Ex).





I have been fortunate over the past 40+ years to have picked up some great finds (especially pre-war stuff). But this experience with these BOWMAN
printing plates is one of my best. How often in this hobby have we seen (and held in our hands) the actual printing plates of the vintage cards in our
collections ?

Hope you enjoyed reading it. So, how about posting your 1954 BOWMAN Ted Williams cards here.


TED Z

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