November 18, 2021: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/18/2021
Presented is a nice example of one of the important postwar baseball card issues, the colorful 1952 Bowman set featuring 2 1/16-by-3 1/8-inch cards depicting the great stars and players of the era. The offered set is in an attractive mostly Very Good to Excellent condition, with some above and below the range. The array is headlined by the two key cards of Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, found here in PSA 4 and PSA 2 holders, respectively. Overall, it comes out to 4 percent Ex-Mt, 30 percent Excellent, 57 percent Very Good and 9 percent Good. The breakdown of keys: No. 1 Berra – Very Good, 4 Roberts – Excellent-Plus, 5 Minoso Rookie – Ex-Mt, 8 Reese – Ex, 11 Kiner – Ex-Mt, 21 Fox – Ex, 23 Lemon – Ex-Mt, 24 Furillo – VG, 27 Garagiola – Ex, 30 Schoendienst – Ex, 43 Feller – Ex, 44 Campanella – VG (mk), 52 Rizzuto – Ex, 53 Ashburn – VG, 70 Erskine – VG, 80 Hodges – Ex, 96 Branca – VG, 101 Mantle – PSA 4, 116 Snider – VG-Ex, 128 Newcombe – VG, 145 Mize – VG, 146 Durocher – Ex, 156 Spahn – VG, 162 Irvin – VG, 196 Musial – Ex, 217 Stengel – VG, 218 Mays – PSA 2, 224 Burdette Rookie – VG-Ex and 252 Crosetti – Good.
1952 Bowman Baseball Complete Set, Mantle PSA 4 and Mays PSA 2 (252)
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