Lot # 721: 1949 Bowman Complete Set (240)

Category: 1949-Present

Starting Bid: $1,500.00

Bids: 15 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed


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Item was in Auction "Fall, 2016 Premier Auction",
which ran from 11/3/2016 9:18 PM to
11/20/2016 10:56 AM



Outstanding original owner 1949 Bowman complete set from the Texas Find. The cards in this set were originally collected by our consignor when he was a boy. Like the other sets he collected the cards were eventually stored away in a photo album with black "photo corners" protecting the cards. Unlike many of the other sets in the find however the collector moved the cards into plastic binder sheets as an adult and unfortunately did not take the same care inserting the cards into the binder sheets that he did as a younger man mounting his cards in the photo albums. The result is a large number of corner flips and dings which reduce the overall technical grade of the set. For the collector however the result of this is a positive: this is a beautiful 1949 Bowman set with an average technical grade in the VG range with considerably stronger eye appeal. A condition breakdown of the set would be 10% EX with a few better; 28% VG/EX; 41% VG; 14% GOOD; 6% FAIR with a few lesser. We have taken the liberty of having eight cards graded by PSA. The grades are as follows: #24 Stan Musial PSA GOOD+ 2.5; #50 Jackie Robinson PSA VG-EX 4; #60 Yogi Berra PSA 3; #84 Roy Campanella PSA VG-EX 4; #214 Richie Ashburn PSA VG-EX 4; #226 Duke Snider PSA GOOD+ 2.5; #224 Satchel Paige PSA VG 3 #233 Larry Doby PSA VG 3. The remaining keys grade out as follows: #11 Boudreau VG/EX; #23 Doerr EX; #26 Kell P; #27 Feller VG/EX; #29 Kiner F; #33 Spahn VG/EX; #36 Reese G; #65 Slaughter VG' #85 Mize VG; #98 Rizzuto EX; #110 Wynn VG/EX; #111 Schoendienst VG. A very attractive original-owner collection of 1949 Bowman cards fresh to the hobby with outstanding overall eye appeal despite the technical grade. 240 cards total.

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