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1951 & 1955 Bowman Baseball Near-Complete Sets (2)
Two popular Bowman baseball sets from the 1950s! Both are only partial sets, but with a few well thought-out purchases you can have two nice collector grade sets for a very reasonable price. Cards grade as follows:1951 - Partial set of 243/324, including #1 Ford (FR), 3 Roberts (FR, surface loss), 7 Hodges (PR-FR), 31 Campy (PR-FR), 78 Wynn (VG), 80 Reese (VG-EX), 134 Spahn (EX), 151 Doby (VG), 181 Stengel (VG), 186 Ashburn (VG+), 198 Irvin (VG-EX), 232 Fox RC (EX+), 233 Durocher (EX+), 260 Erskine (EX+), 290 Dickey (VG-EX), 324 Pramesa (EX+, o/c). Missing #2 Berra, 26 Rizzuto, 30 Feller, 32 Snider, 165 Williams, 253 Mantle RC, 305 Mays RC, 306 Piersall RC and 73 commons. Overall, the lower numbers in the set are VG to VG-EX, while numbers over 150 are mostly EX or better. 10% of the cards are outside these parameters, and about 5% exhibit varying degrees of creasing.1955 - Partial set of 272/320; missing #10 Rizzuto, 23 Kaline, 68 Howard RC, 134 Feller, 158 Hodges, 168 Berra, 171 Roberts, 184 Mays, 242 Banks, 265 Barlick and 38 commons. Keys break down as follows: #1 Wilhelm (EX, o/c), 22 Campy (EX, back m/c), 33 Fox (EX-MT), 37 Reese (VG), 59 Ford (EX, trimmed), 103 Mathews (EX+), 130 Ashburn (VG-EX, o/c), 179 Aaron (GD-VG), 202 Mantle (VG, o/c, crease), 283 Chylak (NM), 303 Conlan (NM), 315 Hubbard (EX). Most commons and minor stars grade VG-EX (with 5% lesser), but most of the difficult umpire cards grade EX-MT or better. A good opportunity to start two popular Bowman baseball sets! Total of 515 cards.
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