Let’s rehash the Bond Bread controversy.

[Johnphotoman]

Here I will go over cards we can disqualify or rule-out in my opinion as Bond Bread…and cards that have been described or called the 1980 Festberg find.

These BB and Festberg cards are associated with Bond Bread cards…just because they share the same images. In fact they share the same script in the names on the cards, right down to the misspelling of their names. As we can read in (6th edition 2016) Standard Catalog) thanks to Pat R. This is where the hobby has made the mistake in identifying the true Bond Bread cards. Somehow because a set looks like “Bond Bread” cards and has the same images they became Bond Bread cards. Just because cards look alike does not make them the same.

Let’s nor forget that Bond Bread did not manufacture or print their own cards. They had to get permission to use the images on the cards. The company or people who had the images, probably licensed out those images to many different people and organizations to use.

It could be that Aarco playing card company had the rights to the images (license) and is the printing Co. that printed up all the many varieties of cards we have. But that is just a theory. We know the Exhibit Supply Co., printed up the 1947 Bond Bread Exhibits, which has many of the same images that Bond Bread used.

So what are the cards we can rule-out as Bond Bread cards? Any cards that were not inserted into loaves of Bond Bread. Except the Jackie Robinson 1947 Bond Bread 13 card issue.

We can rule-out any of the box set cards:

1 Set of 48 issued in four boxes of 12 (Series 1-4) labeled “Collectors & Traders Sport Star Subjects.” single sided, printed on bright white stock, die-cut corners (round). These are the original cards printed in 1947 before Bond Bread contacted Aarco Playing Card Co. of Chicago. The cards appear identical to the Bond Bread cards inserted into loaves of Bond Bread, the only difference is the paper stock. It is my guess that Bond Bread asked for their cards to be produced in the same manner, but with different stock, (cream white stock) using the same image.

2 Set of 48 issued in four boxes of 12 (Series 1-4) labeled “Collectors & Traders Screen Star Subjects. Single sided, printed on bright white cardstock with “rounded” corners, the same stock as the Sports Star Subjects cards are one.

3 Perforated sheets squared corners:“ 46 trading Cards Assorted Subject- Sport-Hollywood-Cowboys” These cards were distributed through businesses like Hess Shoes in Baltimore Maryland.

Perforated, dual-sided cards issued in Sheets these sheet have pictures on front and back. These cards are known as “W571/D305 1947 Bond Bread perforated, due-sided cards”. Although this set was given the title of Bond Bread cards in the Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball cards-4th edition as “W571/D305 1947 Bond Bread perforated, due-sided cards” The very set Ted Z implied were 1949-1950 Sports Star cards. I guess he did not know that the cards were given the title of Bond Bread in the catalog, (4th edition). Ted Z did post his information in 2009, I do not know if the cards were designated as W571/D305 cards in early catalogs. If someone has a catalog from 2009 or older can you check and post what it does say.

No doubt you're wondering how can I rule-out the W571/D305 cards as Bond Bread cards? When in fact they are given that title in the catalog. Because we have new facts, we know the perforated, due-sided cards were given out as whole sheets. Under the name of “46 Trading Cards Assorted Subject- Sport-Hollywood-Cowboys”. Not as Bond Bread.

Please note my comments: "We know the Exhibit Supply Co., printed up the 1947 Bond Bread Exhibits, which has many of the same images that Bond Bread used." ....Should read- It is believed that the Exhibit Supply Co., printed the 1947 Bond Bread Exhibits, but this is now debatable..



I do plan to go over the differences in the variety of paper stock used, up next the Festberg cards.