March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
Here’s the classic 1955 Bowman Baseball issue, the company’s final card set from its storied tenure producing cards in the 1950s, found here in an attractive mostly Very Good to Ex-Mt condition, with some above and below the range and three of the keys third-party graded to good effect. The three slabbed examples are No. 184 Willie Mays – SGC 50, No. 242 Ernie Banks – PSA 6 and No. 265 Al Barlick Rookie – PSA 4. Overall, the set comes out to 8 percent Near-Mint, 20 percent Ex-Mt, 29 percent Excellent, 32 percent Very Good and 9 percent Good, with only a couple of cards below. Breakdown of keys: No. 1 Wilhelm – Very Good, 10 Rizzuto – VG, 22 Campanella – Good, 23 Kaline – Fair, 29 Schoendienst – Excellent, 30 Fox – VG, 37 Reese – Good, 38 Wynn – VG, 59 Ford – VG-Ex, 60 Slaughter – VG, 65 Zimmer Rookie – VG, 68 Howard Rookie – VG, 89 Boudreau – VG-Ex, 102 Mathews – VG-Ex, 130 Ashburn – Good, 134 Feller – VG, 143 Newcombe – Ex, 168 Berra – Ex, 171 Roberts – Ex-Mt, 179 Aaron – VG, 185 Hodges – VG-Ex, 191 Lemon – VG (mk), 197 Kiner – Good, 202 Mantle – Good, 213 Kell – Ex, 278 Neal Rookie – Ex-Mt, 283 Chylak – Fair, 303 Conlan Rookie – Good, 308 Lopez – VG-Ex, 315 Hubbard Rookie – Ex and 320 Susce Rookie – VG-Ex.
1955 Bowman Baseball Complete Set, Three Slabbed (320)
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