Lot # 892: 1948-1949 Leaf #93 Bob Feller Short Print PSA EX-MT 6

Graded EX-MT 6 by PSA. Extremely attractive example of 1948-1949 Leaf #93 Bob Feller. This is one of card collecting's great classics. Bob Feller’s Leaf card is universally recognized as one of the scarcest and most significant of all postwar baseball cards. Chicago's Leaf Gum Company produced the first multicolor baseball cards of the post-World War II era in 1948-1949. Forty-nine cards in the set are considered "standard," and the additional "short print" series of forty-nine cards in the set are so rare that "Rare Leafs" has long been a formal card-collecting hobby term. Leafs are without question one of the toughest postwar sets to complete because of all the rare cards. Feller is not only one of the keys to this rare series, he is also one of the keys to the 1948-1949 Leaf set. The offered example displays bold colors and light, even wear on the corners. The reverse is clean and free of all staining or excess print. This is an outstanding example of one of the most classic of all postwar baseball cards, and in the eyes of many, Bob Feller's single most desirable baseball card.