Spring 2019 Premium Auction Closing May 11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/12/2019
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. A total of 8 cards have been graded by SGC. Includes: Graded Cards - Graded
SGC EX 5: 1 card, #114 Feller;
SGC VG-EX 4: 3 cards w/#'s 9 Rizzuto, 59 Mantle and 99 Spahn;
SGC GD+ 2.5: 3 cards w/#'s 32 Musial, 44 Bauer/Berra/Mantle and 117 Snider;
SGC Authentic: 1 card, #33 Reese.
Ungraded Cards - Highlights include: #'s 10 Ashburn (VG), 18 Fox (VG/EX), 40 Doby (VG), 46 Campanella (VG), 51 Irvin (VG/EX), 62 Kluszewski (VG), 65 Roberts (VG/EX), 80 Kiner (EX), 81 Slaughter (EX), 92 Hodges (VG/EX), 93 Rizzuto/Martin (VG/EX), 97 Mathews (VG/EX), 101 Schoendienst (VG/EX), 118 Martin (PR, tape), 121 Berra (VG), 128 Lockman (VG/EX), 143 Lopez (EX), 146 Wynn (presents VG/EX; miscut), 153 Ford (GD/VG) and 160 Abrams (VG/EX). Grades 29% EX to EX/MT (mostly EX), 65% VG to VG/EX, 6% lesser.