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Topps and Bowman sets and near sets
12 Lots
Also See lots 177-178, 180-181, 202-210
Lot 85. 1948 Bowman Baseball set of 48. As nice a set as you’re likely to ever see. 8 large scans showing the fronts of all 48 cards are available on request. Highlights: 3-Kiner (nr mt), 4-Mize (nr mt), 5-Feller (nr mt), 6-Berra (ex+-mt), 7-Reiser (ex+-mt), 8-Rizzuto (nr mt), 17-Slaughter (good), 18-Spahn (nr mt), 36-Musial (ex+-mt), 38-Schoendienst (nr mt). Balance of Set: 23 cards near mint, 7 cards excellent+-mt, 3 cards ex-mt, 4 cards excellent, 1 card very good-excellent. A spreadsheet is available showing the condition of every card.
Winning Bid $3,222 |
Lot 86. 1949 Bowman set of 240 plus ten variations. Extremely nice set with very few cards less than excellent. 71% of the basic set are excellent or better. Breakdowns is as follows: Low Number Highlights: 1-Bickford (vg-ex), 11-Boudreau (nr mt, double print back), 24-Musial (vg), 27-Feller (ex-mt), 29-Kiner (ex-mt), 33-Spahn (nr mt), 36-Reese (ex), 46-Roberts (ex), 50-Robinson (PSA VG-EX 4), 60-Berra (vg-ex), 65-Slaughter (ex), 70-Furillo (ex-mt), 84-Campanella (ex), 85-Mize (nr mt), 85A-Mize (ex), 98-Rizzuto (vg-ex), 98A-Rizzuto (ex+), 100-Hodges (ex), 110-Wynn (poor), 111-Schoendienst (vg). High number highlights: 162-Roe (vg), 175-Appling (ex), 214-Ashburn (poor, tape), 224-Paige (vg-ex), 226-Snider (SGC EX 5), 229-Lopat (fair), 233-Doby (ex), 238-Lemon (ex), 240-Young (ex). Balance of Low numbers: 32 cards near mint, 27 cards ex-mt, 36 cards excellent, 13 cards vg-ex or vg, 16 cards gd-vg or worse; Balance of High Numbers: 12 cards nr mt, 14 cards ex-mt, 24 cards excellent, 18 cards vg or vg-ex, cards 21 good-vg or worse; Variations in addition to 85 and 98: 4, 78, 83, 88, 126-7, 132 and 143 (2 nr mt, 5 ex-mt 1 vg). A spreadsheet is available showing the condition of every card.
Winning Bid $5,317 |
Lot 87. 1950 Bowman Baseball near set of 252 including 6 PSA graded cards. A nice set with about 30% ex-mt or better and over 55% excellent or better. Low Number highlights- 1-Parnell (nr mt), 6-Feller (nr mt), 19-Spahn (SGC EX 5), 21-Reese (vg), 22-Robinson (fair, tape stain), 32-Roberts (vg), 35-Slaughter (vg), 37-Appling (ex), 46-Berra (gd-vg). 75-Campanella (poor), 77-Snider (excellent+), 84-Ashburn (PSA EX-MT 6), 98-Williams (ex-mt), 112-Hodges (ex) and 217-Stengel (nr mt); Balance of low #’s: 9 cards near mint, 12 cards ex-mt, 19 cards excellent, 18 cards very good-ex or very good, 5 cards good or less. Balance of set- 24 cards near mint, 32 cards excellent-mint, 39 cards excellent, 46 cards very good-excellent or very good, 33 cards less than very good. A spreadsheet is available showing the condition of all 252 cards.
Winning Bid $3,328 |
Lot 88. 1951 Bowman near set of 321 missing 253 (see lot # 99) and 305-6. An Average set with 50% excellent or better. Highlights: 1-Ford (near ex), 2-Berra (ex), 3-Roberts (ex), 7-Hodges (ex), 26-Rizzuto (ex), 30-Feller (ex), 31-Campanella (vg), 32-Snider (gd-vg), 80-Reese (ex), 122-Garagiola (vg), 134-Spahn (ex), 165-Williams (ex), 181-Stengel (ex), 186-Ashburn (fair), 198-Irvin (ex, o/c), 232-Fox (ex), 254-Jensen (ex-mt), 260-Erskine (ex), 290-Dickey (ex, o/c), 295-Lopez (vg-ex, o/c), 324-Pramesa (ex); Balance of Low Numbers: 13 cards near mint, 39 cards ex-mt, 61 cards excellent, 33 cards vg-ex, 46 cards vg, 18 cards gd-vg, 25 cards good and worse; Balance of High Numbers: 9 cards nr mt incl #277 SGC 7.5, 6 cards ex-mt, 23 cards excellent, 6 cards vg-ex, 9 cards vg, 6 cards gd-vg, 5 cards fair-good; A spreadsheet is available showing the condition of all 252.
