1947 BOND BREAD and its "imposters"....show us your cards ?

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

You have made my day with this statement of yours......

"" Hate to cause confusion, but the cards were sold in 4 boxes of 12 each as "Sports Star Subjects". ""


On the contrary....no "confusion" here, guy. Indeed, confirmation of the SQUARE cards being issued as a
set of their own. It's been my understanding that the SQUARE cards were 1st available in 1949, and into
the 1950's in small boxes. Until now, I have referred to the SQUARE cards as an "unknown" issue. Thanks
to you, now we can identify them as the "Sports Star Subjects" issue.....NOT a "1947 Bond Bread" issue.


Shown here are 3 of the SQUARE cards. Two of which are the BB/Movie Star cards....Lou Boudreau/Ingrid
Bergen and Johnny Mize/Victor Mature.

Also, note the difference in the width of the Bond Bread Jansen card vs its SQUARE card counterpart. The
Bond Bread cards are consistently 1/16 th of an inch narrower.

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TED Z

[Johnphotoman]

I was in printing for a very long time...That being said, The cards would have been printed first and then go to the bindery departed to have them round -corner. So the cards from the 80s could have never made it to be round-corner. Just set in the warehouse waititng. This is just one more think to think about.
Those that were printed in 1949, the stock or say paper could have been changed. I believe the design was changed on the stock and square-cornered... to note the two different years' offer., 1947 and 1949.

[jason.1969]

I've learned a lot from this discussion and have one question

Am I correct from the information posted that what PSA has listed as 1947 Bond Bread Exhibits are really just from the 1949 Sports Stars issue?

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Thanks,
Jason

[Vintagedeputy]

At the risk of dredging up the old argument, I recently acquired these three cards in an auction. After reading a few pages of this thread, can I assume that these are in fact from the 1949 Sports Stars set? Is that the general consensus now?

[butchie_t]

More likely than not, yes. Still a nice pick up.

Regards.

B. T.

[Exhibitman]

Acquired over the weekend:



It was hidden inside the magazine bag that held a Ruben Gomez picture. I didn't bother to open the bag before I got home because the Gomez was a cheap item in a mixed lot of stuff. Imagine my surprise when I found Stan the Man underneath it.

[pherbener]

Just got several Bond Breads back from SGC plus got my Jackie reholdered. I had a Rizzuto that had corners that seemed off that was returned ungraded. I'll post a picture of it when I find it!

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

At the risk of dredging up the old argument, I recently acquired these three cards in an auction. After reading a few pages of this thread, can I assume that these are in fact from the 1949 Sports Stars set? Is that the general consensus now?

Jim

Can you scan the backs of these cards ?

The backs are the key to determining whether these SQUARE cards are from the 1949 Sports Stars 48-card set....or, the 24-cards that were reprinted circa 1980's.


TED Z

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[ullmandds]

these imposter cards are being sold and misrepresented all over facebook these days...as well as elsewhere. the sanella ruth crowd are certainly embracing these as well!

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Jim

Can you scan the backs of these cards ?

The backs are the key to determining whether these SQUARE cards are from the 1949 Sports Stars 48-card set....or, the 24-cards that were reprinted circa 1980's.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Ted,

Here they are against a piece of white copy paper for background.

[tedzan]

Jim

I'm sorry to say that your cards are from reprinted 24 (circa 1980's) group.

The original 1947 BOND BREAD cards and the 1949 SPORTS set have bright white backs.

Here is the list of the 24 reprinted cards.....

Ewell Blackwell
Lou Boudreau
Harry Brecheen
Primo Carnera
Bobby Doerr
Bob Elliott
Del Ennis
Bob Feller
Joe Gordon
Tommy Holmes
Ken Keltner
Ralph Kiner
Joe Louis
Johnny Mize
Stan Musial
Andy Pafko
Johnny Pesky
Phil Rizzuto
Jackie Robinson
Aaron Robinson
Johnny Sain
Enos Slaughter
Vern Stephens
Ted Williams


TED Z

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