Offered is a 159-card near set (missing #59 Mantle) of 1953 Bowman Color baseball cards, plus fifty-one duplicates (averages VG; some trimmed). Long the hobby's peerless standard for pure photographic collectibles, this always-desirable issue—a self-contained gallery of the National Pastime's flavor and personality from a treasured period—continues to add new enthusiasts to its established legion of devotees. Modern technology, in all of its sophisticated complexity, has not produced a card set that successfully rivals '53 Bowman Color in the stimulation of visual gratification. In total, 22 cards have been graded by PSA and SGC. Includes: Graded Cards - Graded SGC 80 EX/NM 6: 1 card, #64; SGC 70 EX+ 5.5: 1 card, #85; SGC 60 EX 5: 3 cards w/#'s 12, 76 and 157; SGC 55 VG/EX+ 4.5: 4 cards w/#'s 8, 10 Ashburn, 93 Rizzuto/Martin and 100; PSA VG-EX 4: 4 cards w/#'s 113, 115, 125 and 135; SGC 50 VG/EX 4: 5 cards w/#'s 36, 37, 67, 141 and 153 Ford; PSA VG 3: 1 card, #68; SGC 40 VG 3: 2 cards w/#'s 33 Reese and 46 Campanella; SGC 20 FR 1.5: 1 card, #160 Abrams. Ungraded Cards - Highlights include: #'s 9 Rizzuto (GD/VG), 18 Fox (PR), 32 Musial (VG/EX), 40 Doby (VG/EX), 44 Bauer/Berra/Mantle (VG), 51 Irvin (trimmed), 62 Kluszewski (VG), 65 Roberts (VG/EX), 80 Kiner (VG/EX), 81 Slaughter (VG), 92 Hodges (PR, pinholes), 97 Mathews (VG/EX), 99 Spahn (VG), 101 Schoendienst (FR), 114 Feller (VG, signed; Beckett Pre-Cert), 117 Snider (GD/VG), 118 Martin (VG), 121 Berra (VG-), 128 Lockman (VG/EX), 143 Lopez (GD/VG) and 146 Wynn (VG). Overall, the near set grades 16% EX to EX/MT, 66% VG to VG/EX+, 11% lesser, 7% trimmed.

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