November 17, 2022: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/17/2022
This is an incredible opportunity to pick up a wonderful partial set of the elegant 1952 Bowman Football Large issue, the 2 ½-by-3 3/4-inch treasures that can lay claim to being perhaps the most spectacular football card issue of the era, with stunning colors and gloss that work to superb effect on the oversized cards. The cards feature marvelous depictions of the great NFL stars of the day, along with – for the first time – all of the coaches from the league. The partial set – which constitutes almost 1/2 of a complete set – is in essentially Excellent to Ex-Mt condition, markedly better than these treasured cards are typically encountered in older collections. Some of the key Hall of Famers are present and accounted for, and the group includes 1/2 dozen of the difficult short prints. Perhaps two dozen cards have the kind of centering that might typically prompt thoughts of an upgrade, though not all of those would be severe enough to dictate a formal off-center designation. The compilation (69): No. 6, 7, 8, 19 Connor (SP) – Ex-Mt-Plus o/c, 20, 22, 24, 25 Younger – Good, 26, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 Christian (SP), 57 Milner Rookie – VG o/c, 58, 59, 60, 61 Richter Rookie – Ex-Mt-Plus o/c, 62 Michael Rookie – Ex-Mt-Plus o/c, 64 (SP) – Good, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 77, 79, 80, 81 (SP), 82 Minarik Rookie (SP) – VG o/c, 84, 85 Robustelli Rookie – VG-Ex, 87, 93, 94, 95, 96, 102, 103, 106, 107, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 119, 122, 126 Romanik Rookie (SP) – Fair, 131, 132, 134, 138, 139, 141 and 143.
1952 Bowman Large Football Partial Set (69/144)
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