2017 October Legends Closing November 11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/12/2017
Presented is a 160-card complete set of 1953 Bowman Color baseball cards. The 1953 Bowman issue is regarded by many hobbyists as the most beautiful baseball card set ever created. Besides its universal popularity, this issue has additional challenges for the collector, such as an abundance of expensive Hall of Famers plus a run of high number cards difficult to locate even in middle grade. This offering fulfills the collector's needs as a complete set in very acceptable, mid-grade condition. A total of 9 cards have been graded by SGC. Includes: Graded Cards - Graded SGC 80 EX/NM 6: 2 cards w/#'s 97 Mathews and 99 Spahn; SGC 70 EX+ 5.5: 1 card, #121 Berra; SGC 60 EX 5: 4 cards w/#'s 33 Reese, 44 Bauer/Berra/Mantle, 59 Mantle and 118 Martin; SGC 50 VG/EX 4: 2 cards w/#'s 32 Musial and 117 Snider. Ungraded Cards - Highlights include: #'s 1 Williams (EX), 9 Rizzuto (VG/EX), 10 Ashburn (EX), 12 Erskine (EX/MT), 14 Loes (EX), 18 Fox (VG), 21 Garagiola (VG/EX), 24 Jensen (EX), 36 Minoso (EX/MT), 40 Doby (EX), 46 Campanella (GD/VG), 51 Irvin (EX/MT), 55 Durocher (VG/EX), 57 Burdette (VG/EX), 65 Roberts (EX/MT), 78 Furillo (EX), 80 Kiner (VG/EX), 81 Slaughter (VG/EX), 84 Bauer (EX/MT), 92 Hodges (VG/EX), 93 Rizzuto/Martin (EX), 114 Feller (VG), 146 Wynn (VG/EX), 153 Ford (VG) and 160 Abrams (EX/MT). Grades 76% EX to EX/MT, 19% VG to VG/EX, 5% lesser.