Also see lots 14, 260-280, 423-429, 431-435 and 437-8
Lot 71. 1948 Bowman Baseball high grade set of 48. Very high grade set nearly 100% excellent or better and 50% near mint. Highlights: 3-Kiner (ex), 4-Mize (ex+-mt), 5-Feller (nr mt, centered to top), 6-Berra (nr mt), 7-Reiser (ex), 8-Rizzuto (ex-mt), 17-Slaughter (nr mt), 18-Spahn (nr mt), 36-Musial (ex+), 38-Schoendienst (nr mt). Balance of Set: 12 cards near mint, 11 cards ex-mt, 14 cards excellent, 1 card (#41) near mint with two small tape stains on rear.
Minimum Bid $2,500
Lot 72. 1949 Bowman partial high grade set of 193 including an excellent Satchell Paige. Extremely nice high grade partial set with very few cards less than excellent and many near mint. Contains 140 Low numbers including 4 variations and 57 rare high numbers. 73% of the basic set is excellent or better. Breakdowns as follows: Low Number Highlights: 1-Bickford (ex+), 11-Boudreau (ex+), 26-Kell (ex-mt), 29-Kiner (ex-mt), 33-Spahn (ex+), 36-Reese (vg), 60-Berra (ex), 65-Slaughter (good), 70-Furillo (ex+), 85-Mize (ex-mt), 98-Rizzuto (nr mt), 100-Hodges (nr mt), 110-Wynn (nr mt), 111-Schoendienst (ex-mt), 194-Branca (nr mt), 224-Paige (ex),), 225-Coleman (nr mt), 229-Lopat (ex+-mt), 233-Doby (vg), 240-Young (nr mt, printing mark on back). Balance of Low numbers: 50 cards near mint, 50 cards ex-mt, 14 cards excellent, 5 cards vg, 1 cards good. Balance of High Numbers: 15 cards nr mt, 22 cards ex-mt, 6 cards excellent, 6 cards very good; 4 Variations: 78-Zoldak (good), 83-Scheffing (nr mt), 88-Salkeld (ex+-mt), 132-Evans (ex-mt); A list of the missing cards is available on request.
Winning Bid $4,719
Lot 73. 1950 Bowman Baseball set of 252 with 3 key cards high graded. Another very high grade set with over 150 near mint and over 80% ex-mt and better. Low Number highlights - 1-Parnell (vg-ex), 6-Feller (ex+-mt, o/c), 11-Rizzuto (nr mt), 19-Spahn (ex+-mt), 21-Reese (SGC 80 EX-MT 6), 22-Robinson (SGC 84 NM 7), 32-Roberts (nr mt), 33-Kiner (ex-mt), 35-Slaughter (nr mt, badly o/c), 37-Appling (ex), 46-Berra (ex+), 75-Campanella (SGC 80 EX-MT 6), 77-Snider (ex), 84-Ashburn (nr mt), 98-Williams (vg), 112-Hodges (ex-mt), 148-Wynn (ex+-mt), 217-Stengel (ex+-mt) and 220-Durocher (nr mt); Balance of Rare series – 27 cards nr mt, 24 cards excellent-mint, 9 cards excellent, 1 card very good; Balance: 100 cards near mint, 48 cards excellent-mint, 22 cards excellent, 2 cards very good.
Winning Bid $4,833
Lot 74. 1951 Bowman set of 324 cards. A collectible set with only 42% very good or better. Highlights: 1-Ford (poor, small piece of tape), 2-Berra (poor, small piece of tape), 3-Roberts (fair), 7-Hodges (gd-vg), 26-Rizzuto (poor), 30-Feller (vg-ex), 31-Campanella (vg), 32-Snider (vg), 80-Reese (vg), 122-Garagiola (fair), 134-Spahn (good), 151-Doby (ex-mt), 165-Williams (poor, small piece of tape), 181-Stengel (good), 186-Ashburn (gd-vg), 198-Irvin (ex), 232-Fox (vg-ex), 253-Mantle (ex, centered to top), 254-Jensen (ex, stain), 260-Erskine (vg), 290-Dickey (vg-ex), 295-Lopez (vg-ex), 305-Mays (good) , 306-Piersall (good), 324-Pramesa (poor, piece of tape across of tape); Balance of High Numbers: 10 cards excellent or better, 17 cards vg, 18 cards good, 12 cards fair, 7 cards poor; Balance of Low Numbers: 13 cards excellent or better, 84 cards vg, 106 cards good, 26 cards fair, 6 cards poor;
Winning Bid $2,659
