November 17, 2022: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/17/2022
Offered is an imposing grouping of the fabled 1952 Bowman Baseball issue, with a lineup that includes a couple of dozen cards from the difficult high-number series and an impressive listing of stars and All-Stars, headlined by some of the legendary figures from the period. The array is found here in a condition that is noticeably better than these important cards are typically found in mature collections, generally Very Good to Ex-Mt. It comes out to 17 percent Ex-Mt, 36 percent Excellent, and 47 percent Very Good. The breakdown of stars: Ashburn – Ex-Mt-Plus, Bearden – Near-Mint, Brecheen – Excellent-Plus, Carrasquel – Ex-Mt, Cavaretta – Very Good, Church – Ex, Cooper – VG, Dickson – Ex-Mt, Dropo – VG, Ennis – Ex, Fondy – Ex, Friend Rookie – VG, Goodman – Ex-Plus, Gordon – VG, Garagiola – VG-Ex, Garcia – VG, Garver – Ex, Hamner – Ex, Hemus – VG-Ex, Hitchcock – Ex, Howell – Ex, Hutchinson – Ex-Mt, Jansen – Ex, Jones – VG,. Kellner – VG-Ex, King – Ex, Loes – Ex-Mt o/c, Lowrey – Ex, Marshall – VG, McDermott – VG-Ex, McDougald Rookie – Ex, Meyer – Ex-Mt, Mueller – Ex, Pesky – VG, Pierce – VG, Richards – VG, Robinson – VG, Sewell – Ex, Sisler – Ex, Smalley – Ex-Mt, Stanky – VG, Strickland – VG, Sukeforth – VG, Tebbetts – VG, Thompson – Ex, Torgeson – Ex-Mt, Valo – VG, Waitkus – VG-Ex, Westrum – VG, Davey Williams – Ex-Plus and Yost – VG.
1952 Bowman Baseball Group (166)
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