1949 and 1950 Bowman Baseball Group, Campy and Duke Slabs (57)

This is an attractive grouping of the important 1949 and 1950 Bowman Baseball issues, with nearly four dozen cards from 1950 and about a dozen from 1949, all headlined by 1950 Bowmans of Roy Campanella (PSA 3) and Duke Snider (PSA 5). The larger 1950 group is in a relatively wide condition range of mostly VG-Ex to Near-Mint, with only a handful below to Very Good, a striking presentation that is markedly better than these classic cards are typically encountered in mature collections. The near-dozen cards from 1949 are essentially Excellent to Ex-Mt, headlined by a Ralph Branca Rookie card that is VG-Ex. Here’s the breakdown: 1) 1949 Bowman (11) – Nos. 77, 113 (2), 126, 139, 142, 148, 156, 158, 159 and 194 Branca Rookie; and 2) 1950 Bowman (46) – No. 1 Parnell Rookie – VG-Ex, 10 Henrich – Very Good, 29 Stanky – VG-Ex, 35 Slaughter – Ex-Mt-Plus, 94 Boudreau – VG, 100 Raschi – VG-Ex, 101 Brown – Excellent, 219 Bauer Rookie – VG, 231 Mueller – Ex-Mt-Plus, 234 Shantz Rookie – VG-Ex and 248 Jethroe Rookie – VG-Ex.