July 21, 2022: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/21/2022
Presented is a handsome near set of the iconic 1951 Bowman Baseball issue, offered here in condition range a bit stronger than these important cards are typically encountered in mature collections and missing only the three three keys – Mantle and Mays Rookies and Ted Williams, which are offered individually in this sale. The other noteworthy aspect is that the difficult high number series is actually in a bit better condition than the low numbers, certainly an anomaly for advanced collectors. The full set is pretty evenly divided between Excellent, VG-Ex, Very Good and Good, with barely more than two dozen cards below. Overall, the set comes out to broadly 20 percent Excellent, 27 percent VG-Ex, 23 percent Very Good, 21 percent Good and only eight percent Fair, with five cards below to Poor or Authentic. The breakdown of keys: No. 1 Ford Rookie – Fair, 2 Berra – Good, 3 Roberts – Fair, 6 Newcombe – Good-Plus, 7 Hodges – Very Good, 10 Schoendienst – Fair, 26 Rizzuto – Good-Plus, 30 Feller – Good, 31 Campanella – Good, 32 Duke – VG, 46 Kell – Good, 50 Mize – VG, 53 Lemon – VG, 56 Branca – Good, 58 Slaughter – Fair, 62 Boudreau – VG, 78 Wynn – VG-Ex, 80 Reese – VG-Ex, 81 Furillo – VG, 109 Reynolds – Good, 118 Roe – Good m/c, 122 Garagiola Rookie – VG-Ex, 127 Thomson – VG-Ex,134 Spahn – VG-Ex, 143 Kluszewski – Good, 151 Doby – VG-Ex, 181 Stengel – VG-Ex, 183 Bauer – Excellent, 186 Ashburn – VG-Ex, 198 Irvin – VG-Ex, 232 Fox Rookie – Good, 233 Durocher – Ex, 254 Jensen Rookie – Ex, 258 Easter – VG, 260 Erskine Rookie – Good, 275 Harris – VG, 282 Frisch – Ex, 290 Dickey – Ex, 293 Lopez – Ex, 306 Piersall Rookie – Ex, 314 Sain – VG-Ex, 317 Burgess Rookie – Ex, 319 Rolfe – Ex, 324 Adcock Rookie – Ex o/c and 324 Pramesa Rookie – Good.
1951 Bowman Baseball Near Set (321/324)
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