Winning Bid $3,025 |
Lot 89. 1952 Bowman set of 252. Very high grade set with 167 cards ex-mt or better (66%) with a great many being near mint (35%). Highlights: 1-Berra (fair), 5-Minoso (nr mt), 8-Reese (good), 21-Fox (nr mt), 33-McDougald (vg-ex), 43-Feller (vg-ex), 44-Campanella (ex-mt), 52-Rizzuto (vg-ex), 53-Ashburn (ex-mt), 80-Hodges (vg), 101-Mantle (good, hard to see light horizontal crease), 116-Snider (nr mt), 156-Spahn (vg-ex), 196-Musial (gd-vg), 217-Stengel (ex), 218-Mays (ex-mt), 252-Crosetti (nr mt); Balance of Low Numbers: 71 cards near mint, 60 cards ex-mt, 35 cards excellent, 17 cards vg-ex, 11 cards vg, 6 cards gd-vg or worse; Balance of High Numbers: 15 cards nr mt, 16 cards ex-mt, 2 cards excellent. A spreadsheet is available showing the condition of all 252 cards.
Winning Bid $3,300 |
Lot 90. 1953 Bowman Color set of 160 including 8 graded key cards. A high condition set with 40% near mint and 85% ex-mt or better. Highlights: 1-Williams (gd-vg), 9-Rizzuto (nr mt), 10-Ashburn (gd-vg), 18-Fox (gd-vg), 32-Musial (ex+-mt), 33-Reese (gd-vg), 44-Mantle (nr mt), etc., 46-Campanella (nr mt), 59-Mantle (PSA VG-EX 4), 65-Roberts (ex-mt), 92-Hodges (ex-mt), 93-Rizzuto-Martin (PSA EX 5), 97-Mathews (vg), 99-Spahn (PSA EX 5), 114-Feller (PSA EX 5), 117-Snider (PSA VG-EX 4), 118-Martin (nr mt), 121-Berra (PSA VG 3), 146-Wynn (nr mt, o/c), 153-Ford (PSA EX-MT 6), 160-Abrams (PSA EX-MT 6); Balance of low # numbers (1-112): 39 cards near mint, 24 cards ex-mt, 19 cards excellent, 11 cards vg, 4 cards good; Balance of High # Numbers (113-160): 21 cards near mint, 13 cards ex-mt, 5 cards excellent, 2 cards very good; A spreadsheet is available showing the condition of all 252 cards.
Winning Bid $4,833 |
Lot 91. 1953 Bowman Complete Black & White Set of 64 Cards. A mixed condition Black & White set. Highlights: 1-Bell (ex+), 15-Mize (ex-mt), 26-Roe (poor), 27-Lemon (vg), 28-Wilhelm (nr mt), 31-Woodling (vg-ex), 36-Piersall (ex), 39-Stengel (fair), 46-Harris (good), 51-Burdette (ex), 52-Branca (ex-mt), 60-Cox (vg), 64-Hansen (good); Balance: 3 cards near mint, 17 cards ex-mt, 13 cards excellent, 5 cards vg-ex, 7 cards very good, 5 cards good, 1 card fair; A spreadsheet is available showing the condition of all 252 cards.
Winning Bid $825 |
Lot 92. 1953 Topps set of 274. Very nice set with nearly 50% near mint or ex-mt with GAI graded Mantle, Mays and Berra. We have matched the three graded cards with other 1953’s and find the size and grades to be accurate. Highlights: 1-Robinson (gd-vg), 27-Campanella (fair, spot of paper loss at top of excellent card), 37-Mathews (gd-vg), 41-Slaughter (vg), 54-Feller (ex, autographed), 61-Wynn (nr mt), 62-Irvin (ex+-mt), 76-Reese (vg-ex), 77-Mize (ex), 78-Schoendienst (vg), 82-Mantle (GAI EX+ 5.5), 86-Martin (fair), 104-Berra (GAI EX+ 5.5), 114-Rizzuto (ex+-mt), 147-Spahn (ex-mt), 207-Ford (ex+), 220-Paige (fair), 228-Newhouser (good), 244-Mays (GAI G-VG 2.5), 258-Gilliam (gd-vg), 263-Podres (fair), 280-Bolling (ex); Balance of Low numbers: 62 cards nr mt, 50 cards ex+-mt, 45 cards excellent, 32 cards very good, 14 cards good; Balance of High Numbers: 6 cards nr mt, 8 cards ex-mt, 7 cards excellent, 10 cards very good, 15 cards good, 2 cards fair-poor.
Winning Bid $3,993 |
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