April 4, 2024: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/4/2024
Here's an impressive signed near set from 1953 Bowman Color Baseball, one of the more inconic sets in the hobby and including Mickey Mantle, which is signed in blue ballpoint pen and slabbed by PSA/DNA. The set totals 133 of the 160 possible and includes 67 raw cards and 66 slabbed singles, mostly by PSA/DNA, but with a few in BAS and SGC slabs. The raw singles include: 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12 Erskine, 13, 14, 16, 19, 22, 27 Raschi, 34, 35, 36 Minoso, 37, 40 Doby (SGC sticker), 41, 42, 47, 50, 52, 53, 60, 63, 64, 66, 70 (JSA), 72, 73, 75, 79, 81 Slaughter, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 90, 91, 94, 100, 101 Schoendienst, 102, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114 Feller (paper missing on back), 115, 118 Billy Martin, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 134 Pesky, 135, 136, 137, 142, 144, 146 Wynn, 149, 153 Ford and 160. The 66 slabbed cards, which are all PSA/DNA unless noted, including: 1, 2, 3, 7, 9 Rizzuto, 10 Ashburn, 15, 17, 20, 21 Garagiola, 23 Wehmeier, 24 Jensen (SGC), 25, 26 (SGC), 28, 29, 30 (SGC), 32 Musial (graded PSA 1, Auto 10), 38, 39 (tape over signature), 43 Garcia, 45, 48, 51 Irvin, 54, 55 Durocher (JSA/BVG), 57 Boudreau (SGC), 58, 59 Mantle, 61 Kell, 62 Kluszewski, 65 Roberts, 67, 68 Reynolds, 69, 71, 74, 76, 78 Furillo, 80 Kiner (JSA/BVG), 87, 89, 95, 98 Maglie, 97 Mathews, 99 Spahn, 103, 105 (SGC), 106, 107, 108, 122, 126, 138, 139, 141, 143 Lopez, 145 (SGC), 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 154 (SGC), 155 and 159 (also signed by Floyd Baker).
Signed 1953 Bowman Color Baseball Near Set with Mickey Mantle (133/160)
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