1949 Leaf Stan Musial color Variations? Why so different?

[leaflover]

About 15 to 20 years ago a Newhouser, with a completely different pose, surfaced and sold for a lot of money. I've also seen a Joe D. with a blue
background.

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by leaflover

About 15 to 20 years ago a Newhouser, with a completely different pose, surfaced and sold for a lot of money. I've also seen a Joe D. with a blue
background.

I have seen a picture of that Newhouser, super cool. I think someone had a picture of an uncut sheet on one of the threads, it would be fascinating to see where all the changes fell, and if it was a plate wide update or only a certain row like the Elite 11 from the T206's.

[tedzan]

Hey guys,

The 1949 LEAF Joe DiMaggio can be found with Green (normal), or Yellow, or Blue backgrounds.





TED Z

T206 Reference
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[tedzan]

Originally Posted by yanks87

I have seen a picture of that Newhouser, super cool. I think someone had a picture of an uncut sheet on one of the threads, it would be fascinating to see where all the changes fell, and if it was a plate wide update or only a certain row like the Elite 11 from the T206's.

Illustrated here is a photo of an uncut sheet of the 1st Series of the 1949 LEAF cards. There is really no pattern for which determines the color variance,
and which does not. The color variance was a random effect.
These cards were printed using a 4-color process, in which the Yellow ink was one of the the first applications.






TED Z

T206 Reference
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[yanks87]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Illustrated here is a photo of an uncut sheet of the 1st Series of the 1949 LEAF cards. There is really no pattern for which determines the color variance,
and which does not. The color variance was a random effect.
These cards were printed using a 4-color process, in which the Yellow ink was one of the the first applications.

TED Z

T206 Reference
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there it is! Thanks for sharing Ted. I do find it fascinating that with this sheet and the short print sheet that an alternate version of Newhouser surfaced, as it would have had to been printed on a sheet all to itself? All part of the mystery!

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by yanks87

there it is! Thanks for sharing Ted. I do find it fascinating that with this sheet and the short print sheet that an alternate version of Newhouser surfaced, as it would have had to been printed on a sheet all to itself? All part of the mystery!

I am familiar with the variant card of Newhouser card; however, I've never actually seen this card to examine it close up. I first collected these 1949 LEAF cards in my youth
in the Spring of 1949. Then continued collecting them for the past 40+ years. As the result of doing a lot of research on them, I published an 8-page story on the 1949 LEAF
set in The Old Cardboard Magazine (Issue #9).

So, I guess what I'm alluding to....is that I'm not sure that this Newhouser card was ever issued back in 1949. Perhaps someoone on this forum will chime in and dispel me
of my doubts.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[G1911]

The mentioned Newhouser card (obviously not mine). This was a pretty cool find in my book, I do not doubt its authenticity as period from Leaf.

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by G1911

The mentioned Newhouser card (obviously not mine). This was a pretty cool find in my book, I do not doubt its authenticity as period from Leaf.

That's amazing, there cannot be many of them out there, and I wonder if it was a sales sample or a different run? Does anyone know if there was alternate versions in the other sports? Wholesale different photos used?

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by G1911

The mentioned Newhouser card (obviously not mine). This was a pretty cool find in my book, I do not doubt its authenticity as period from Leaf.

It is a "cool find".....however, it was never issued as such in 1949 LEAF wax-packs. That Newhouser card is considered to be a "prototype", which was changed to the following image.

In the Summer of 1949 when the 2nd Series of LEAF cards were available, this was Newhouser card we got when we opened up the LEAF red-white-blue wax-packs.

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TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Belfast1933]

Amazing! How did you ever come across something like this uncut sheet??

Fascinating! But not surprising - I feel like a grade school collector hanging with PhD research collectors... love it

Thx Ted

Originally Posted by tedzan

Illustrated here is a photo of an uncut sheet of the 1st Series of the 1949 LEAF cards. There is really no pattern for which determines the color variance,
and which does not. The color variance was a random effect.
These cards were printed using a 4-color process, in which the Yellow ink was one of the the first applications.






TED Z

T206 Reference
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