March 21, 2019: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/21/2019
A lineup of almost a dozen Hall of Famers headlines an intriguing group of the final two years of Bowman baseball cards, an impressive array of cards also featuring a number of other stars from that era, found here in a condition fairly typical of how these cards are found in older collections. Willie Mays, Pee Wee Reese, Richie Ashburn, Nellie Fox and Red Schoendienst turn up in the 1954 array and Schoendienst, Al Kaline, Phil Rizzuto, Bob Lemon and a pair of Early Wynn cards are represented in 1955. The condition range is broadly Good to VG-Ex, with a few below. Here’s the breakdown: 1954 Bowman (41) – Excellent (3) – No. 6 Fox, 7 and 192; VG-Ex (9) – No. 5, 8, 15 Ashburn, 59, 126, 137, 139, 190 and 203; Very Good (16) – No. 12, 30, 89 Mays, 105, 110 Schoendienst, 121, 122, 136, 142, 169, 174 m/c, 194, 206, 207 and 217 (2); Good (7) – No. 38 Reese, 39, 99, 128, 130, 135 and 191; Fair (6) – No. 73, 74, 75, 76, 100 and 222; 1955 Bowman (81) – Ex-Mt (4) – No. 25, 26, 27 and 28; Excellent (14) – No. 10 Rizzuto, 11 o/c, 16, 23 Kaline, 29 Schoendienst, 30, 36, 39, 62, 63, 64, 66, 239 and 271; VG-Ex (14) – No. 7, 8, 9, 32, 38 Wynn, 121, 125 m/c, 128 m/c, 198, 210, 262, 263, 268 and 270; Very Good (29) – No. 6, 24, 38 Wynn, 40, 47, 49, 65, 123 m/c, 124 m/c, 126 m/c (2), 127 m/c, 129, 152, 153, 154, 155, 158, 160, 169, 190, 191 Lemon, 215, 216, 240, 247, 261, 269 and 278; Good (15) – No. 31, 48, 71, 72, 159, 168, 192, 208, 209, 238, 248, 259, 264, 279 and 280; Fair (5) – No. 15, 156, 199, 211 and 260.
1954 and 1955 Bowman Baseball Group With HOFers (122)
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