Lot 75. 1952 Bowman set of 252 cards. A collectible set with about 50% very good or better. Highlights: 1-Berra (poor), 4-Roberts (vg), 5-Minoso (ex-mt), 8-Reese (good), 11-Kiner (good), 21-Fox (vg), 23-Lemon (ex-mt), 33-McDougald (ex), 43-Feller (good), 44-Campanella (vg), 52-Rizzuto (fair), 53-Ashburn (vg), 80-Hodges (vg), 101-Mantle (poor), 116-Snider (fair), 156-Spahn (good), 196-Musial (gd-vg), 217-Stengel (good), 218-Mays (fair), 232-Slaughter (ex-mt), 252-Crosetti (fair); Balance of Low Numbers: 64 excellent or better, 65 cards vg, 59 cards good, 11 cards fair; Balance of High Numbers: 13 cards ex-mt, 5 cards vg, 12 cards good, 1 card fair;
Winning Bid $1,331
Lot 76. 1953 Bowman Color high grade set of 160. Top set has approximately 34% near mint and almost 90% excellent or better. Low number Highlights: 1-Williams (vg-ex), 9-Rizzuto (vg-ex), 10-Ashburn (ex-mt), 18-Fox (nr mt), 32-Musial (ex), 33-Reese (ex+-mt), 44-Mantle, etc. (nr mt), 46-Campanella (ex-mt), 59-Mantle (ex+), 65-Roberts (nr mt), 92-Hodges (ex), 93-Rizzuto-Martin (ex+-mt), 97-Mathews (nr mt), 99-Spahn (ex+), 114-Feller (ex), 117-Snider (ex+), 118-Martin (ex-mt), 121-Berra (ex), 146-Wynn (ex-mt), 153-Ford (ex-mt), 160-Abrams (ex); Balance of low numbers: 38 cards near mint, 46 cards ex-mt or excellent, 13 cards very good, 1 card good; Balance of High Numbers: 13 cards near mint, 26 cards ex-mt or excellent, 2 cards very good;
Winning Bid $6,443
Lot 77. 1953 Bowman B & W high grade Set of 64. One of the nicest 1953 Black & White sets I’ve seen. More than 50% are near mint and the percentage would be higher but for several cards where the photo is angled and have been downgraded accordingly.Highlights: 1-Bell (ex-mt), 15-Mize (nr mt), 25-Sain (nr mt), 26-Roe (ex+-mt), 27-Lemon (ex-mt), 28-Wilhelm (nr mt), 31-Woodling (nr mt), 36-Piersall (nr mt), 39-Stengel (nr mt), 46-Harris (nr mt), 51-Burdette (ex), 52-Branca (nr mt, o/c), 60-Cox (nr mt), 64-Hansen (ex); Balance: 25 cards near mint, 20 cards ex-mt, 5 cards excellent; Also included is a collector issued near mint-mint 1953 B & W extension set of 16 cards.
Minimum Bid $2,000
Lot 78. 1954 Bowman high grade set of 225 including Williams plus 17 variations. A clean ex+-mt set with over 150 near mint or better cards. Highlights: 1-Rizzuto (ex), 6-Fox (ex+-mt), 15-Ashburn (nr mt), 38-Minoso (nr mt), 45-Kiner (nr mt), 58-Reese (nr mt), 64-Mathews (ex-mt), 65-Mantle (nr mt), 66-Piersall (nr mt, o/c), 66-Williams (ex-mt), 84-Doby (nr mt), 89-Mays (ex-mt), 90-Campanella (ex+-mt), 95-Roberts (nr mt), 132-Feller (ex-mt), 138-Hodges (vg), 145a- Martin (ex-mt), 161-Berra (ex+-mt), 164-Wynn (nr mt), 170-Snider (ex), 177-Ford (vg-ex), 218-Roe (nr mt); Balance of set: 148 cards near mint, 49 cards ex-mt, 18 cards excellent, 2 cards vg, 3 cards fair-good. There are variations for #25, 26, 41, 43, 47, 53, 80, 82 93, 99, 103, 139,156 174, 212, 216 and 217.
Winning Bid $5,363
Lot 79. 1954 Bowman set of 224. A clean average excellent set with about 55% excellent and better. Highlights: 1-Rizzuto (vg), 6-Fox (vg-ex), 15-Ashburn (vg), 58-Reese (vg-ex), 64-Mathews (ex+), 65-Mantle (vg), 66-Piersall (vg), 89-Mays (ex), 90-Campanella (gd), 132-Feller (fair, 2 phs), 138-Hodges (nr mt), 145- Martin (ex-mt), 161-Berra (gd-vg), 170-Snider (near ex), 177-Ford (vg), 224-Bruton (ex+-mt); Balance of set: 54 cards ex-mt or better, 63 cards excellent, the great majority of the balance are very good-excellent with a few lesser.
