October 24, 2024: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2024
This is an attractive grouping of the 1952 Bowman Baseball issue representing 57 percent of a complete set and including nearly a dozen Hall of Famers, several key Rookies and 22 of the very difficult high numbers. Nine cards have been installed in PSA slabs, most of which provide a nice glimpse into the wider condition range, deemed mostly VG-Ex to Excellent-Plus, with 30 cards below VG-Ex, mostly to Very Good. The Hall of Fame lineup includes the No. 1 card Berra, Minoso, Roberts, Hodges, Harris, Slaughter, Kiner and Irvin. Overall, it comes out to 34 percent Excellent to Excellent-Plus, 45 percent VG-Ex to VG-Ex-Plus and 21 percent below. The breakdown: Excellent to Excellent-Plus (48) – No. 4 Roberts, 5 Minoso Rookie, 7 Garcia, 10 – PSA 5, 14, 17 Lopat, 20, 22, 24 Furillo – PSA 5, 26, 29, 30 Schoendienst, 33 McDougald Rookie, 34, 42, 46, 48, 49, 51, 58, 66 Maglie, 68, 73 Coleman – PSA 5.5, 76, 80 Hodges, 89, 92, 100, 103, 113, 127, 131, 135, 152, 165, 179 – PSA 5.5, 206, 213, 215, 223 – PSA 5, 224, 227, 230, 235, 240 Loes Rookie, 243, 244 Burdette Rookie and 245; VG-Ex to VG-Ex-Plus (65) – No. 8, 15, 16, 18, 23 Lemon – PSA 4, 32, 36, 37 Raschi, 38, 39, 53 Ashburn – PSA 4 (mk), 55, 59, 77, 79, 83, 86, 95, 99, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114, 118, 119, 121 – PSA 4, 126, 134, 137, 143, 148, 151 Rosen, 155, 158 Harris, 166, 167, 173, 180, 181, 182, 188, 192, 195, 198, 199, 201, 202, 203, 205, 207, 212, 214, 225, 229, 232 Slaughter, 231, 234 and 239; Below VG-Ex (30) – No. 1 Berra – PSA 1.5, 2 Thomson, 9, 11 Kiner, 28, 47, 54 Pierce, 78, 109, 120, 124, 130, 136, 144, 153, 160, 162 Irvin, 169, 176, 187, 208, 209, 210, 214, 228, 233, 236, 249, 251 and 252 Crosetti.
1952 Bowman Baseball Partial Set, 11 HOFers, 22 Highs (143/252)
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