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Spring Premier Auction 2014

Wed, Apr 30, 2014 08:00PM EDT - Sun, May 18, 2014 12:30PM EDT
Lot 418

1953 BOWMAN COLOR PSA GRADED COMPLETE SET OF 160 (ALL BUT 1 NM PSA 7 OR BETTER)

Sold for
$23,350.80
Sold Price includes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $25,000
$500,000 $50,000
$1,000,000 $100,000
$1,500,000 $150,000
The 1953 Bowman baseball series of 160 cards is unequivocally Bowman's crowning achievement. Few would argue that this set by virtue of its unexcelled color texture and flawless detail is the legacy of sport trading cards from the 1950's. Others certainly had their super-human rookies scarce series or other tormenting intrigues but the 1953 Bowman is the consummate baseball card. Such is the opinion of the consignor of this set whom after trading away his entire boyhood collection in his youth for a nearly complete collection of Sport magazines resumed his passion decades later in adulthood. His sole focus was this set his unforgotten favorite. This 1953 Bowman complete set is the result of his 15-year gathering of singularly pleasing cards in PSA 7 grade or better. All but one card in this fully graded set is NM PSA 7 or better. Set breakdown is as follows:

NM-MT PSA 8 (12) - #15 23 52 63 McDougald 74 79 83 87 115 132 139 155.

NM+ PSA 7.5 (1) - #9 Rizzuto(HOF).

NM PSA 7 (146) - Included are: #1 D. Williams 10 Ashburn(HOF) 18 Fox(HOF) 32 Musial(HOF) 33 Reese(HOF) 36 Minoso 40 Doby(HOF) 44 Berra/Bauer/Mantle 46 Campanella 51 Irvin(HOF) 55 Durocher(HOF) 57 Boudreau(HOF) 59 Mantle(HOF) 61 Kell(HOF) 62 Kluszewski 65 Roberts(HOF) 78 Furillo 80 Kiner(HOF) 81 Slaughter(HOF) 84 Bauer 92 Hodges 93 Rizzuto/Martin 97 Mathews(HOF) 99 Spahn(HOF) 101 Schoendienst(HOF) 114 Feller(HOF) 117 Snider(HOF) 118 Martin 121 Berra(HOF) 143 Lopez(HOF) 146 Wynn(HOF) 153 Ford(HOF) 160 Abrams.

NM GAI 7 (1) - #103.

The sets cumulative individual card SMR value is over $23000.

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