Winning Bid $968
Lot 80. 1955 Bowman high graded set of 326 with a SGC 6 Banks. Bought by our consignor from old time card dealer Sam Rosen at the time of issue. Beautiful group including all 6 variations with most cards near mint (over 80%) and many are better. Low Number Highlights: 1-Wilhelm (vg-ex), 10-Rizzuto (nr mt), 22-Campanella (nr mt), 23-Kaline (nr mt), 37-Reese (vg), 59-Ford (nr mt), 68-Howard (nr mt), 101a-Johnson (ex+-mt), 103-Mathews (nr mt), 130-Ashburn (nr mt), 134-Feller (nr mt), 168-Berra (nr mt), 179-Aaron (nr mt), 184-Mays (ex+-mt), 195b-Palica (ex-mt), 202-Mantle (ex+-mt), 242-Banks (SGC 80 EX/MT 6), 265-Barlick (nr mt), 267-Honochick (nr mt), 283-Chylack (nr mt), 303-Conlon (nr mt), 315-Hubbard (nr mt), 320-Susce (ex-mt); Balance of Low numbers: 170 cards nr mt, 33 cards ex-mt, 11 cards excellent; Balance of High numbers: 80 cards nr mt, 5 cards ex-mt, 4 cards excellent;
Winning Bid $7,786
Lot 81. 1951 Topps Redback and Blueback sets of 52. Above average sets with nearly 50% near mint.1951 Redback Highlights: 1-Berra (gd-vg), 5-Rizzuto (ex), 8-Wynn (vg), 15-Kiner (fair), 22-Feller (nr mt), 30-Spahn (ex+-mt), 31-Hodges (nr mt), 38-Snider (nr mt), 50-Irvin (vg); Balance: 21 cards nr mt, 7 cards excellent, 8 cards very good, 6 cards fair-good; 1951 Blueback Highlights: 1-Yost (ex), 3-Ashburn (vg), 6-Schoendienst (nr mt), 30-Slaughter (fr-gd), 37-Doerr (good), 50-Mize (nr mt); Balance: 18 cards nr mt, 8 cards excellent, 14 cards very good, 6 cards fair-good;
Winning Bid $1,209
Lot 82. 1951 Topps Redback and Blueback sets of 52. Below average sets with very few cards excellent.1951 Redback Highlights: 1-Berra (fair), 5-Rizzuto (gd-vg), 8-Wynn (good), 15-Kiner (vg), 22-Feller (fair), 30-Spahn (gd-vg), 31-Hodges (fair), 38-Snider (gd-vg), 50-Irvin (); Balance: Almost all cards good-fair with a few better and a few worse; 1951 Blueback Highlights: 1-Yost (fair), 3-Ashburn (fair-good), 6-Schoendienst (ex-mt), 30-Slaughter (good), 37-Doerr (ex-mt), 50-Mize (gd-vg); Balance: 8 cards excellent, 11 cards very good, 27 cards fair-good;
Winning Bid $711
Lot 83. 1953 Topps very high grade set of 274. Spectacular set with about 65% near mint and 95% ex-mt or better. Low numbers start off with some centering problems but gradually disappear. Low Number highlights: 1-Robinson (vg), 27-Campanella (nr mt, o/c), 37-Mathews (nr mt, o/c), 41-Slaughter (ex-mt), 54-Feller (nr mt, slight o/c), 61-Wynn (nr mt), 76-Reese (ex-mt), 82-Mantle (ex+-mt), 86-Martin (nr mt), 104-Berra (nr mt, slight o/c), 114-Rizzuto (nr mt), 147-Spahn (nr mt), 191-Kiner (ex-mt), 207-Ford (nr mt), 220-Paige (vg), 228-Newhouser (ex), 244-Mays (nr mt), 258-Gilliam (ex+-mt), 263-Podres (ex+-mt), 265-Jensen (nr mt), 73-Haddix (nr mt), 280-Bolling (ex+); Balance of Lownumbers: 130 cards near mint, great majority of balance excellent or better; Balance of High Numbers: 30 cards near mint, balance excellent or better.
Winning Bid $7,260
Lot 84. 1954 Topps very high grade set of 250. A beautiful set with 80% nr mt with a few centering problems. Highlights: 1-Williams (vg), 10-Robinson (nr mt), 13-Martin (nr mt), 17-Rizzuto (nr mt), 20-Spahn (nr mt), 30-Mathews (nr mt), 32-Snider (nr mt), 37-Ford (nr mt), 50-Berra (nr mt), 90-Mays (nr mt), 94-Banks (nr mt. o/c), 128-Aaron (ex+-mt), 132-LaSorda (nr mt), 201-Kaline (nr mt. o/c), 239-Skowron (nr mt, printing spot), 250-Williams (ex+); Balance of Cards: great majority near mint with the balance excellent.
Winning Bid $6,443
Lot 85. 1955 Topps set of very high grade set with 3 cards graded. A fabulous set bought by our consignor from old time card dealer Sam Rosen at the time of issue. Many of the vg-ex, excellent and ex-mt cards are graded as such because of centering. 1-Rhodes (ex), 2-Williams (nr mt, slight o/c), 4-Kaline (nr mt), 28-Banks (nr mt, o/c), 31-Spahn (nr mt, o/c), 47-Aaron (nr mt-mt), 50-Robinson (nr mt), 123-Koufax (nr mt, few tiny printing specks on card), 124-Killebrew (nr mt), 152-Agganis (nr mt, o/c), 155-Mathews (ex+-mt), 164-Clemente (SGC 60 EX/NM 6), 187-Hodges (ex+-mt), 189-Rizzuto (nr mt), 194-Mays (SGC 86 NM+ 7.5), 198-Berra (nr mt), 210-Snider (SGC 60 EX 5, nr mt except centering); Balance Low Numbers- 100 cards nr mt, 24 cards ex-mt, 19 cards excellent, 6 cards vg-ex; High Numbers- 35 cards nr mt, 3 cards ex-mt, 2 cards excellent;
Winning Bid $6,434
