1953 Bowman Color and Black & White -- Card Gallery

[ALR-bishop]

Out of town until 5-13. Will have to play catch up

[bobsbbcards]

I'll be happy to wait until you boyz get your shinola together.

[Volod]

How objectionable would it be to finish the set as Bowman originally intended - before Joe D.'s contract made it too pricey to Kodachrome the final two series? Would it be worse than Ted Turner's self-indulgent colorization of classic B & W films back in the '80's?

[bobsbbcards]

Originally Posted by Volod

Would it be worse than Ted Turner's self-indulgent colorization of classic B & W films back in the '80's?

Yes.

[Volod]

Originally Posted by bobsbbcards

Yes.

+1...

[Tere1071]

Perhaps it may be better to recreate the the b&w set with alternate color photos rather than recoloring them. There have been some nostalgia-type 53 Bowman card sets that look fairly good and a version was created for one of the National Convention. (I am not counting the TCMA color set, they look ghastly.) Start with #161 and make sure to make some alteration to the reverse side as to indicate they are not authentic 53 Bowman Color cards. The sample and prototype cards could be reproduced as well as part of the extension.

[ALR-bishop]

Gus & Willie. Willie lost more games than he won but was known as "The Yankee Killer". Gus had roots in 3 generations of Bell ballplayers and was a Louisvillian ( sounds cool)