Lot # 500: 1950 Bowman Complete Set (252)

Category: 1949-Present

Starting Bid: $1,500.00

Bids: 13 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Fall, 2020 Auction",
which ran from 11/13/2020 7:13 AM to
11/29/2020 7:43 AM



Clean and colorful complete 1950 Bowman set an outstanding issue that featured a dramatic quality improvement from the previous year's issue which on its own was a marked improvement over the 1948 set. The cards themselves feature reproductions of photographs and like the prior year were issued in three series. In the case of the 1950 issue it is the first series that carries its scarcity and value the first 72 cards typically commanding nearly twice the price as the second and third series. This is an outstanding midgrade set breaking down as 2% NM 12% EX/MT 24% EX 33% VG/EX 24% VG 4% GOOD and a few lesser. A breakdown of the issues key cards is as follows: #6 Feller VG/EX; #8 Kell EX; #11 Rizzuto VG; #19 Spahn VG/EX; #21 Reese G #22 Robinson VG; #32 Roberts VG; #33 Kiner EX; #35 Slaughter VG; #37 Appling EX; #39 Doby VG/EX; #40 Lemon VG; #43 Doerr VG; #46 Berra VG/EX; #71 Schoendienst VG/EX; #75 Campanella VG; #77 Snider VG/EX; #84 Ashburn EX; #94 Boudreau VG/EX; #98 T. Williams G/VG; #128 Gordon VG/ #139 Mize VG/EX; #148 Wynn EX; #217 Stengel G; #220 Durocher VG; #229 Frisch VG/EX. The cards are largely strong for the technical grade the set assembled carefully over a period of years by a collector with a dedication to eye appeal. An exceptional complete set 252 cards total.

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